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Historical Events

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

Found 58 events. Showing 1 - 30.

  • 217
    Roman Emperor Caracalla is assassinated. He is succeeded by his Praetorian Guard prefect, Marcus Opellius Macrinus.
  • 632
    King Charibert II is assassinated at Blaye (Gironde), along with his infant son Chilperic.
  • 876
    The Battle of Dayr al-'Aqul saves Baghdad from the Saffarids.
  • 1093
    The new Winchester Cathedral is dedicated by Walkelin.
  • 1139
    Roger II of Sicily is excommunicated.
  • 1149
    Pope Eugene III takes refuge in the castle of Ptolemy II of Tusculum.
  • 1232
    Mongol–Jin War: The Mongols begin their siege on Kaifeng, the capital of the Jin dynasty.
  • 1271
    In 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.