Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
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- 217Roman Emperor Caracalla is assassinated. He is succeeded by his Praetorian Guard prefect, Marcus Opellius Macrinus.
- 632King Charibert II is assassinated at Blaye (Gironde), along with his infant son Chilperic.
- 876The Battle of Dayr al-'Aqul saves Baghdad from the Saffarids.
- 1093The new Winchester Cathedral is dedicated by Walkelin.
- 1139Roger II of Sicily is excommunicated.
- 1149Pope Eugene III takes refuge in the castle of Ptolemy II of Tusculum.
- 1232Mongol–Jin War: The Mongols begin their siege on Kaifeng, the capital of the Jin dynasty.
- 1271In Syria, sultan Baibars conquers the Krak des Chevaliers.
- English colonial patents are granted for the establishment of the Monmouth Tract, for what would eventually become Monmouth County in northeastern New Jersey.
- Shearith Israel, the first synagogue in New York City, is dedicated.
- War of Jenkins’ Ear: Three British ships capture the Spanish third-rate Princesa, taken into service as HMS Princess.
- The Roman Catholic Diocese of Baltimore is promoted to an archdiocese, with the founding of the dioceses of New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and Bardstown (now Louisville) by Pope Pius VII.
- The Venus de Milo is discovered on the Aegean island of Milos.
- Black Hawk War: Around three-hundred United States 6th Infantry troops leave St. Louis, Missouri to fight the Sauk Native Americans.
- American Civil War: Battle of Mansfield: Union forces are thwarted by the Confederate army at Mansfield, Louisiana.
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- Italy and Prussia ally against the Austrian Empire.
- William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons.
- In Pollock v. Farmers’ Loan & Trust Co. the Supreme Court of the United States declares unapportioned income tax to be unconstitutional.
- The French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sign the Entente cordiale.
- British mystic Aleister Crowley transcribes the first chapter of The Book of the Law.
- Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times.
- Auguste Deter, the first person to be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, dies.
- Harvard University votes to establish the Harvard Business School.
- Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovers superconductivity.
- The 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution, requiring direct election of Senators, becomes law.
- In Corona, California, race car driver Bob Burman crashes, killing three (including himself), and badly injuring five spectators.
- World War I: Actors Douglas Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin sell war bonds on the streets of New York City’s financial district.
- Sharia courts are abolished in Turkey, as part of Atatürk’s Reforms.
- Indian independence movement: At the Delhi Central Assembly, Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt throw handouts and bombs to court arrest.
- The Works Progress Administration is formed when the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 becomes law.
