Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 48 events. Showing 1 - 30.
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- 561King Chlothar I dies at Compiègne. The Merovingian dynasty is continued by his four sons — Charibert I, Guntram, Sigebert I and Chilperic I — who divide the Frankish Kingdom.
- 800Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Pope Leo III.
- 1394The Korean king Yi Seong-gye, founder of the Joseon dynasty, moves the capital from Kaesŏng to Hanyang, today known as Seoul.
- 1549The papal conclave of 1549–50 begins.
- The Battle of Swally takes place, which loosens the Portuguese Empire’s hold on India.
- Natchez Indians massacre 138 Frenchmen, 35 French women, and 56 children at Fort Rosalie, near the site of modern-day Natchez, Mississippi.
- American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia, comes to an end with the arrival of British reinforcements.
- San Jose, California, is founded as Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe by José Joaquín Moraga. It is the first civilian settlement, or pueblo, in Alta California.
- The crew of the British slave ship Zong murders 133 Africans by dumping them into the sea to claim insurance.
- A 5.3 magnitude earthquake strikes New Jersey.
- Transfer of the Portuguese Court to Brazil: John VI of Portugal flees Lisbon from advancing Napoleonic forces during the Peninsular War, transferring the Portuguese court to Brazil.
- November Uprising: An armed rebellion against Russia’s rule in Poland begins.
- The Sonderbund is defeated by the joint forces of other Swiss cantons under General Guillaume-Henri Dufour.
- Whitman massacre: Missionaries Dr. Marcus Whitman, his wife Narcissa, and 15 others are killed by Cayuse and Umatilla Indians, causing the Cayuse War.
- The treaty, Punctation of Olmütz, is signed in Olomouc. Prussia capitulates to Austria, which will take over the leadership of the German Confederation.
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- American Indian Wars: Sand Creek massacre – Colorado volunteers led by Colonel John Chivington massacre at least 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho noncombatants inside Colorado Territory.
- American Civil War: Battle of Spring Hill – A Confederate advance into Tennessee misses an opportunity to crush the Union Army. General John Bell Hood is angered, which leads to the Battle of Franklin.
- American Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.
- Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.
- End of Third Anglo-Burmese War, and end of Burmese monarchy
- The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan, and the first Diet convenes.
- The Ziqiang Institute, today known as Wuhan University, is founded by Zhang Zhidong, governor of Hubei and Hunan Provinces in late Qing dynasty China, after his memorial to the throne is approved by the Qing Government.
- FC Barcelona Association football club is founded.
- The Pittsburgh Stars defeated the Philadelphia Athletics, 11–0, at the Pittsburgh Coliseum, to win the first championship associated with an American national professional football league.
- U.S. Admiral Richard E. Byrd leads the first expedition to fly over the South Pole.
- World War II: The second session of the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia (AVNOJ), held to determine the post-war ordering of the country, concludes in Jajce in what is now Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- The first surgery (on a human) to correct blue baby syndrome is performed by Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas.
- World War II: Albania is liberated by partisan forces.
- The Federal People’s Republic of Yugoslavia is declared.
- The All Indonesia Centre of Labour Organizations (SOBSI) is founded in Jakarta.
