Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 50 events. Showing 1 - 30.
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- 330Byzantium is renamed Nova Roma during a dedication ceremony, but it is more popularly referred to as Constantinople.
- 868A copy of the Diamond Sutra is printed in China, making it the oldest known dated printed book.
- 912Alexander becomes Emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
- 1310In France, fifty-four members of the Knights Templar are burned at the stake as heretics.
- Peter Stuyvesant arrives in New Amsterdam to replace Willem Kieft as Director-General of New Netherland, the Dutch colonial settlement in present-day New York City.
- Franco-Dutch War: Louis XIV of France invades the Netherlands.
- War of the Austrian Succession: Battle of Fontenoy: French forces defeat an Anglo-Dutch–Hanoverian army.
- Captain Robert Gray becomes the first documented white person to sail into the Columbia River.
- Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the House of Commons, London.
- In Australia, William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth lead an expedition to cross the Blue Mountains west of Sydney. Their route opens up inland Australia for continued expansion throughout the 19th century.
- HMS Beagle, the ship that will take Charles Darwin on his scientific voyage, is launched.
- The Aberdeen-built brig Lady of the Lake struck an iceberg and sank off the coast of Newfoundland with the loss of up to 265 passengers and crew.
- President James K. Polk asked for and received a Declaration of War against Mexico, starting the Mexican–American War
- Indian Rebellion of 1857: Indian rebels seize Delhi from the British.
- Minnesota is admitted as the 32nd U.S. State.
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- American Civil War: The ironclad CSS Virginia is scuttled in the James River northwest of Norfolk, Virginia.
- Luxembourg gains its independence.
- Seven people are killed in the Mussel Slough Tragedy, a gun battle in California.
- An attack upon a U.S. Army paymaster and escort results in the theft of over $28,000 and the award of two Medals of Honor.
- The Ōtsu incident: Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich of Imperial Russia (later Nicholas II) suffers a critical head injury during a sword attack by Japanese policeman Tsuda Sanzō. He is rescued by Prince George of Greece and Denmark.
- Pullman Strike: Four thousand Pullman Palace Car Company workers go on a wildcat strike in Illinois.
- Thirty-two Shriners are killed when their chartered train derails at a switch near Surf Depot in Lompoc, California.
- An act of the U.S. Congress establishes Glacier National Park in Montana.
- The Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus is officially established.
- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is founded.
- William Faulkner’s collections of short stories, Go Down, Moses, is published.
- World War II: American troops invade Attu Island in the Aleutian Islands in an attempt to expel occupying Japanese forces.
- World War II: The Allies begin a major offensive against the Axis Powers on the Gustav Line.
- World War II: Off the coast of Okinawa, the aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill is hit by two kamikazes, killing 346 of its crew. Although badly damaged, the ship is able to return to the U.S. under its own power.
- UMNO is created.
