Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
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- 694At the Seventeenth Council of Toledo, Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims, sentencing all Jews to slavery.
- 1282Pope Martin IV excommunicates King Peter III of Aragon.
- 1313Louis the Bavarian defeats his cousin Frederick I of Austria at the Battle of Gammelsdorf.
- 1330At the Battle of Posada, Basarab I of Wallachia defeats the Hungarian army of Charles I Robert.
- 1456Ulrich II, Count of Celje, last ruler of the County of Cilli, is assassinated in Belgrade.
- 1494The Family de' Medici are expelled from Florence.
- 1520More than 50 people are sentenced and executed in the Stockholm Bloodbath
- Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower sight land at Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
- Glorious Revolution: William of Orange captures Exeter.
- Pope Innocent XII founds the city of Cervia.
- The synagogue of Judah HeHasid is burned down by Arab creditors, leading to the expulsion of the Ashkenazim from Jerusalem.
- Spain, France and Great Britain sign the Treaty of Seville.
- Mary Campbell, a captive of the Lenape during the French and Indian War, is turned over to forces commanded by Colonel Henry Bouquet.
- American Revolutionary War: In the Battle of Fishdam Ford a force of British and Loyalist troops fail in a surprise attack against the South Carolina Patriot militia under Brigadier General Thomas Sumter.
- Foundation of the Dublin Society of United Irishmen.
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- William Carey reaches the Hooghly River.
- Napoleon Bonaparte leads the Coup of 18 Brumaire ending the Directory government, and becoming one of its three Consuls (Consulate Government).
- The Action of 9 November 1822 between USS Alligator and a squadron of pirate schooners off the coast of Cuba.
- Robert Blum, a German revolutionary, is executed in Vienna.
- Kentucky marshals abduct abolitionist minister Calvin Fairbank from Jeffersonville, Indiana, and take him to Kentucky to stand trial for helping a slave escape.
- The Atlantic is founded in Boston, Massachusetts.
- The first documented football match in Canada is played at University College, Toronto.
- American Civil War: Union General Ambrose Burnside assumes command of the Army of the Potomac, after George B. McClellan is removed.
- Tokugawa shogunate hands power back to the Emperor of Japan, starting the Meiji Restoration.
- The Great Boston Fire of 1872.
- A large earthquake strikes Zagreb and causes many casualties. One of them is the Zagreb Cathedral.
- The Royal Winnipeg Rifles of the Canadian Armed Forces (known then as the “90th Winnipeg Battalion of Rifles”) is founded.
- The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
- Mary Jane Kelly is murdered in London, widely believed to be the fifth and final victim of the notorious unidentified serial killer Jack the Ripper.
- Theodore Roosevelt is the first sitting President of the United States to make an official trip outside the country. He did so to inspect progress on the Panama Canal.