Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 49 events. Showing 1 - 30.
Can you guess my birthday in just 6 tries? 🥳🎉 Give it a shot and see if you can crack the code! 🎂🎈 Play the Birthday Challenge here.
- 1521Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther in the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem.
- By the Coonan Cross Oath, the Eastern Church in India cuts itself off from colonial Portuguese tutelage.
- Benning Wentworth issues the first of the New Hampshire Grants, leading to the establishment of Vermont.
- The first issue of Berlingske, Denmark’s oldest continually operating newspaper, is published.
- American General George Washington defeats British General Lord Cornwallis at the Battle of Princeton.
- Austria, the United Kingdom, and France form a secret defensive alliance against Prussia and Russia.
- Stephen F. Austin receives a grant of land in Texas from the government of Mexico.
- Joseph Jenkins Roberts is sworn in as the first president of the independent African Liberia.
- American Civil War: Delaware votes not to secede from the United States.
- Meiji Restoration in Japan: The Tokugawa shogunate is abolished; agents of Satsuma and Chōshū seize power.
- Construction of the Brooklyn Bridge begins.
- Sino-French War: Beginning of the Battle of Núi Bop
- The refracting telescope at the Lick Observatory, measuring 91 cm in diameter, is used for the first time. It was the largest telescope in the world at the time.
- A magnitude 7.7 earthquake destroys the city of Almaty in Russian Turkestan.
- At the Paris Peace Conference, Emir Faisal I of Iraq signs an agreement with Zionist leader Chaim Weizmann on the development of a Jewish homeland in Palestine and an Arab nation in a large part of the Middle East.
Your birthday deserves more than 'Happy Birthday' on repeat! 🎶 Discover unique songs, fun trivia, and surprising facts! Subscribe now and celebrate like never before! 🎉🎂 (Sponsored)
- Benito Mussolini announces he is taking dictatorial powers over Italy.
- Martial law is declared in Honduras to stop a revolt by banana workers fired by the United Fruit Company.
- Minnie D. Craig becomes the first female elected as Speaker of the North Dakota House of Representatives, the first female to hold a Speaker position anywhere in the United States.
- The March of Dimes is established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
- World War II: Top Ace Major Greg “Pappy” Boyington is shot down in his Vought F4U Corsair by Captain Masajiro Kawato flying a Mitsubishi A6M Zero.
- World War II: Admiral Chester W. Nimitz is placed in command of all U.S. Naval forces in preparation for planned assaults against Iwo Jima and Okinawa in Japan.
- Popular Canadian American jockey George Woolf dies in a freak accident during a race; the annual George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award is created to honor him.
- Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time.
- The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, the central bank of the Philippines, is established.
- Frances P. Bolton and her son, Oliver from Ohio, become the first mother and son to serve simultaneously in the U.S. Congress.
- A fire damages the top part of the Eiffel Tower.
- The Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch.
- The West Indies Federation is formed.
- Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state.
- Separatists in the Maldives declare the establishment of the United Suvadive Republic.
Think birthdays are boring? Think again! 🎉 Explore unique songs, fun trivia, and amazing facts on our channel. Make your yearly celebration unforgettable! Subscribe now and join the birthday fun! 🎂✨ (Sponsored)
