Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 60 events. Showing 1 - 30.
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- 474Emperor Leo II dies after a reign of ten months. He is succeeded by his father Zeno, who becomes sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire.
- 794Japanese Emperor Kanmu changes his residence from Nara to Kyoto.
- 1183The Battle of Mizushima.
- 1292John Balliol becomes King of Scotland.
- 1405Sharif ul-Hāshim establishes the Sultanate of Sulu.
- 1511Henry VIII of England concluded the Treaty of Westminster, a pledge of mutual aid against the French, with Ferdinand II of Aragon.
- 1558Elizabethan era begins: Queen Mary I of England dies and is succeeded by her half-sister Elizabeth I of England.
- English explorer, writer and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh goes on trial for treason.
- Articles of Confederation (United States) are submitted to the states for ratification.
- French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Bridge of Arcole: French forces defeat the Austrians in Italy.
- The United States Congress holds its first session in Washington, D.C.
- Sweden declares war on its ally the United Kingdom to begin the Anglo-Swedish War, although no fighting ever takes place.
- José Miguel Carrera, Chilean founding father, is sworn in as President of the executive Junta of the government of Chile.
- Captain Nathaniel Palmer becomes the first American to see Antarctica. (The Palmer Peninsula is later named after him.)
- Ecuador and Venezuela are separated from Gran Colombia.
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- Oberto, Giuseppe Verdi’s first opera, opens at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Italy.
- David Livingstone becomes the first European to see the Victoria Falls in what is now present-day Zambia-Zimbabwe.
- American Old West: On the Sonoita River in present-day southern Arizona, the United States Army establishes Fort Buchanan in order to help control new land acquired in the Gadsden Purchase.
- Modified Julian Day zero.
- American Civil War: Siege of Knoxville begins – Confederate forces led by General James Longstreet place Knoxville, Tennessee, under siege.
- In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is inaugurated.
- The National Rifle Association is granted a charter by the state of New York.
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s “Slavonic March” is given its premiere performance in Moscow, Russia.
- First assassination attempt against Umberto I of Italy by anarchist Giovanni Passannante, who was armed with a dagger. The King survived with a slight wound in an arm. Prime Minister Benedetto Cairoli blocked the aggressor, receiving an injury in a leg.
- Serbo-Bulgarian War: The decisive Battle of Slivnitsa begins.
- The Western Pennsylvania Hockey League, which later became the first ice hockey league to openly trade and hire players, began play at Pittsburgh’s Schenley Park Casino.
- The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party splits into two groups: The Bolsheviks (Russian for “majority”) and Mensheviks (Russian for “minority”).
- Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Incorporated, which is the first black Greek-lettered organization founded at an American historically black college or university, was founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C.
- Former Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI goes into exile in Italy.
- United States recognizes Soviet Union.
