Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
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- 324Battle of Adrianople: Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium.
- 987Hugh Capet is crowned King of France, the first of the Capetian dynasty that would rule France until the French Revolution in 1792.
- 1035William the Conqueror becomes the Duke of Normandy, reigns until 1087.
- Québec City is founded by Samuel de Champlain.
- French and Indian War: George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to French forces.
- Pitcairn Island is discovered by Midshipman Robert Pitcairn on an expeditionary voyage commanded by Philip Carteret.
- Norway’s oldest newspaper still in print, Adresseavisen, is founded and the first edition is published.
- American Revolutionary War: George Washington takes command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- American Revolutionary War: British forces kill 360 people in the Wyoming Valley massacre.
- The Bank of Savings in New York City, the first savings bank in the United States, opens.
- The first state normal school in the United States, the forerunner to today’s Framingham State College, opens in Lexington, Massachusetts with three students.
- The last pair of great auks is killed.
- Slaves are freed in the Danish West Indies (now U.S. Virgin Islands) by Peter von Scholten in the culmination of a year-long plot by enslaved Africans.
- The French enter Rome in order to restore Pope Pius IX to power. This would prove a major obstacle to Italian unification.
- Congress establishes the United States’ 2nd mint in San Francisco.
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- American Civil War: The final day of the Battle of Gettysburg culminates with Pickett’s Charge.
- Austro-Prussian War is decided at the Battle of Königgrätz, resulting in Prussia taking over as the prominent German nation from Austria.
- Dow Jones & Company publishes its first stock average.
- Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent Motorwagen: The first purpose-built automobile.
- The New-York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand.
- Idaho is admitted as the 43rd U.S. state.
- Spanish–American War: The Spanish fleet, led by Pascual Cervera y Topete, is destroyed by the U.S. Navy in Santiago, Cuba.
- Confederate veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913 reenact Pickett’s Charge; upon reaching the high-water mark of the Confederacy they are met by the outstretched hands of friendship from Union survivors.
- World speed record for a steam railway locomotive is set in England, by the Mallard, which reaches a speed of 125.88 mph.
- United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame at Gettysburg Battlefield.
- World War II: In order to stop the ships from falling into German hands the French fleet of the Atlantic based at Mers El Kébir, is bombarded by the British fleet, coming from Gibraltar, causing the loss of three battleships: French battleship Dunkerque, French battleship Provence and French battleship Bretagne. One thousand two hundred sailors perish.
- World War II: Minsk is liberated from Nazi control by Soviet troops during Operation Bagration.
- The Constitution of Puerto Rico is approved by the United States Congress.
- The SS United States sets sail on her maiden voyage to Southampton. During the voyage, the ship takes the Blue Riband away from the RMS Queen Mary.
- The Aden Emergency: The Battle of the Crater in which the British Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders retake the Crater district following the Arab Police Mutiny.
