Events
96 -
Nerva is proclaimed
Roman Emperor after
Domitian is assassinated.324 -
Constantine the Great decisively defeats
Licinius in the Battle of Chrysopolis, establishing Constantine's sole control over the
Roman Empire.
1180 -
Philip Augustus becomes king of
France.1454 - In the
Battle of Chojnice, the
Polish army is defeated by
Teutonic army during the
Thirteen Years' War.1502 -
Christopher Columbus lands at
Costa Rica on his fourth, and final, voyage.1544 -
Charles V of Germany and
Francis I of France sign peace treaty (Truce of Crepy-en-Laonnois)1573 -
Spanish attack on
Alkmaar.
1615 - Thomas Row, the first British messenger came to India.
1635 -
Emperor Ferdinand II declares war on
France.1679 -
New Hampshire becomes a county of the
Massachusetts Bay Colony.
1739 - The
Treaty of Belgrade is signed, ceding
Belgrade to the
Ottoman Empire.
1759 - The
British capture
Quebec City.
1793 - The first cornerstone of the
Capitol building is laid by
George Washington.
1809 -
Royal Opera House in
London opens.
1810 -
First Government Junta in
Chile. Though supposed to rule only in the absence of the king, it was in fact the first step towards independence from
Spain, and it is commemorated as such.
1812 -
Fire of Moscow (1812) fades down after destroying more than three quarters of the city.
Napoleon returns from Petrovsky Palace to
Moscow Kremlin, spared from the fire.
1830 - A
horse beats the first
U.S.-made
locomotive in a race near
Baltimore.
1837 -
Tiffany and Co. (first named Tiffany & Young) is founded by Charles Lewis Tiffany and John B. Young in New York City, New York. The store was called a "stationery and fancy goods emporium".
1838 -
Anti-Corn Law League established by
Richard Cobden.
1850 - The
U.S. Congress passes the
Fugitive Slave Act.
1851 - The New-York Daily Times, which will become
The New York Times, begins publishing.
1863 -
American Civil War:
Battle of Chickamauga.
1872 - King
Oscar II accedes to the throne of
Sweden-Norway.
1873 - The
Panic of 1873 begins.
1879 -
Blackpool's illuminations were switched on for the first time.
1882 -
Pacific Stock Exchange opens.
1885 -
Riots break out in
Montreal to protest compulsory
smallpox vaccination.
1895 -
Booker T Washington delivers "
Atlanta Compromise" address.1895 -
Daniel David Palmer gives the first
chiropractic adjustment.
1898 -
Fashoda Incident -
Lord Kitchener's ships reach
Fashoda,
Sudan.
1906 - A
typhoon with
tsunami kills an estimated 10,000 people in
Hong Kong.
1910 - In
Amsterdam, 25,000 demonstrate for general
suffrage.
1911 -
Russian Premier
Peter Stolypin shot at the
Kiev Opera House1911 - All workers go on general strike in
Valencia1914 - The
Irish Home Rule Act becomes law, but is delayed until after
World War I.1914 -
World War I:
South African troops land in
German South West Africa.
1919 - The
Netherlands gives women the right to vote.1919 -
Fritz Pollard becomes the first
African-American to play professional
football for a major team, the
Akron Pros.
1922 -
Hungary admitted to
League of Nations.
1927 -
Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air.
1928 -
Juan de la Cierva makes first
autogyro crossing of the
English Channel.
1931 - The
Mukden Incident gives
Japan the pretext to invade and occupy
Manchuria.
1932 -
Actress Peg Entwistle commits
suicide by jumping from the letter "H" in the
Hollywood sign.
1934 -
USSR admitted to League of Nations.
1939 -
World War II:
Polish government of
Ignacy Mościcki flees to
Romania.1939 -
William Joyce's first
Nazi propaganda broadcast.
1940 -
World War II:
Italian troops conquer
Sidi Barrani.
1942 -
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation authorized.
1943 - World War II: The
Jews of
Minsk are massacred at
Sobibór.1943 - World War II:
Hitler orders deportation of
Danish Jews.
1944 - World War II:
British submarine HMS Tradewind torpedoes
Junyō Maru, 5,600 killed.
1945 -
Gen. Douglas MacArthur moves his command headquarters to
Tokyo.1945 - In
Gary, Indiana, 1000 whites walk out of schools to protest integration.
