Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 83 events. Showing 1 - 30.
- 1185Isaac II Angelos kills Stephen Hagiochristophorites and then appeals to the people, resulting in the revolt that deposes Andronikos I Komnenos and places Isaac on the throne of the Byzantine Empire.
- 1226The Roman Catholic practice of public adoration of the Blessed Sacrament outside of Mass spreads from monasteries to parishes.
- 1297Battle of Stirling Bridge: Scots jointly-led by William Wallace and Andrew Moray defeat the English.
- 1390Lithuanian Civil War (1389–92): The Teutonic Knights begin a five-week siege of Vilnius.
- 1541Santiago, Chile, is destroyed by indigenous warriors, led by Michimalonco.
- 1565Ottoman forces retreat from Malta ending the Great Siege of Malta.
- Expulsion order announced against the Moriscos of Valencia; beginning of the expulsion of all Spain’s Moriscos.
- Henry Hudson discovers Manhattan Island and the indigenous people living there.
- Siege of Drogheda ends: Oliver Cromwell’s English Parliamentarian troops take the town and execute its garrison.
- Battle of Zenta.
- Charles XII of Sweden stops his march to conquer Moscow outside Smolensk, marking the turning point in the Great Northern War. The army is defeated nine months later in the Battle of Poltava, and the Swedish Empire ceases to be a major power.
- Battle of Malplaquet: Great Britain, Netherlands and Austria fight against France.
- Siege of Barcelona: Barcelona, capital city of Catalonia, surrenders to Spanish and French Bourbon armies in the War of the Spanish Succession.
- Battle of Saint Cast: France repels British invasion during the Seven Years’ War.
- Benedict Arnold’s expedition to Quebec leaves Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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- British–American peace conference on Staten Island fails to stop nascent American Revolutionary War.
- American Revolutionary War: Battle of Brandywine: The British celebrate a major victory in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
- The beginning of the Annapolis Convention.
- Alexander Hamilton is appointed the first United States Secretary of the Treasury.
- The Hope Diamond is stolen along with other French crown jewels when six men break into the house where they are stored.
- France annexes the Kingdom of Piedmont.
- Battle of Delhi, during the Second Anglo-Maratha War, between British troops under General Lake, and Marathas of Scindia’s army under General Louis Bourquin.
- War of 1812: British troops arrive in Mount Vernon and prepare to march to and invade Washington, D.C.
- War of 1812: The climax of the Battle of Plattsburgh, a major United States victory in the war.
- Captain William Morgan, an ex-freemason is arrested in Batavia, New York for debt after declaring that he would publish The Mysteries of Free Masonry, a book against Freemasonry. This sets into motion the events that lead to his mysterious disappearance.
- Surrender of the expedition led by Isidro Barradas at Tampico, sent by the Spanish crown in order to retake Mexico. This was the consummation of Mexico’s campaign for independence.
- Anti-Masonic Party convention; one of the first American political party conventions.
- Stephen Foster’s song “Oh! Susanna” is first performed at a saloon in Pittsburgh.
- Christiana Resistance: Escaped slaves stand against their former owner in armed resistance in Christiana, Pennsylvania, creating a rallying cry for the abolitionist movement.
- The State of Buenos Aires secedes from the Argentine Federal government, rejoining on September 17, 1861. Several places are named Once de Septiembre after this event.
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