Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
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- 1264Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured and forced to sign the Mise of Lewes, making Simon de Montfort the de facto ruler of England.
- 1509Battle of Agnadello: In northern Italy, French forces defeat the Venetians.
- Jamestown, Virginia is settled as an English colony.
- The Protestant Union is founded in Auhausen.
- Henry IV of France is assassinated, bringing Louis XIII to the throne.
- Four-year-old Louis XIV becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Louis XIII.
- War of the Austrian Succession: A British fleet under Admiral George Anson defeats the French at the First Battle of Cape Finisterre.
- In Philadelphia, delegates convene a Constitutional Convention to write a new Constitution for the United States; George Washington presides.
- Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox inoculation.
- The Lewis and Clark Expedition departs from Camp Dubois and begins its historic journey by traveling up the Missouri River.
- Paraguay: Pedro Juan Caballero, Fulgencio Yegros and José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia start actions to depose the Spanish governor
- The Treaties of Velasco are signed in Velasco, Texas.
- American Civil War: The Battle of Jackson takes place.
- Boshin War: The Battle of Utsunomiya Castle ends as former Tokugawa shogunate forces withdraw northward to Aizu by way of Nikkō.
- The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.
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- The first group of 463 Indian indentured laborers arrives in Fiji aboard the Leonidas.
- The children’s charity, the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children is launched in London.
- The Stars and Stripes Forever is first performed in public near Willow Grove Park, Philadelphia.
- Governor of New York William Sulzer approves the charter for the Rockefeller Foundation, which begins operations with a $100 million donation from John D. Rockefeller.
- Virginia Woolf’s novel Mrs Dalloway is published.
- Ådalen shootings: Five people are killed in Ådalen, Sweden, as soldiers open fire on an unarmed trade union demonstration.
- The Philippines ratifies an independence agreement.
- Lina Medina becomes the youngest confirmed mother in medical history at the age of five.
- World War II: Rotterdam is bombed by the German Luftwaffe.
- World War II: The Battle of the Netherlands ends with the Netherlands surrendering to Germany.
- The Yermolayev Yer-2, a long-range Soviet medium bomber, makes its first flight.
- World War II: A Japanese submarine sinks AHS Centaur off the coast of Queensland.
- Israel is declared to be an independent state and a provisional government is established. Immediately after the declaration, Israel is attacked by the neighboring Arab states, triggering the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
- Trains run on the Talyllyn Railway in Wales for the first time since preservation, making it the first railway in the world to be operated by volunteers.
- Cold War: Eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact.