1947 - The
United States Air Force becomes an independent service.1947 -
Country singers
Ernest Tubb and
Roy Acuff perform at
Carnegie Hall in
New York City, making it the venue's first country performance.
1948 -
Communist Madiun uprising in
Dutch Indies.1948 -
Margaret Chase Smith becomes the first woman elected to the
US Senate without completing another
senator's term when she defeats
Democratic opponent Adrian Scolten.1948 -
Ralph Bunche confirmed as acting
UN mediator for
Palestine and
Israel.1948 - Yoni Abramski, 12-year-old Israeli boy, shot and killed by Jordanian sniper in
Jerusalem.
1959 -
Vanguard 3 launched into
Earth orbit.
1960 -
Fidel Castro arrives in
New York City as the head of the
Cuban delegation to the
United Nations.
1961 -
U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld dies in a plane crash while attempting to negotiate peace in the war-torn
Katanga region of the
Democratic Republic of the Congo.
1962 -
Rwanda,
Burundi and
Jamaica admitted to the
United Nations.
1963 - The last game at the
Polo Grounds is played.
1964 -
Constantine II of Greece marries
Danish princess Anne-Marie.1964 -
North Vietnamese Army begins infiltration of
South Vietnam.
1967 -
Esporte Clube Santo André, of
Brazil, is founded.
1970 -
Jimi Hendrix found dead in his basement in
London.
1972 - First
Ugandans expelled by
Idi Amin arrive in the
UK.
1973 -
East and
West Germany are admitted to the
United Nations.
1974 -
Hurricane Fifi strikes
Honduras with 110 mph winds, killing 5,000 people.
1975 -
Patty Hearst is arrested after a year on the
FBI Most Wanted List.
1976 -
Mao Tse Tung's funeral takes place in
Beijing.
1977 -
Voyager I takes 1st space photograph of
Earth &
Moon together.
1978 - Leaders of
Israel and
Egypt reach a settlement for the
Middle East at
Camp David.
1980 -
Soyuz 38 carries 2 cosmonauts (1
Cuban) to
Salyut 6 space station.
1981 -
Assemblée Nationale votes to abolish
capital punishment in
France1982 -
Christian militia begin
massacre of 600
Palestinians in
Lebanon.
1983 - Rock band
Kiss unmasks for the first time in an appearance on
MTV to coincide with the release of new album Lick It Up.
1984 -
Joe Kittinger completes first solo balloon crossing of the
Atlantic.
1987 -
Ronald Reagan announces joint destruction of nuclear warheads by
USA and
USSR.
1988 - End of
pro-democracy uprisings in
Myanmar after a bloody
military coup by the
State Law and Order Restoration Council. Thousands, mostly
monks and
civilians (primarily students) were killed by the
Tatmadaw.
1989 -
Hurricane Hugo hits
Puerto Rico, killing six.
1990 -
Liechtenstein becomes a member of the
United Nations.
1991 -
Yugoslavia began a naval blockade of 7
Adriatic port cities.
1992 - An explosion rocks
Giant Mine at the height of a labour dispute, killing 9 replacement workers.
1997 -
U.S. media magnate
Ted Turner donates
USD $1 billion to the
United Nations.1997 - Voters in
Wales vote yes (50.3%) on a referendum on
Welsh autonomy.
1998 -
ICANN is formed.
2001 - First mailing of
anthrax letters from
Trenton,
New Jersey in the
2001 anthrax attacks.
2002 - The body of missing schoolgirl
Amanda Dowler is found in
Yateley heath in
Hampshire, ending a six-month search.
2003 -
Hurricane Isabel makes landfall in the
U.S.2003 - The
UK's
Local Government Act 2003, repealing
Section 28, receives
Royal Assent.
2004 -
Ford put
Jaguar Racing and
Cosworth up for sale.
2006 - Right wing protesters riot the buliding of the
Hungarian Television in
Budapest,
Hungary, one day after an audio tape was made public, on which Prime Minister
Ferenc Gyurcsány admitted he and his
party lied during the 2006 general elections.
2007 -
President General Pervez Musharraf announces that he will step down as
army chief and restore civilian rule to
Pakistan, but only after he is re-elected president2007 -
Buddhist monks join anti-government protesters in
Myanmar, starting what some call the
Saffron Revolution
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