Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
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- 371 BCThe Battle of Leuctra, where Epaminondas defeated Cleombrotus I, takes place
- 640Battle of Heliopolis: The Muslim Arab army under 'Amr ibn al-'As defeat the Byzantine forces near Heliopolis (Egypt).
- 1044The Battle of Ménfő between troops led by Emperor Henry III and Magyar forces led by Samuel Aba, King of Hungary, takes place.
- 1189Richard I “the Lionheart” accedes to the English throne.
- 1253Mindaugas is crowned King of Lithuania.
- 1348Pope Clement VI issues a papal bull protecting the Jews accused of having caused the Black Death.
- 1411Ming China’s Admiral Zheng He returns to Nanjing after the third treasure voyage and presents the Sinhalese king, captured during the Ming–Kotte War, to the Yongle Emperor.
- 1415Jan Hus is condemned as a heretic and then burned at the stake.
- 1483Richard III is crowned King of England.
- 1484Portuguese sea captain Diogo Cão finds the mouth of the Congo River.
- 1495First Italian War: Battle of Fornovo: Charles VIII defeats the Holy League.
- 1535Sir Thomas More is executed for treason against King Henry VIII of England.
- 1557King Philip II of Spain, consort of Queen Mary I of England, sets out from Dover to war with France, which eventually resulted in the loss of the City of Calais, the last English possession on the continent, and Mary I never seeing her husband again.
- 1560The Treaty of Edinburgh is signed by Scotland and England.
- 1573Córdoba, Argentina, is founded by Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera.
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- 1573French Wars of Religion: Siege of La Rochelle ends.
- Żejtun and the surrounding villages suffer a raid from Ottoman forces. This was the last unsuccessful attempt by the Ottomans to conquer the island of Malta.
- Thirty Years’ War: Four thousand Swedish troops under Gustavus Adolphus land in Pomerania, Germany.
- Battle of Sedgemoor: Last battle of the Monmouth Rebellion. troops of King James II defeat troops of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth.
- Pope Benedict XIV suppresses the Patriarchate of Aquileia and establishes from its territory the Archdiocese of Udine and Gorizia.
- American Revolutionary War: Siege of Fort Ticonderoga: After a bombardment by British artillery under General John Burgoyne, American forces retreat from Fort Ticonderoga, New York.
- Battle of Grenada: The French defeat British naval forces during the American Revolutionary War.
- First Battle of Algeciras: Outnumbered French Navy ships defeat the Royal Navy in the fortified Spanish port of Algeciras.
- The second day of the Battle of Wagram; France defeats the Austrian army in the largest battle to date of the Napoleonic Wars.
- In Jackson, Michigan, the first convention of the United States Republican Party is held.
- The first issue of The Nation magazine is published.
- Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
- David Kalākaua, monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, is forced at gunpoint by Americans to sign the Bayonet Constitution giving Americans more power in Hawaii while stripping Hawaiian citizens of their rights.
- Dadabhai Naoroji is elected as the first Indian Member of Parliament in Britain.
- Three thousand eight hundred striking steelworkers engage in a day-long battle with Pinkerton agents during the Homestead Strike, leaving ten dead and dozens wounded.
