Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
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- 51Nero, later to become Roman emperor, is given the title princeps iuventutis (head of the youth).
- 306Martyrdom of Saint Adrian of Nicomedia.
- 852Croatian Knez Trpimir I issues a statute, a document with the first known written mention of the Croats name in Croatian sources.
- 932Translation of the relics of martyr Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia, Prince of the Czechs.
- 1152Frederick I Barbarossa is elected King of Germany.
- 1238The Battle of the Sit River is fought in the northern part of the present-day Yaroslavl Oblast of Russia between the Mongol hordes of Batu Khan and the Russians under Yuri II of Vladimir-Suzdal during the Mongol invasion of Rus'.
- 1351Ramathibodi becomes King of Siam.
- 1386Władysław II Jagiełło (Jogaila) is crowned King of Poland.
- 1461Wars of the Roses in England: Lancastrian King Henry VI is deposed by his House of York cousin, who then becomes King Edward IV.
- 1493Explorer Christopher Columbus arrives back in Lisbon, Portugal, aboard his ship Niña from his voyage to what is now The Bahamas and other islands in the Caribbean.
- 1519Hernán Cortés arrives in Mexico in search of the Aztec civilization and its wealth.
- The Massachusetts Bay Colony is granted a Royal charter.
- English King Charles II declares war on the Netherlands marking the start of the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
- John Flamsteed is appointed the first Astronomer Royal of England.
- Charles II grants a land charter to William Penn for the area that will later become Pennsylvania.
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- American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army fortifies Dorchester Heights with cannon, leading the British troops to abandon the Siege of Boston.
- In New York City, the first Congress of the United States meets, putting the United States Constitution into effect. The United States Bill of Rights is written and proposed to Congress.
- France is divided into 83 départements, cutting across the former provinces in an attempt to dislodge regional loyalties based on ownership of land by the nobility.
- The Constitutional Act of 1791 is introduced by the British House of Commons in London which envisages the separation of Canada into Lower Canada (Quebec) and Upper Canada (Ontario).
- Vermont is admitted to the United States as the fourteenth state.
- The 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is passed by the U.S. Congress.
- Castle Hill Rebellion: Irish convicts rebel against British colonial authority in the Colony of New South Wales.
- Americans defeat British forces at the Battle of Longwoods between London, Ontario and Thamesville, near present-day Wardsville, Ontario.
- The city of Chicago is incorporated.
- Carlo Alberto di Savoia signs the Statuto Albertino that will later represent the first constitution of the Regno d'Italia.
- The first national flag of the Confederate States of America (the “Stars and Bars”) is adopted.
- The third and final national flag of the Confederate States of America is adopted by the Confederate Congress.
- Britain’s first electric trams run in east London.
- The longest bridge in Great Britain, the Forth Bridge in Scotland, measuring 1710 ft long, is opened by the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII.
- Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown, Queensland, with a 12 m wave that reaches up to 5 km inland, killing over 300.
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