Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
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- 748Abbasid Revolution: The Hashimi rebels under Abu Muslim Khorasani take Merv, capital of the Umayyad province Khorasan, marking the consolidation of the Abbasid revolt.
- 842Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German languages.
- 1014Pope Benedict VIII crowns Henry of Bavaria, King of Germany and of Italy, as Holy Roman Emperor.
- 1076Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor.
- 1349Several hundred Jews are burned to death by mobs while the remaining Jews are forcibly removed from Strasbourg.
- 1400Richard II of England dies, most probably from starvation, in Pontefract Castle, on the orders of Henry Bolingbroke.
- 1556Thomas Cranmer is declared a heretic.
- The United States flag is formally recognized by a foreign naval vessel for the first time, when French Admiral Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte renders a nine gun salute to USS Ranger, commanded by John Paul Jones.
- American Revolutionary War: the Battle of Kettle Creek is fought in Georgia.
- James Cook is killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii.
- French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Cape St. Vincent – John Jervis, (later 1st Earl of St Vincent) and Horatio Nelson (later 1st Viscount Nelson) lead the British Royal Navy to victory over a Spanish fleet in action near Gibraltar.
- Karađorđe leads the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire.
- Ras Marye of Yejju marches into Tigray and defeats and kills Dejazmach Sabagadis in the Battle of Debre Abbay.
- The original Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, in the Latter Day Saint movement, is formed in Kirtland, Ohio.
- In New York City, James Knox Polk becomes the first serving President of the United States to have his photograph taken.
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- Great Ormond St Hospital for Sick Children, the first hospital in England to provide in-patient beds specifically for children, is founded in London.
- Texas is linked by telegraph to the rest of the United States, with the completion of a connection between New Orleans and Marshall, Texas.
- Oregon is admitted as the 33rd U.S. state.
- Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray.
- The War of the Pacific breaks out when Chilean armed forces occupy the Bolivian port city of Antofagasta.
- Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections.
- Second Boer War: In South Africa, 20,000 British troops invade the Orange Free State.
- The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into the Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor).
- Arizona is admitted as the 48th U.S. state.
- In Groton, Connecticut, the first diesel-powered submarine is commissioned.
- The Soviet Union adopts the Gregorian calendar (on 1 February according to the Julian calendar).
- The Polish–Soviet War begins.
- The League of Women Voters is founded in Chicago.
- The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company changes its name to International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).
- Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre: Seven people, six of them gangster rivals of Al Capone’s gang, are murdered in Chicago.
