Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 72 events. Showing 1 - 30.
- 4Augustus adopts Tiberius.
- 221Roman emperor Elagabalus adopts his cousin Alexander Severus as his heir and receives the title of Caesar.
- 363Roman emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sasanian Empire. General Jovian is proclaimed Emperor by the troops on the battlefield.
- 687Pope Benedict II chosen.
- 699En no Ozuno, a Japanese mystic and apothecary who will later be regarded as the founder of a folk religion Shugendō, is banished to Izu Ōshima.
- 1243Mongols defeat the Seljuk Turks at the Battle of Köse Dağ.
- 1295Przemysł II crowned king of Poland, following Ducal period. The white eagle is added to the Polish coat of arms.
- 1407Ulrich von Jungingen becomes Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights.
- 1409Western Schism: The Roman Catholic Church is led into a double schism as Petros Philargos is crowned Pope Alexander V after the Council of Pisa, joining Pope Gregory XII in Rome and Pope Benedict XII in Avignon.
- 1460Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, and Edward, Earl of March, land in England with a rebel army and march on London.
- 1483Richard III becomes King of England.
- 1522Ottomans begin the second Siege of Rhodes.
- 1541Francisco Pizarro is assassinated in Lima by the son of his former companion and later antagonist, Diego de Almagro the younger. Almagro is later caught and executed.
- 1579Livonian campaign of Stephen Báthory begins.
- Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia, Peter the Great’s son, mysteriously dies after being sentenced to death by his father for plotting against him.
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- After a siege and bombardment by cannon, Baku surrenders to the Russians.
- A combined force Spanish, free blacks and allied Indians defeat a British garrison at the Siege of Fort Mose near St. Augustine during the War of Jenkins’ Ear.
- French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Fleurus marked the first successful military use of aircraft.
- William IV becomes king of Britain and Hanover.
- Treaty of Nanking comes into effect, Hong Kong Island is ceded to the British “in perpetuity”.
- End of the June Days Uprising in Paris.
- The first investiture of the Victoria Cross in Hyde Park, London.
- The Christian holiday of Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States.
- Henri Moissan isolated elemental Fluorine for the first time.
- Bangui is founded by Albert Dolisie and Alfred Uzac in what was then the upper reaches of the French Congo.
- The first Grand Prix motor racing event held.
- The 1907 Tiflis bank robbery takes place in Yerevan Square, now Freedom Square, Tbilisi.
- The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity.
- The first U.S. troops arrive in France to fight alongside Britain and France against Germany in World War I.
- World War I: Western Front: Battle of Belleau Wood: Allied Forces under John J. Pershing and James Harbord defeat Imperial German Forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince.
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