Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 44 events. Showing 1 - 30.
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- 8Roman Empire general Tiberius defeats the Dalmatae on the river Bathinus.
- 435Deposed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Nestorius, considered the originator of Nestorianism, is exiled by Roman Emperor Theodosius II to a monastery in Egypt.
- 881Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu: Louis III of France defeats the Vikings, an event celebrated in the poem Ludwigslied.
- 1031Olaf II of Norway is canonized as Saint Olaf by Grimketel, the English Bishop of Selsey.
- 1342The Siege of Algeciras commences during the Spanish Reconquista.
- 1492Christopher Columbus sets sail from Palos de la Frontera, Spain.
- 1527The first known letter from North America is sent by John Rut while at St. John’s, Newfoundland.
- Long War: Austria captures Transylvania in the Battle of Goroszló.
- Thirty Years’ War: The Second Battle of Nördlingen sees French forces defeating those of the Holy Roman Empire.
- Robert LaSalle builds the Le Griffon, the first known ship built on the Great Lakes.
- The theatre La Scala is inaugurated.
- Treaty of Greenville is signed.
- First ascent of Jungfrau, third highest summit in the Bernese Alps by brothers Johann Rudolf and Hieronymus Meyer.
- Harvard University wins the first Boat Race between Yale University and Harvard. The race is also the first American intercollegiate athletic event
- The Second Maori War begins in New Zealand.
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- The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is founded.
- Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic, which exists only for ten days before Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town.
- Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis fines Standard Oil of Indiana a record $29.4 million for illegal rebating to freight carriers; the conviction and fine are later reversed on appeal.
- A major labour dispute, known as the Wheatland hop riot, starts in Wheatland, California.
- World War I: Germany declares war against France.
- Major League Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis confirms the ban of the eight Chicago Black Sox, the day after they were acquitted by a Chicago court.
- Jiddu Krishnamurti, tagged as the messianic “World Teacher”, shocks the Theosophy movement by dissolving the Order of the Star, the organisation built to support him.
- Jesse Owens wins the 100 meter dash, defeating Ralph Metcalfe, at the Berlin Olympics.
- A fire wipes out Kursha-2 in the Meshchera Lowlands, Ryazan Oblast, Russia, killing 1,200 and leaving only 20 survivors.
- World War II: Italian forces begin the invasion of British Somaliland.
- Santa Claus Land, the world’s first themed amusement park, opens in Santa Claus, Indiana, United States.
- Whittaker Chambers accuses Alger Hiss of being a communist and a spy for the Soviet Union.
- The nuclear submarine USS Nautilus travels beneath the Arctic ice cap.
- Portugal’s state police force PIDE fires upon striking workers in Bissau, Portuguese Guinea, killing over 50 people.
- Niger gains independence from France.
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