Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 48 events. Showing 1 - 30.
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- 1054Siward, Earl of Northumbria invades Scotland and defeats Macbeth, King of Scotland somewhere north of the Firth of Forth.
- 1189Friedrich Barbarossa arrives at Niš, the capital of Serbian King Stefan Nemanja, during the Third Crusade.
- 1202Georgian–Seljuk wars: At the Battle of Basian the Kingdom of Georgia defeats the Sultanate of Rum.
- 1214Battle of Bouvines: Philip II of France decisively defeats Imperial, English and Flemish armies, effectively ending John of England’s Angevin Empire.
- 1299According to Edward Gibbon, Osman I invades the territory of Nicomedia for the first time, usually considered to be the founding day of the Ottoman state.
- 1302Battle of Bapheus: Decisive Ottoman victory over the Byzantines opening up Bithynia for Turkish conquest.
- 1549The Jesuit priest Francis Xavier’s ship reaches Japan.
- The English Parliament passes the second Navigation Act requiring that all goods bound for the American colonies have to be sent in English ships from English ports.
- Glorious Revolution: The Battle of Killiecrankie ends.
- A Royal charter is granted to the Bank of England.
- The Battle of Grengam marks the second important victory of the Russian Navy.
- American Revolution: First Battle of Ushant: British and French fleets fight to a standoff.
- The first U.S. federal government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs, is established (it will be later renamed Department of State).
- French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre is arrested after encouraging the execution of more than 17,000 “enemies of the Revolution”.
- Sailing from San Francisco to Panama City, Panama, the SS Golden Gate catches fire and sinks off Manzanillo, Mexico, killing 231.
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- Welsh settlers arrive at Chubut in Argentina.
- The first permanent transatlantic telegraph cable is successfully completed, stretching from Valentia Island, Ireland, to Heart’s Content, Newfoundland.
- Second Anglo-Afghan War: Battle of Maiwand: Afghan forces led by Mohammad Ayub Khan defeat the British Army in battle near Maiwand, Afghanistan.
- Vincent van Gogh shoots himself and dies two days later.
- Kaiser Wilhelm II makes a speech comparing Germans to Huns; for years afterwards, “Hun” would be a disparaging name for Germans.
- Felix Manalo registers the Iglesia ni Cristo with the Philippine government.
- The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.
- The Chicago Race Riot erupts after a racial incident occurred on a South Side beach, leading to 38 fatalities and 537 injuries over a five-day period.
- Researchers at the University of Toronto led by biochemist Frederick Banting prove that the hormone insulin regulates blood sugar.
- The Geneva Convention of 1929, dealing with treatment of prisoners-of-war, is signed by 53 nations.
- The animated short A Wild Hare is released, introducing the character of Bugs Bunny.
- Japanese troops occupy French Indochina.
- World War II: Allied forces successfully halt the final Axis advance into Egypt.
- Initial flight of the de Havilland Comet, the first jet-powered airliner.
- Fighting in the Korean War ends when the United States, China, and North Korea sign an armistice agreement. Syngman Rhee, President of South Korea, refuses to sign but pledges to observe the armistice.
