Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 47 events. Showing 1 - 30.
- 428Nestorius becomes the Patriarch of Constantinople.
- 837Halley’s Comet makes its closest approach to Earth at a distance equal to 0.0342 AU (5.1 million kilometres/3.2 million miles).
- 879Louis III and Carloman II become Kings of the Western Franks.
- 1407The lama Deshin Shekpa visits the Ming Dynasty capital at Nanjing. He is awarded the title “Great Treasure Prince of Dharma”.
- 1500Ludovico Sforza is captured by Swiss troops at Novara and is handed over to the French.
- The Virginia Company of London is established by royal charter by James I of England with the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in North America.
- The Statute of Anne, the first law regulating copyright, comes into force in Great Britain.
- War of the Austrian Succession (10 April 1755 – 2 July 1843): defeat for Austria at Mollwitz on this date.
- Napoleonic Wars: The War of the Fifth Coalition begins when forces of the Austrian Empire invade Bavaria.
- The Mount Tambora volcano begins a three-month-long eruption, lasting until July 15. The eruption ultimately kills 71,000 people and affects Earth’s climate for the next two years.
- The Federal government of the United States approves the creation of the Second Bank of the United States.
- Patriarch Gregory V of Constantinople is hanged by the Ottoman government from the main gate of the Patriarchate and his body is thrown into the Bosphorus.
- The 10,500 inhabitants of the Greek town of Missolonghi begin leaving the town after a year’s siege by Turkish forces. Very few of them survive.
- The Theta Chi fraternity is founded at Norwich University in Vermont.
- After the original Big Ben, a 14.5 tonne bell for the Palace of Westminster had cracked during testing, it is recast into the current 13.76 tonne bell by Whitechapel Bell Foundry.
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- Archduke Maximilian of Habsburg is proclaimed emperor of Mexico during the French intervention in Mexico.
- American Civil War: A day after his surrender to Union forces, Confederate General Robert E. Lee addresses his troops for the last time.
- The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is founded in New York City by Henry Bergh.
- At Arogee in Abyssinia, British and Indian forces defeat an army of Emperor Tewodros II. While 700 Ethiopians are killed and many more injured, only two British/Indian troops die.
- The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska.
- On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of The Catholic University of America.
- British mystic Aleister Crowley transcribes the third and final chapter of The Book of the Law.
- RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton, England on her maiden and only voyage.
- The Professional Golfers’ Association of America (PGA) is created in New York City.
- Mexican Revolution leader Emiliano Zapata is ambushed and shot dead by government forces in Morelos.
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is first published in New York City, by Charles Scribner’s Sons.
- World War II: The Axis powers in Europe establish the Independent State of Croatia from occupied Yugoslavia with Ante Pavelić's Ustaše fascist insurgents in power.
- Rudolf Vrba and Alfréd Wetzler escape from the Birkenau death camp.
- Warner Bros. premieres the first 3-D film from a major American studio, entitled House of Wax.
- The Suez Canal is reopened for all shipping after being closed for three months.
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