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Historical Events

The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.

Found 40 events. Showing 1 - 30.

  • 215 BC
    A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene.
  • 599
    Maya king Uneh Chan of Calakmul attacks rival city-state Palenque in southern Mexico, defeating queen Yohl Ik'nal and sacking the city.
  • 711
    Dagobert III is crowned King of the Franks.
  • 1014
    Battle of Clontarf: Brian Boru defeats Viking invaders, but is killed in battle.
  • 1016
    Edmund Ironside succeeds his father Æthelred the Unready as king of England.
  • 1343
    St. George’s Night Uprising commences in the Duchy of Estonia.
  • 1348
    The founding of the Order of the Garter by King Edward III is announced on St. George’s Day.
  • 1516
    The Bayerische Reinheitsgebot (regarding the ingredients of beer) is signed in Ingolstadt.
  • 1521
    Battle 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.