Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 46 events. Showing 1 - 30.
- 222Emperor Elagabalus is assassinated, along with his mother, Julia Soaemias, by the Praetorian Guard during a revolt. Their mutilated bodies are dragged through the streets of Rome before being thrown into the Tiber.
- 1387Battle of Castagnaro: English condottiero Sir John Hawkwood leads Padova to victory in a factional clash with Verona.
- Guaraní forces living in the Jesuit reductions defeat bandeirantes loyal to the Portuguese Empire at the Battle of Mbororé in present-day Panambí, Argentina.
- The Frondeurs and the French sign the Peace of Rueil.
- The Daily Courant, England’s first national daily newspaper is published for the first time.
- Queen Anne withholds Royal Assent from the Scottish Militia Bill, the last time a British monarch vetoes legislation.
- The signing of the Treaty of Mangalore brings the Second Anglo-Mysore War to an end.
- During André Masséna’s retreat from the Lines of Torres Vedras, a division led by French Marshal Michel Ney fights off a combined Anglo-Portuguese force to give Masséna time to escape.
- The United States Department of War creates the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
- Flagstaff War: Unhappy with translational differences regarding the Treaty of Waitangi, chiefs Hone Heke, Kawiti and Māori tribe members chop down the British flagpole for a fourth time and drive settlers out of Kororareka, New Zealand.
- Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine and Robert Baldwin become the first Prime Ministers of the Province of Canada to be democratically elected under a system of responsible government.
- The first performance of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi takes place in Venice.
- American Civil War: The Constitution of the Confederate States of America is adopted.
- The Great Sheffield Flood kills 238 people in Sheffield, England.
- The first performance of Don Carlos by Giuseppe Verdi takes place in Paris.
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- Construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begins; located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain.
- Shō Tai formally abdicated his position of King of Ryūkyū, under orders from Tokyo, ending the Ryukyu Kingdom
- The Great Blizzard of 1888 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400.
- USS Nevada (BB-36) is commissioned as the first US Navy “super-dreadnought”.
- World War I: Mesopotamian campaign: Baghdad falls to Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Stanley Maude.
- The first case of Spanish flu occurs, the start of a devastating worldwide pandemic.
- In New York City, Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens the Roxy Theatre.
- Ready for Labour and Defence of the USSR, abbreviated as GTO, is introduced in the Soviet Union.
- Booming Ben, the last heath hen was seen for the final time.
- Ground breaking musical film 42nd Street is released.
- World War II: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act into law, allowing American-built war supplies to be shipped to the Allies on loan.
- World War II: General Douglas MacArthur flees Corregidor.
- World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy attempts a large-scale kamikaze attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet anchored at Ulithi atoll in Operation Tan No. 2.
- World War II: The Empire of Vietnam, a short-lived Japanese puppet state, is established with Bảo Đại as its ruler.
- Rudolf Höss, the first commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp, is captured by British troops.
