Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
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- 46 BCEJulius Caesar defeats Titus Labienus in the Battle of Ruspina.
- 871Battle of Reading: Æthelred of Wessex fights, and is defeated by, a Danish invasion army.
- 1490Anne of Brittany announces that all those who would ally with the King of France will be considered guilty of the crime of lèse-majesté.
- King Charles I of England sends soldiers to arrest members of Parliament, commencing England’s slide into civil war.
- English Civil War: The Rump Parliament votes to put Charles I on trial.
- The Netherlands, Great Britain, and France sign the Triple Alliance.
- Great Britain declares war on Spain and Naples.
- Constantine Hangerli arrives in Bucharest, Wallachia, as its new Prince, invested by the Ottoman Empire.
- Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the United States government.
- After having been kidnapped and sold into slavery in the American South, Solomon Northrup regains his freedom; his memoir 12 Years a Slave later becomes a national bestseller.
- The McDonald Islands are discovered by Captain William McDonald aboard the Samarang.
- The New Apostolic Church, a Christian and chiliastic church, is established in Hamburg, Germany.
- The New York Stock Exchange opens its first permanent headquarters at 10-12 Broad near Wall Street in New York City.
- Sofia is emancipated from Ottoman rule.
- The Fabian Society is founded in London, England, United Kingdom.
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- The Oklahoma Land Run opens 2 million acres of unused Oklahoma Territory to first serve first come settlers on April 22.
- Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.
- Topsy, an elephant, is electrocuted by the owners of Luna Park, Coney Island. Thomas Edison’s movie company shoots the film Electrocuting an Elephant of the execution.
- The Scout Association is incorporated throughout the British Empire by royal charter.
- World War II: Operation Carpetbagger, involving the dropping of arms and supplies to resistance fighters in Europe, begins.
- Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
- Korean War: Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul.
- The Greek National Radical Union is formed by Konstantinos Karamanlis.
- Sputnik 1 falls to Earth from orbit.
- Luna 1 becomes the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon.
- United States President Lyndon B. Johnson proclaims his “Great Society” during his State of the Union address.
- A military coup takes place in Upper Volta (later Burkina Faso), dissolving the National Parliament and leading to a new national constitution.
- A magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes Tonghai County, China, killing at least 15,000 people.
- Rose Heilbron becomes the first female judge to sit at the Old Bailey in London, England.
- United States President Richard Nixon refuses to hand over materials subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee.
