Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
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- 1018Poland and the Holy Roman Empire conclude the Peace of Bautzen.
- An estimated 200 square miles (51,800 ha) along the coasts of the Bristol Channel and Severn Estuary in England are destroyed by massive flooding, resulting in an estimated 2,000 deaths.
- Eighty Years’ War: The Treaty of Münster and Osnabrück is signed, ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain.
- King Charles I of England is beheaded.
- Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England is ritually executed more than two years after his death, on the 12th anniversary of the execution of the monarch he himself deposed.
- The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth cedes Kiev, Smolensk, and left-bank Ukraine to the Tsardom of Russia in the Treaty of Andrusovo.
- The Forty-seven Ronin, under the command of Ōishi Kuranosuke, avenge the death of their master.
- Tây Sơn forces emerge victorious against Qing armies and liberate the capital Thăng Long.
- The first boat specializing as a lifeboat is tested on the River Tyne.
- The original Lower Trenton Bridge (also called the Trenton Makes the World Takes Bridge), which spans the Delaware River between Morrisville, Pennsylvania and Trenton, New Jersey, is opened.
- Edward Bransfield sights the Trinity Peninsula and claims the discovery of Antarctica.
- The Menai Suspension Bridge, considered the world’s first modern suspension bridge, connecting the Isle of Anglesey to the north West coast of Wales, is opened.
- In the first assassination attempt against a President of the United States, Richard Lawrence attempts to shoot president Andrew Jackson, but fails and is subdued by a crowd, including several congressmen as well as Jackson himself.
- A fire destroys two-thirds of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
- Yerba Buena, California is renamed San Francisco.
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- The first Hallé concert is given in Manchester, England, marking the official founding of The Hallé orchestra as a full-time, professional orchestra.
- The first American ironclad warship, the USS Monitor is launched.
- Archduke Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown, is found dead with his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera in the Mayerling.
- The first Anglo-Japanese Alliance is signed in London.
- Indian pacifist and leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is released from prison by Jan C. Smuts after being tried and sentenced to two months in jail earlier in the month.
- The destroyer USS Terry makes the first airplane rescue at sea saving the life of Douglas McCurdy ten miles from Havana, Cuba.
- The Canadian Naval Service becomes the Royal Canadian Navy.
- The British House of Lords rejects the Irish Home Rule Bill.
- The Government of Turkey throws Patriarch Constantine VI out of Istanbul.
- Adolf Hitler is sworn in as Chancellor of Germany.
- World War II: Japanese forces invade the island of Ambon in the Dutch East Indies.
- World War II: Second day of the Battle of Rennell Island. The USS Chicago is sunk and a U.S. destroyer is heavily damaged by Japanese torpedoes.
- World War II: The Battle of Cisterna, part of Operation Shingle, begins in central Italy.
- World War II: American troops land on Majuro, Marshall Islands.
- World War II: The Wilhelm Gustloff, overfilled with German refugees, sinks in the Baltic Sea after being torpedoed by a Soviet submarine, killing approximately 9,500 people in what is the deadliest known maritime disaster.
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