Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
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- 1508Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, is defeated in Friuli by Venetian troops
- 1513Italian Wars: Battle of Novara. Swiss troops defeat the French under Louis II de la Trémoille, forcing the French to abandon Milan. Duke Massimiliano Sforza is restored.
- 1523Gustav Vasa, the Swedish regent, is elected King of Sweden, marking a symbolic end to the Kalmar Union. This is the Swedish national day.
- Francis Drake’s forces raid St. Augustine in Spanish Florida.
- The Qing dynasty Manchu forces led by the Shunzhi Emperor capture Beijing during the collapse of the Ming dynasty.
- Queen Christina abdicates the Swedish throne and is succeeded by her cousin Charles X Gustav.
- Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire, is crowned.
- The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England, opens as the world’s first university museum.
- The Conspiracy of the Slaves in Malta is discovered.
- A devastating fire destroys one-third of Moscow, including 18,000 homes.
- Seven Years’ War: British forces begin a siege of Havana, Cuba, and temporarily capture the city in the Battle of Havana.
- Napoleon’s brother, Joseph Bonaparte, is crowned King of Spain.
- Sweden promulgates a new Constitution, which restores political power to the Riksdag of the Estates after 20 years of enlightened absolutism. At the same time, Charles XIII is elected to succeed Gustav IV Adolf as King of Sweden.
- War of 1812: Battle of Stoney Creek: A British force of 700 under John Vincent defeats an American force twice its size under William Winder and John Chandler.
- Alexis St. Martin is accidentally shot in the stomach, leading to William Beaumont’s studies on digestion.
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- The June Rebellion in Paris is put down by the National Guard.
- Andrew Jackson becomes the first U.S. President to ride on a train.
- The Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) is founded in London.
- Sophia of Nassau marries the future King Oscar II of Sweden–Norway.
- Australia: Queensland is established as a separate colony from New South Wales (Queensland Day).
- American Civil War: Battle of Memphis: Union forces capture Memphis, Tennessee, from the Confederates.
- More than 100,000 inhabitants of Bombay are killed when a cyclone in the Arabian Sea pushes huge waves into the harbour.
- The Shewan forces of Menelik II of Ethiopia defeat the Gojjame army in the Battle of Embabo. The Shewans capture Negus Tekle Haymanot of Gojjam, and their victory leads to a Shewan hegemony over the territories south of the Abay River.
- The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
- The Chicago “L” commuter rail system begins operation
- Governor Davis H. Waite orders the Colorado state militia to protect and support the miners engaged in the Cripple Creek miners’ strike.
- French troops capture Abéché (in modern-day Chad) and install a puppet sultan in the Ouaddai Empire.
- The eruption of Novarupta in Alaska begins. It is the second largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century.
- World War I: Battle of Belleau Wood: The U.S. Marine Corps suffers its worst single day’s casualties while attempting to recapture the wood at Château-Thierry.
- The Republic of Prekmurje ends.
