Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 40 events. Showing 1 - 30.
- 197Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum, the bloodiest battle between Roman armies.
- 356Emperor Constantius II issues a decree closing all pagan temples in the Roman Empire.
- Having already inherited the throne of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth through his mother Catherine Jagiellon of Poland in 1587, Sigismund III of the House of Vasa is crowned King of Sweden, having succeeded his father John III of Sweden in 1592.
- The Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina explodes in the most violent eruption in the recorded history of South America.
- The Second Battle of Guararapes takes place, effectively ending Dutch colonization efforts in Brazil.
- England and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster, ending the Third Anglo-Dutch War. A provision of the agreement transfers the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam to England, and it is renamed New York.
- Former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr is arrested for treason in Wakefield, Alabama and confined to Fort Stoddert.
- British explorer William Smith discovers the South Shetland Islands, and claims them in the name of King George III.
- In Austin, Texas the newly formed Texas state government is officially installed. The Republic of Texas government officially transfers power to the State of Texas government following the annexation of Texas by the United States.
- The first group of rescuers reaches the Donner Party.
- Daniel E. Sickles, a New York Congressman, is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity. This is the first time this defense is successfully used in the United States.
- Serfdom is abolished in Russia.
- Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
- More than sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history.
- World War I: The first naval attack on the Dardanelles begins when a strong Anglo-French task force bombards Ottoman artillery along the coast of Gallipoli.
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- Yekatit 12: During a public ceremony at the Viceregal Palace (the former Imperial residence) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, two Ethiopian nationalists of Eritrean origin attempt to kill viceroy Rodolfo Graziani with a number of grenades.
- World War II: Nearly 250 Japanese warplanes attack the northern Australian city of Darwin killing 243 people.
- World War II: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the executive order 9066, allowing the United States military to relocate Japanese Americans to internment camps.
- World War II: Battle of Kasserine Pass in Tunisia begins.
- World War II: Battle of Iwo Jima: About 30,000 United States Marines land on the island of Iwo Jima.
- The Conference of Youth and Students of Southeast Asia Fighting for Freedom and Independence convenes in Calcutta.
- Ezra Pound is awarded the first Bollingen Prize in poetry by the Bollingen Foundation and Yale University.
- Censorship: Georgia approves the first literature censorship board in the United States.
- The United Kingdom grants Cyprus independence, which is then formally proclaimed on August 16, 1960.
- China successfully launches the T-7, its first sounding rocket.
- The publication of Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique reawakens the feminist movement in the United States as women’s organizations and consciousness raising groups spread.
- Colonel Phạm Ngọc Thảo of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, and a communist spy of the North Vietnamese Viet Minh, along with Generals Lâm Văn Phát and Trần Thiện Khiêm attempted a coup against the military junta of Nguyễn Khánh.
- The Asama-Sansō hostage standoff begins in Japan.
- Executive Order 9066, which led to the relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps, is rescinded by President Gerald R. Ford’s Proclamation 4417
- Egyptian forces raid Larnaca International Airport in an attempt to intervene in a hijacking, without authorisation from the Republic of Cyprus authorities. The Cypriot National Guard and Police forces kill 15 Egyptian commandos and destroy the Egyptian C-130 transport plane in open combat.
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