Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 42 events. Showing 1 - 30.
- 1080The King of Denmark, Harald III dies and is succeeded by Canute IV, who would later be the first Dane to be canonized.
- 1349Fall of the Bavand dynasty, and rise of the Afrasiyab dynasty.
- 1397Geoffrey Chaucer tells The Canterbury Tales for the first time at the court of Richard II. Chaucer scholars have also identified this date (in 1387) as the start of the book’s pilgrimage to Canterbury.
- 1492Spain and Christopher Columbus sign the Capitulations of Santa Fe for his voyage to Asia to acquire spices.
- 1521Trial of Martin Luther over his teachings begins during the assembly of the Diet of Worms. Initially intimidated, he asks for time to reflect before answering and is given a stay of one day.
- 1524Giovanni da Verrazzano reaches New York harbor.
- 1555After 18 months of siege, Siena surrenders to the Florentine-Imperial army. The Republic of Siena is incorporated into the Grand Duchy of Tuscany.
- Sir Ralph Abercromby attacks San Juan, Puerto Rico, in what would be one of the largest invasions of the Spanish territories in America.
- Citizens of Verona, Italy, begin an eight-day rebellion against the French occupying forces, which will end unsuccessfully.
- The state of Virginia’s secession convention votes to secede from the United States, becoming the 8th state to join the Confederate States of America.
- American Civil War: Grierson’s Raid begins – troops under Union Army Colonel Benjamin Grierson attack central Mississippi.
- American Civil War: The Battle of Plymouth begins – Confederate forces attack Plymouth, North Carolina.
- The Treaty of Shimonoseki between China and Japan is signed. This marks the end of the First Sino-Japanese War, and the defeated Qing Empire is forced to renounce its claims on Korea and to concede the southern portion of the Fengtien province, Taiwan and the Pescadores Islands to Japan.
- The Aurora, Texas, UFO incident
- The Supreme Court of the United States decides Lochner v. New York, which holds that the “right to free contract” is implicit in the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
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- The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.
- Russian troops open fire on striking goldfield workers in northeast Siberia, killing at least 150.
- Daffy Duck’s first appearance, in Porky’s Duck Hunt.
- World War II: The Kingdom of Yugoslavia surrenders to Germany.
- French prisoner of war General Henri Giraud escapes from his castle prison in Königstein Fortress.
- Forces of the Communist-controlled Greek People’s Liberation Army attack the smaller National and Social Liberation resistance group, which surrenders. Its leader Dimitrios Psarros is murdered.
- World War II: Brazilian forces liberate the town of Montese, Italy, from Nazi forces.
- Syria obtains its independence from the French occupation.
- At midnight 26 Irish counties officially leave the British Commonwealth. A 21-gun salute on O'Connell Bridge, Dublin, ushers in the Republic of Ireland.
- The Peak District becomes the United Kingdom’s first National Park.
- Bay of Pigs Invasion: A group of Cuban exiles financed and trained by the CIA lands at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba with the aim of ousting Fidel Castro.
- Jerrie Mock becomes the first woman to circumnavigate the world by air.
- Ford Mustang is introduced to the North American market.
- Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy.
- Communist Party of Czechoslovakia chairman Alexander Dubček is deposed.
