Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 40 events. Showing 1 - 30.
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- 215 BCA temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene.
- 599Maya king Uneh Chan of Calakmul attacks rival city-state Palenque in southern Mexico, defeating queen Yohl Ik'nal and sacking the city.
- 711Dagobert III is crowned King of the Franks.
- 1014Battle of Clontarf: Brian Boru defeats Viking invaders, but is killed in battle.
- 1016Edmund Ironside succeeds his father Æthelred the Unready as king of England.
- 1343St. George’s Night Uprising commences in the Duchy of Estonia.
- 1348The founding of the Order of the Garter by King Edward III is announced on St. George’s Day.
- 1516The Bayerische Reinheitsgebot (regarding the ingredients of beer) is signed in Ingolstadt.
- 1521Battle of Villalar: King Charles I of Spain defeats the Comuneros.
- The first public school in the United States, Boston Latin School, is founded in Boston.
- The Siege of Santo Domingo begins during the Anglo-Spanish War, and fails seven days later.
- Treaty of Oliva is established between Sweden and Poland.
- King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland is crowned in Westminster Abbey.
- The Second Serbian Uprising: A second phase of the national revolution of the Serbs against the Ottoman Empire, erupts shortly after the annexation of the country to the Ottoman Empire.
- American President Theodore Roosevelt makes his “The Man in the Arena” speech.
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- First baseball game at Wrigley Field, then known as Weeghman Park in Chicago.
- World War I: The British Royal Navy makes a raid in an attempt to neutralise the Belgian port of Bruges-Zeebrugge.
- The Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) is founded in Ankara, Turkey. It denounces the government of Sultan Mehmed VI and announces the preparation of a temporary constitution.
- Cardiff City defeat Arsenal in the FA Cup Final, the only time it has been won by a team not based in England.
- The 153-year-old De Adriaan Windmill in Haarlem, Netherlands burns down. It is rebuilt and reopens exactly 70 years later.
- The Polish Constitution of 1935 is adopted.
- The Rhythm Club fire at a dance hall in Natchez, Mississippi, kills 198 people.
- World War II: The Greek government and King George II evacuate Athens before the invading Wehrmacht.
- World War II: Baedeker Blitz – German bombers hit Exeter, Bath and York in retaliation for the British raid on Lübeck.
- World War II: Adolf Hitler’s designated successor Hermann Göring sends him a telegram asking permission to take leadership of the Third Reich, which causes Hitler to replace him with Joseph Goebbels and Karl Dönitz.
- Manuel Roxas is elected the last President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines.
- Chinese Civil War: Establishment of the People’s Liberation Army Navy.
- American journalist William N. Oatis is arrested for espionage by the Communist government of Czechoslovakia.
- The Canadian Labour Congress is formed by the merger of the Trades and Labour Congress of Canada and the Canadian Congress of Labour.
- Algiers putsch by French generals.
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