Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 37 events. Showing 1 - 30.
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- 1066Edward the Confessor dies childless, sparking a succession crisis that will eventually lead to the Norman conquest of England.
- 1477Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France.
- 1500Duke Ludovico Sforza conquers Milan.
- 1527Felix Manz, a leader of the Anabaptist congregation in Zurich, Switzerland, is executed by drowning.
- 1554A great fire occurs in Eindhoven, Netherlands.
- Battle of Colmar: the French army beats Brandenburg.
- Louis XV of France survives an assassination attempt by Robert-François Damiens, the last person to be executed in France by drawing and quartering, the traditional and gruesome form of capital punishment used for regicides.
- American Revolutionary War: Richmond, Virginia, is burned by British naval forces led by Benedict Arnold.
- The United States House of Representatives votes to stop sharing the Oregon Territory with the United Kingdom.
- The Palais Garnier, one of the most famous opera houses in the world, is inaugurated in Paris.
- Dreyfus affair: French army officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil’s Island.
- An Austrian newspaper reports that Wilhelm Röntgen has discovered a type of radiation later known as X-rays.
- Irish leader John Redmond calls for a revolt against British rule.
- Kappa Alpha Psi, the world’s second oldest and largest black fraternity, is founded at Indiana University.
- The Prague Party Conference takes place.
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- First Balkan War: During the Battle of Lemnos, Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it did not venture for the rest of the war.
- The Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and that it would pay a “living wage” of at least $5 for a day’s labor.
- The German Workers’ Party, which would become the Nazi Party, is founded.
- Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female governor in the United States.
- Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins in San Francisco Bay.
- The Daily Mail becomes the first transoceanic newspaper.
- The Soviet Union recognizes the new pro-Soviet government of Poland.
- United States President Harry S. Truman unveils his Fair Deal program.
- In a speech given to the United States Congress, United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces the establishment of what will later be called the Eisenhower Doctrine.
- Alexander Dubček comes to power: “Prague Spring” begins in Czechoslovakia.
- The Troubles: The Royal Ulster Constabulary raid the Bogside area of Derry, damaging property and beating residents. In response, residents erect barricades and establish Free Derry.
- United States President Richard Nixon orders the development of a Space Shuttle program.
- An earthquake in Lima, Peru, kills six people, and damages hundreds of houses.
- Warmest reliably measured temperature in Antarctica of +59 °F (+15 °C) recorded at Vanda Station
- The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania, Australia, is struck by the bulk ore carrier Lake Illawarra, killing twelve people.
