Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
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- 331 BCAlexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela.
- 959Edgar the Peaceful becomes king of all England.
- 1553Coronation of Queen Mary I of England.
- Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn.
- First session of the French Legislative Assembly.
- Belgium is conquered by France.
- Spain cedes Louisiana to France via the Treaty of San Ildefonso.
- The first steamboat to sail the Mississippi River arrives in New Orleans.
- Opening of the Congress of Vienna, intended to redraw Europe’s political map after the defeat of Napoleon the previous spring.
- Russo-Persian War: The Russian army under Ivan Paskevich storms Yerevan, ending a millennium of Muslim domination in Armenia.
- South African College is founded in Cape Town, South Africa; it will later separate into the University of Cape Town and the South African College Schools.
- Texian political delegates convened at San Felipe de Austin to petition for changes in the governance of Mexican Texas.
- The News of the World tabloid begins publication in London.
- The watch company founded in 1850 in Roxbury by Aaron Lufkin Dennison relocates to Waltham, Massachusetts, to become the Waltham Watch Company, a pioneer in the American system of watch manufacturing.
- John Philip Sousa becomes leader of the United States Marine Band.
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- First electric lamp factory is opened by Thomas Edison.
- Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
- Yosemite National Park is established by the U.S. Congress.
- In California, Stanford University opens its doors.
- The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name k.u.k. Exportakademie.
- Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
- František Pavlík is killed in a demonstration in Prague, inspiring Leoš Janáček to the piano composition 1. X. 1905.
- Ford puts the Model T car on the market at a price of US$825.
- Los Angeles Times bombing: A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building in downtown Los Angeles, killing 21.
- World War I: Arab forces under T. E. Lawrence, also known as “Lawrence of Arabia”, capture Damascus.
- Sir Percy Cox lands in Basra to assume his responsibilities as High Commissioner in Iraq.
- The Soviet Union introduces its First five-year plan.
- The George Washington Bridge linking New Jersey and New York opens.
- Spain adopted women’s suffrage.
- Francisco Franco is named head of the Nationalist government of Spain.
