Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 52 events. Showing 1 - 30.
- 522 BCDarius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumata, securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire.
- 61 BCPompey the Great celebrates his third triumph for victories over the pirates and the end of the Mithridatic Wars on his 45th birthday.
- 1227Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, is excommunicated by Pope Gregory IX for his failure to participate in the Crusades.
- 1364Battle of Auray: English forces defeat the French in Brittany; end of the War of the Breton Succession.
- 1567At a dinner, Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba arrests Lamoral, Count of Egmont and Philip de Montmorency, Count of Horn for treason.
- 1578Tegucigalpa, capital city of Honduras, is claimed by the Spaniards.
- Henry Robinson opens his Office of Addresses and Encounters in Threadneedle Street, London.
- An earthquake strikes Antigua Guatemala, destroying much of the city’s architecture and making authorities consider moving the capital to a different city.
- The United States Department of War first establishes a regular army with a strength of several hundred men.
- The 1st United States Congress adjourns.
- The Metropolitan Police of London, later also known as the Met, is founded.
- Battle of Pákozd: Stalemate between Hungarian and Croatian forces at Pákozd; the first battle of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848.
- The papal bull Universalis Ecclesiae restores the Roman Catholic hierarchy in England and Wales.
- American Civil War: The Battle of Chaffin’s Farm is fought.
- The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.
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- The cornerstone is laid at Washington National Cathedral in the U.S. capital.
- Italy declares war on the Ottoman Empire.
- World War I: Battle of St. Quentin Canal: The Hindenburg Line is broken by Allied forces. Bulgaria signs an armistice.
- The British Mandate for Palestine takes effect, creating Mandatory Palestine.
- Chaco War: Last day of the Battle of Boquerón between Paraguay and Bolivia.
- The Munich Agreement between Germany, the United Kingdom, France and Italy settles the Sudetenland dispute in Germany’s favor. The Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia are not invited.
- Two Avro Ansons of No. 2 Service Flying Training School RAAF collide in mid-air over Brocklesby, New South Wales, Australia, remain locked together after colliding, and then land safely.
- World War II: Holocaust in Kiev, Soviet Union: German Einsatzgruppe C begins the Babi Yar massacre, according to the Einsatzgruppen operational situation report.
- The Communist Party of China writes the Common Programme for the future People’s Republic of China.
- The United Nations Security Council Resolution 87 relating to Taiwan is adopted.
- The first live sporting event seen coast-to-coast in the United States, a college football game between Duke and the University of Pittsburgh, is televised on NBC.
- The convention establishing CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) is signed.
- Twenty MCi (740 petabecquerels) of radioactive material is released in an explosion at the Soviet Mayak nuclear plant at Chelyabinsk.
- Nikita Khrushchev, leader of Soviet Union, disrupts a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly with a number of angry outbursts.
- Alouette 1, the first Canadian satellite, is launched.
