Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 53 events. Showing 1 - 30.
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- 1 BCWang Mang consolidates his power and is declared marshal of state. Emperor Ai of Han, who had died the previous day, had no heirs.
- 963Nikephoros II Phokas is crowned emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
- 1328The House of Gonzaga seizes power in the Duchy of Mantua, and will rule until 1708.
- 1513Battle of the Spurs (Battle of Guinegate): King Henry VIII of England and his Imperial allies defeat French Forces who are then forced to retreat.
- American Revolutionary War: The Americans led by General John Stark rout British and Brunswick troops under Friedrich Baum at the Battle of Bennington in Walloomsac, New York.
- American Revolutionary War: Battle of Camden: The British defeat the Americans near Camden, South Carolina.
- Maximilien de Robespierre presents the petition of the Commune of Paris to the Legislative Assembly, which demanded the formation of a revolutionary tribunal.
- French Revolution: A levée en masse is decreed by the National Convention.
- War of 1812: American General William Hull surrenders Fort Detroit without a fight to the British Army.
- Peterloo Massacre: Seventeen people die and over 600 are injured in cavalry charges at a public meeting at St. Peter’s Field, Manchester, England.
- U.S. President John Tyler vetoes a bill which called for the re-establishment of the Second Bank of the United States. Enraged Whig Party members riot outside the White House in the most violent demonstration on White House grounds in U.S. history.
- U.S. President James Buchanan inaugurates the new transatlantic telegraph cable by exchanging greetings with Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. However, a weak signal forces a shutdown of the service in a few weeks.
- The Tuscan National Assembly formally deposes the House of Habsburg-Lorraine.
- The Dominican Restoration War begins when Gregorio Luperón raises the Dominican flag in Santo Domingo after Spain had recolonized the country.
- Battle of Acosta Ñu: A Paraguayan battalion made up of children is massacred by the Brazilian Army during the Paraguayan War.
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- Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Mars-la-Tour is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
- The Basilica of San Sebastian in Manila, the first all-steel church in Asia, is officially inaugurated and blessed.
- Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.
- The Battle of Elands River during the Second Boer War ends after a 13-day siege is lifted by the British. The battle had begun when a force of between 2,000 and 3,000 Boers had surrounded a force of 500 Australians, Rhodesians, Canadians and British soldiers at a supply dump at Brakfontein Drift.
- An estimated 8.2 MW earthquake hits Valparaíso, Chile, killing 3,886 people.
- Tōhoku Imperial University of Japan (modern day Tohoku University) becomes the first university in Japan to admit female students.
- Completion of the Royal Navy battlecruiser HMS Queen Mary.
- The Battle of Lake Baikal was fought between the Czechoslovak Legion and the Red Army.
- Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians is hit on the head by a fastball thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees, and dies early the next day. Chapman was the second player to die from injuries sustained in a Major League Baseball game, the first being Doc Powers in 1909.
- The congress of the Communist Party of Bukhara opens. The congress would call for armed revolution.
- Polish–Soviet War: The Battle of Radzymin concludes; the Soviet Red Army is forced to turn away from Warsaw.
- The United Kingdom gives the name “Ross Dependency” to part of its claimed Antarctic territory and makes the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand its administrator.
- The Dole Air Race begins from Oakland, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii, during which six out of the eight participating planes crash or disappear.
- The 1929 Palestine riots break out in Mandatory Palestine between Palestinian Arabs and Jews and continue until the end of the month. In total, 133 Jews and 116 Arabs are killed.
- The first color sound cartoon, called Fiddlesticks, is made by Ub Iwerks.
