Events1560 - The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the
French from
Scotland, is signed by
England and the Congregation of
Scotland.1594 -
Henry IV is crowned
King of
France.
1617 -
Sweden and
Russia sign the
Treaty of Stolbovo, ending the
Ingrian War and shutting
Russia out of the
Baltic Sea.
1626 -
Yuan Chonghuan is appointed Governor of Liaodong, after he led the Chinese into a great victory against the Manchurians under
Nurhaci.
1700 - The island of
New Britain is discovered.
1703 - The first
Mardi Gras is celebrated in
Mobile, Alabama.
1793 - The Giles resolutions are introduced to the
United States House of Representatives asking the House to condemn
Alexander Hamilton's handling of loans.
1801 -
Washington, DC is placed under the jurisdiction of the
U.S. Congress.
1812 - Poet
Lord Byron gives his first address as a member of the
House of Lords, in defense of
Luddite violence against
Industrialism in his home county of
Nottinghamshire.
1827 - The first
Mardi Gras is celebrated in
New Orleans, Louisiana.
1844 - The
Dominican Republic gains independence from
Haiti.
1860 -
Abraham Lincoln makes a speech at
Cooper Union in the city of
New York that was largely responsible for his election to the
Presidency.
1861 - A crowd in
Warsaw protesting
Russian rule over
Poland is fired upon by
Russian troops, killing five protesters.
1864 -
American Civil War: The first
Northern prisoners arrive at the
Confederate prison at
Andersonville, Georgia.
1879 - Announcement of the discovery of artificial sweetener
saccharin.
1900 -
Second Boer War: In
South Africa,
British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from
Boer General Piet Cronje at the
Battle of Paardeberg.1900 - The
British Labour Party is founded.1900 - The
FC Bayern München (
Munich) is founded.
1921 - The
International Working Union of Socialist Parties is founded in
Vienna.
1922 - A challenge to the
Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, allowing women the right to
vote, is rebuffed by the
Supreme Court of the United States in
Leser v. Garnett.
1933 -
Reichstag fire:
Germany's parliament building in
Berlin, the
Reichstag, is set on fire.
1939 -
American Civil Rights Movement: Sit-down
strikes are outlawed by the
Supreme Court of the United States.
1940 -
Martin Kamen and
Sam Ruben discovered
carbon-141942 -
World War II: During the
Battle of the Java Sea, an allied (
ABDA) strike force is defeated by a Japanese task force in the
Java Sea in the
Dutch East Indies1943 - The
Smith Mine #3 in
Bearcreek,
Montana, explodes, killing 74 men.1943 - The
Rosenstrasse protest starts in Berlin
1951 - The
Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting
Presidents to two terms, is ratified.
1961 - The first congress of the
Spanish Trade Union Organisation is inaugurated.
1963 - The
Dominican Republic receives its first democratically elected
president,
Juan Bosch, since the end of the dictatorship led by
Rafael Trujillo.
1964 - The government of
Italy asks for help to keep the
Leaning Tower of Pisa from toppling over.
1967 -
Dominica gains independence from the
United Kingdom.
1971 - Doctors in the first
Dutch abortion clinic (the Mildredhuis in
Arnhem) start to perform
abortus provocatus.
1973 - The
American Indian Movement occupies
Wounded Knee, South Dakota.
1974 -
People magazine is published for the first time.
1976 - The formerly
Spanish territory of
Western Sahara, under the auspices of the
Polisario Front declares independence as the
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
1986 - The
United States Senate allows its debates to be
televised on a trial basis.
1989 -
Venezuela is rocked by the
Caracazo.
1991 -
Gulf War:
U.S. President George H. W. Bush announces that "
Kuwait is liberated."
1996 -
Satoshi Tajiri creates the hit
media franchise Pokémon.
1999 - While trying to circumnavigate the world in a
hot air balloon, Colin Prescot and Andy Elson set a new endurance record after being in a hot air balloon for 233 hours and 55 minutes.1999 -
Olusegun Obasanjo becomes
Nigeria's first elected president since mid-
1983.1999 -
Korea International School is founded by Soon-Il Chung. It is currently directed by Ann Clapper.
2002 -
Ryanair Flight 296 catches fire in
London Stansted Airport. Subsequent investigations criticize
Ryanair's handling of the evacuation.2002 - A
Muslim mob
attacks a train a few minutes after it leaves the
Godhra railway station, killing 59
Hindu pilgrims returning from
Ayodhya; retaliatory riots lead to the death of at least 1000 people, mostly Muslims.
2003 -
Rowan Williams is enthroned as the 104th
Archbishop of Canterbury in the
Anglican church.
2004 - A bombing of a
Superferry by
Abu Sayyaf in the
Philippines worst terrorist attack kills 116.2004 - Former
BPMC general secretary Ordrick Samuel launches a new party in
Barbuda,
Barbudans for a Better Barbuda.
2005 - Pre-pay price capping on the
Transport for London oyster card is introduced.
2006 - The
Harlem Globetrotters extended their overall record to 22,000 wins.
2007 - The
general strike against
Lansana Conté in
Guinea ends.2007 -
The Chinese Correction the
Shanghai Stock Exchange tumbled 9% the largest drop in 10 years.
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