Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
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- 1409The University of Leipzig opens.
- St Paul’s Cathedral is consecrated in London.
- The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire.
- Dedication of the Touro Synagogue, in Newport, Rhode Island, the first synagogue in what will become the United States.
- The USS Alfred becomes the first vessel to fly the Grand Union Flag (the precursor to the Stars and Stripes); the flag is hoisted by John Paul Jones.
- At Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself Emperor of the French, the first French Emperor in a thousand years.
- War of the Third Coalition: Battle of Austerlitz – French troops under Napoleon Bonaparte decisively defeat a joint Russo-Austrian force.
- Monroe Doctrine: In a State of the Union message, U.S. President James Monroe proclaims American neutrality in future European conflicts, and warns European powers not to interfere in the Americas.
- Manifest Destiny: In a State of the Union message, U.S. President James K. Polk proposes that the United States should aggressively expand into the West.
- Franz Josef I becomes Emperor of Austria.
- French President Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte overthrows the Second Republic.
- Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte becomes Emperor of the French as Napoleon III.
- Militant abolitionist leader John Brown is hanged for his October 16 raid on Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.
- At Tremont Temple in Boston, British author Charles Dickens gives his first public reading in the United States.
- Philippine–American War: The Battle of Tirad Pass, termed “The Filipino Thermopylae”, is fought.
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- Puyi becomes Emperor of China at the age of two.
- World War I: Russia and the Central Powers sign an armistice at Brest-Litovsk, and peace talks leading to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk begin.
- Following more than a month of Turkish–Armenian War, the Turkish dictated Treaty of Alexandropol is concluded.
- Following 19 years of Ford Model T production, the Ford Motor Company unveils the Ford Model A as its new automobile.
- Great Depression: In a State of the Union message, U.S. President Herbert Hoover proposes a US$150 million public works program to help generate jobs and stimulate the economy.
- New York City’s LaGuardia Airport opens.
- World War II: During the Manhattan Project, a team led by Enrico Fermi initiates the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.
- World War II: A Luftwaffe bombing raid on the harbour of Bari, Italy, sinks numerous cargo and transport ships, including the American SS John Harvey, which is carrying a stockpile of World War I-era mustard gas.
- Jerusalem Riots of 1947: Riots break out in Jerusalem in response to the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine.
- Cold War: The United States Senate votes 65 to 22 to censure Joseph McCarthy for “conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute”.
- The Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty, between the United States and Taiwan, is signed in Washington, D.C.
- The Granma reaches the shores of Cuba’s Oriente Province. Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and 80 other members of the 26th of July Movement disembark to initiate the Cuban Revolution.
- In a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares that he is a Marxist–Leninist and that Cuba is going to adopt Communism.
- Vietnam War: After a trip to Vietnam at the request of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield becomes the first American official to comment adversely on the war’s progress.
- The United States Environmental Protection Agency begins operations.
