Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 59 events. Showing 1 - 30.
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- 668Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse, Italy.
- 921At Tetin, Saint Ludmila is murdered at the command of her daughter-in-law.
- 994Major Fatimid victory over the Byzantine Empire at the Battle of the Orontes.
- 1440Gilles de Rais, one of the earliest known serial killers, is taken into custody upon an accusation brought against him by the Jean de Malestroit, Bishop of Nantes.
- 1556Departing from Vlissingen, ex-Holy Roman Emperor Charles V returns to Spain.
- The first non-aristocratic, free public school in Europe is opened in Frascati, Italy.
- Seven Years’ War: Battle of Signal Hill.
- American Revolutionary War: British forces land at Kip’s Bay during the New York Campaign.
- The United States “Department of Foreign Affairs”, established by law in July, is renamed the Department of State and given a variety of domestic duties.
- The French army under Napoleon reaches the Kremlin in Moscow.
- War of 1812: A second supply train sent to relieve Fort Harrison is ambushed in the Attack at the Narrows.
- HMS Whiting runs aground on the Doom Bar
- Constitutionalist revolution in Lisbon, Portugal.
- Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica jointly declare independence from Spain.
- The Liverpool to Manchester railway line opens.
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- The locomotive John Bull operates for the first time in New Jersey on the Camden and Amboy Railroad.
- HMS Beagle, with Charles Darwin aboard, reaches the Galápagos Islands. The ship lands at Chatham or San Cristobal, the easternmost of the archipelago.
- Saint Joseph’s University is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- American Civil War: Confederate forces capture Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
- Franco-Prussian War: The last German troops leave France upon completion of payment of indemnity.
- First Sino-Japanese War: Japan defeats Qing dynasty China in the Battle of Pyongyang.
- The Empire Picture Theatre (now The New Empire Cinema), the oldest running Cinema in Mainland Australia, opens in Bowral, New South Wales.
- World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.
- World War I:The Battle of Dobro Pole is fought, Entente troops break through the Bulgarian defenses on the Macedonian Front eventually liberating Vardar Macedonia and forcing Bulgaria to sign the Armistice of Salonica.
- The Nuremberg Laws deprive German Jews of citizenship.
- Nazi Germany adopts a new national flag bearing the swastika.
- World War II: The climax of the Battle of Britain, when the Royal Air Force shoots down large numbers of Luftwaffe aircraft.
- World War II: U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Wasp is sunk by a Japanese torpedo at Guadalcanal.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meet in Quebec as part of the Octagon Conference to discuss strategy.
- Battle of Peleliu begins as the United States Marine Corps’ 1st Marine Division and the United States Army’s 81st Infantry Division hit White and Orange beaches under heavy fire from Japanese infantry and artillery.
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