Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
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- 363Emperor Julian marches back up the Tigris and burns his fleet of supply ships. During the withdrawal Roman forces suffered several attacks from the Persians.
- 632Yazdegerd III ascends to the throne as king (shah) of the Persian Empire. He becomes the last ruler of the Sasanian dynasty (modern Iran).
- 1407Ming–Hồ War: Retired King Hồ Quý Ly and his son King Hồ Hán Thương of Hồ dynasty are captured by the Ming armies.
- 1487Battle of Stoke Field, the final engagement of the Wars of the Roses.
- Mary, Queen of Scots, recognizes Philip II of Spain as her heir and successor.
- War of the Austrian Succession: New England colonial troops under the command of William Pepperrell capture the French Fortress of Louisbourg in Louisbourg, Nova Scotia (Old Style).
- War of Austrian Succession: Austria and Sardinia defeat a Franco-Spanish army at the Battle of Piacenza.
- French and Indian War: The French surrender Fort Beauséjour to the British, leading to the expulsion of the Acadians.
- Foundation of Harrodsburg, Kentucky.
- Spain declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
- First Battle of Groix otherwise known as “Cornwallis’ Retreat”.
- Battle of Ligny and Battle of Quatre Bras, two days before the Battle of Waterloo.
- At the Villa Diodati, Lord Byron reads Fantasmagoriana to his four house guests — Percy Shelley, Mary Shelley, Claire Clairmont, and John Polidori — and challenges each guest to write a ghost story, which culminates in Mary Shelley writing the novel Frankenstein, John Polidori writing the short story The Vampyre, and Byron writing the poem Darkness.
- The formation of the London Working Men’s Association gives rise to the Chartist Movement.
- The Papal conclave of 1846 elects Pope Pius IX, beginning the longest reign in the history of the papacy.
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- Abraham Lincoln delivers his House Divided speech in Springfield, Illinois.
- The Battle of Morar takes place during the Indian Mutiny.
- The University Tests Act allows students to enter the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Durham without religious tests (except for those intending to study theology).
- The Victoria Hall theatre panic in Sunderland, England kills 183 children.
- The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson’s “Switchback Railway”, opens in New York’s Coney Island amusement park.
- John Abbott becomes Canada’s third Prime Minister.
- A treaty annexing the Republic of Hawaii to the United States is signed; the Republic would not be dissolved until a year later.
- The Ford Motor Company is incorporated.
- Roald Amundsen commences the first east-west navigation of the Northwest Passage, leaving Oslo, Norway.
- Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolay Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland.
- Irish author James Joyce begins a relationship with Nora Barnacle and subsequently uses the date to set the actions for his novel Ulysses; this date is now traditionally called “Bloomsday”.
- IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.
- A 772 gram stony meteorite strikes the earth near Kilbourn, Wisconsin damaging a barn.
- Foundation of the British Women’s Institute.
- General election in the Irish Free State: The pro-Treaty Sinn Féin win a large majority.
