Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
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- 763The Battle of Bakhamra between Alids and Abbasids near Kufa ends in a decisive Abbasid victory.
- 1525The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is founded when Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, George Blaurock, and about a dozen others baptize each other in the home of Manz’s mother in Zürich, breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union.
- 1535Following the Affair of the Placards, French Protestants are burned at the stake in front of the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris
- Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Stockholm.
- The Teatro Filarmonico in Verona is destroyed by fire. It is rebuilt in 1754.
- Abdul Hamid I became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
- The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth, is printed in Boston.
- After being found guilty of treason by the French National Convention, Louis XVI of France is executed by guillotine.
- Jules Dumont d'Urville discovers Adélie Land, Antarctica.
- American Civil War: Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate.
- The Tauranga Campaign begins during the New Zealand Wars.
- A total of 465 mm rain falls in Brisbane, a record for any Australian capital city.
- The Tati Concessions Land, formerly part of Matabeleland, is formally annexed to the Bechuanaland Protectorate, now Botswana.
- Opel manufactures its first automobile.
- New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.
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- The first Monte Carlo Rally takes place.
- Kiwanis International is founded in Detroit.
- Meeting of the First Dáil Éireann in the Mansion House Dublin. Sinn Féin adopts Ireland’s first constitution. The first engagement of Irish War of Independence, Sologhead Beg, County Tipperary.
- Albania declares itself a republic.
- Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia.
- Sparked by the murder of a German officer in Bucharest, Romania, the day before, members of the Iron Guard engaged in a rebellion and pogrom killing 125 Jews.
- The Flag of Quebec is adopted and flown for the first time over the National Assembly of Quebec. The day is marked annually as Québec Flag Day.
- American lawyer and government official Alger Hiss is convicted of perjury.
- The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, is launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States.
- The last Fokker C.X in military service, the Finnish Air Force FK-111 target tower, crashes, killing the pilot and winch-operator.
- Little Joe 1B, a Mercury spacecraft, lifts off from Wallops Island, Virginia with Miss Sam, a female rhesus monkey on board.
- Avianca Flight 671 crashes and burns upon landing at Montego Bay, Jamaica, killing 37. It is the worst air disaster in Jamaica’s history and the first for Avianca.
- Four hundred thirty-five workers are buried alive when a mine in Coalbrook, Free State collapses.
- Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh – One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins.
- A B-52 bomber crashes near Thule Air Base, contaminating the area after its nuclear payload ruptures. One of the four bombs remains unaccounted for after the cleanup operation is complete.
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