Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 63 events. Showing 1 - 30.
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- 472After being besieged in Rome by his own generals, Western Roman Emperor Anthemius is captured in St. Peter’s Basilica and put to death.
- 911Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Rollo of Normandy.
- 1174Baldwin IV, 13, becomes King of Jerusalem, with Raymond III, Count of Tripoli as regent and William of Tyre as chancellor.
- 1302Battle of the Golden Spurs (Guldensporenslag in Dutch) – a coalition around the Flemish cities defeats the king of France’s royal army.
- 1346Charles IV, Count of Luxembourg and King of Bohemia, is elected King of the Romans.
- 1405Ming admiral Zheng He sets sail to explore the world for the first time.
- 1476Giuliano della Rovere is appointed bishop of Coutances.
- 1576Martin Frobisher sights Greenland.
- Samuel de Champlain returns to Quebec.
- Mathematical calculations suggest that it is on this day that dwarf planet Pluto moved inside the orbit of Neptune for the last time before 1979.
- Pogrom: Jews are expelled from Little Russia.
- Halifax, Nova Scotia is almost completely destroyed by fire.
- Jacques Necker is dismissed as France’s Finance Minister sparking the Storming of the Bastille.
- The United States takes possession of Detroit from Great Britain under terms of the Jay Treaty.
- The United States Marine Corps is re-established; they had been disbanded after the American Revolutionary War.
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- French astronomer Jean-Louis Pons makes his first comet discovery. In the next 27 years he discovers another 36 comets, more than any other person in history.
- A duel occurs in which the Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr mortally wounds former Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton.
- Noongar Australian aboriginal warrior Yagan, wanted for the murder of white colonists in Western Australia, is killed.
- Waterloo railway station in London opens.
- American Civil War: Battle of Fort Stevens; Confederate forces attempt to invade Washington, D.C.
- The British Mediterranean Fleet begins the Bombardment of Alexandria in Egypt as part of the Anglo-Egyptian War.
- Tijuana, Mexico, is founded.
- The first cultured pearl is obtained by Kokichi Mikimoto.
- A revolution led by the liberal general and politician, José Santos Zelaya, takes over state power in Nicaragua.
- Brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière demonstrate movie film technology to scientists.
- Salomon August Andrée leaves Spitsbergen to attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon. He later crashes and dies.
- Murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in the United States, inspiration for Theodore Dreiser’s An American Tragedy.
- Babe Ruth makes his debut in Major League Baseball.
- USS Nevada is launched.
- The eight-hour day and free Sunday become law for workers in the Netherlands.
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