Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 36 events. Showing 1 - 30.
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- 48 BCCaesar’s Civil War: Battle of Pharsalus – Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus and Pompey flees to Egypt.
- 378Gothic War: Battle of Adrianople – A large Roman army led by Emperor Valens is defeated by the Visigoths. Valens is killed along with over half of his army.
- 1173Construction of the campanile of the Cathedral of Pisa (now known as the Leaning Tower of Pisa) begins; it will take two centuries to complete.
- 1329Quilon, the first Indian Christian Diocese, is erected by Pope John XXII; the French-born Jordanus is appointed the first Bishop.
- 1483Opening of the Sistine Chapel in Rome with the celebration of a Mass.
- 1500Ottoman–Venetian War (1499–1503): The Ottomans capture Methoni, Messenia.
- The First Anglo-Powhatan War begins in colonial Virginia.
- Napoleon annexes Westphalia as part of the First French Empire.
- Indian Wars: the Creek sign the Treaty of Fort Jackson, giving up huge parts of Alabama and Georgia.
- The Webster–Ashburton Treaty is signed, establishing the United States–Canada border east of the Rocky Mountains.
- Henry David Thoreau publishes Walden.
- American Civil War: Battle of Cedar Mountain – At Cedar Mountain, Virginia, Confederate General Stonewall Jackson narrowly defeats Union forces under General John Pope.
- Indian Wars: Battle of the Big Hole – A small band of Nez Percé Indians clash with the United States Army
- Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph.
- Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
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- The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England.
- Start of the Battle of Mulhouse, part of a French attempt to recover the province of Alsace and the first French offensive of World War I.
- A train robbery takes place in Kakori, near Lucknow, India
- Betty Boop makes her cartoon debut in Dizzy Dishes.
- Summer Olympic Games: Games of the XI Olympiad – Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal at the games.
- Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi is arrested in Bombay by British forces, launching the Quit India Movement.
- World War II: Battle of Savo Island – Allied naval forces protecting their amphibious forces during the initial stages of the Battle of Guadalcanal are surprised and defeated by an Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser force.
- The United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring Smokey Bear for the first time.
- Continuation War: The Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive, the largest offensive launched by Soviet Union against Finland during the Second World War, ends to a strategic stalemate. Both Finnish and Soviet troops at the Finnish front dug to defensive positions, and the front remains stable until the end of the war.
- World War II: Nagasaki is devastated when an atomic bomb, Fat Man, is dropped by the United States B-29 Bockscar. 35,000 people are killed outright, including 23,200-28,200 Japanese war workers, 2,000 Korean forced workers, and 150 Japanese soldiers.
- The Red Army invades Japanese-occupied Manchuria.
- Singapore is expelled from Malaysia and becomes the only country to date to gain independence unwillingly.
- A fire at a Titan missile base near Searcy, Arkansas kills 53 construction workers.
- Followers led by Charles Manson murder pregnant actress Sharon Tate (wife of Roman Polanski), coffee heiress Abigail Folger, Polish actor Wojciech Frykowski, men’s hairstylist Jay Sebring and recent high-school graduate Steven Parent.
- The Troubles: The British Army in Northern Ireland launches Operation Demetrius. Hundreds of people are arrested and interned, thousands are displaced, and twenty are killed in the violence that followed.
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