Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 60 events. Showing 1 - 30.
- 311The Diocletianic Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire ends.
- 313Battle of Tzirallum: Emperor Licinius defeats Maximinus II and unifies the Eastern Roman Empire.
- 642Chindasuinth is proclaimed king by the Visigothic nobility and bishops.
- 1315Enguerrand de Marigny is hanged on the public gallows at Montfaucon.
- 1492Spain gives Christopher Columbus his commission of exploration.
- 1513Edmund de la Pole, Yorkist pretender to the English throne, is executed on the orders of Henry VIII.
- 1557Mapuche leader Lautaro is killed by Spanish forces at the Battle of Mataquito in Chile.
- Juan de Oñate makes a formal declaration of his Conquest of New Mexico.
- Eighty Years’ War: Dutch Republic forces recapture a strategically important fort from Spain after a nine-month siege.
- Petar Zrinski, the Croatian Ban from the Zrinski family, is executed.
- On the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City, George Washington takes the oath of office to become the first elected President of the United States.
- Louisiana Purchase: The United States purchases the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million, more than doubling the size of the young nation.
- The Territory of Orleans becomes the 18th U.S. state under the name Louisiana.
- Nicaragua declares independence from the Central American Federation.
- A 65-man French Foreign Legion infantry patrol fights a force of nearly 2,000 Mexican soldiers to nearly the last man in Hacienda Camarón, Mexico.
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- The Camp Grant massacre takes place in Arizona Territory.
- Governor of New York David B. Hill signs legislation creating the Niagara Reservation, New York’s first state park, ensuring that Niagara Falls will not be devoted solely to industrial and commercial use.
- Coxey’s Army reaches Washington, D.C. to protest the unemployment caused by the Panic of 1893.
- Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B. Dole as governor.
- Casey Jones dies in a train wreck in Vaughan, Mississippi, while trying to make up time on the Cannonball Express.
- The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World’s Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri.
- Honolulu, Hawaii becomes an independent city.
- Peru becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
- Automaker Dodge Brothers, Inc is sold to Dillon, Read & Co. for US$146 million plus $50 million for charity.
- The Federal Industrial Institute for Women opens in Alderson, West Virginia, as the first women’s federal prison in the United States.
- Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford become the first celebrities to leave their footprints in concrete at Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood.
- The Commonwealth of the Philippines holds a plebiscite for Filipino women on whether they should be extended the right to suffrage; over 90% would vote in the affirmative.
- The animated cartoon short Porky’s Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Happy Rabbit (a prototype of Bugs Bunny).
- The first televised FA Cup Final takes place between Huddersfield Town and Preston North End.
- The 1939-40 New York World’s Fair opens.
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