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Historical Events

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

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  • 475
    The Roman general Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his capital city, Ravenna.
  • 489
    Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths defeats Odoacer at the Battle of Isonzo, forcing his way into Italy.
  • 663
    Silla–Tang armies crush the Baekje restoration attempt and force Yamato Japan to withdraw from Korea in the Battle of Baekgang.
  • 1189
    Third Crusade: The Crusaders begin the Siege of Acre under Guy of Lusignan.
  • 1521
    The Ottoman Turks occupy Belgrade.
  • 1524
    The Kaqchikel Maya rebel against their former Spanish allies during the Spanish conquest of Guatemala.
  • 1542
    Turkish–Portuguese War (1538–57): Battle of Wofla: The Portuguese are scattered, their leader Christovão da Gama is captured and later executed.
  • 1565
    Pedro Menéndez de Avilés sights land near St. Augustine, Florida and founds the oldest continuously occupied European-established city in the continental United States.
  • Henry Hudson discovers Delaware Bay.
  • Election of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor.
  • Second Bishop’s War: King Charles I’s English army loses to a Scottish Covenanter force at the Battle of Newburn.
  • Siege of Colchester ended when Royalists Forces surrender to the Parliamentary Forces after eleven weeks, during the English Civil War.
  • Meidingnu Pamheiba is crowned King of Manipur.
  • William Herschel discovers a new moon of Saturn: Enceladus.
  • Battle of Grand Port: The French accept the surrender of a British Navy fleet.

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  • The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad’s new Tom Thumb steam locomotive races a horse-drawn car, presaging steam’s role in US railroads.
  • The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 receives Royal Assent, abolishing slavery through most of the British Empire.
  • The first issue of Scientific American magazine is published.
  • After a month-long siege, Venice, which had declared itself independent as the Republic of San Marco, surrenders to Austria.
  • The Carrington event disrupts electrical telegraph services and causes aurora to shine so brightly that they are seen clearly over the Earth’s middle latitudes.
  • American Civil War: Union forces attack Cape Hatteras, North Carolina in the Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries which lasts for two days.
  • American Civil War: Second Battle of Bull Run, also known as the Battle of Second Manassas. The battle ends on August 30.
  • The United States takes possession of the (at this point unoccupied) Midway Atoll.
  • Cetshwayo, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the British.
  • Caleb Bradham invents the carbonated soft drink that will later be called “Pepsi-Cola”.
  • Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. The first American private school in the country.
  • A group of mid-level Greek Army officers launches the Goudi coup, seeking wide-ranging reforms.
  • Queen Wilhelmina opens the Peace Palace in The Hague.
  • World War I: The Royal Navy defeats the German fleet in the Battle of Heligoland Bight.
  • World War I: German troops take the city of Namur in Belgium.