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Events
363
– The
Roman emperor
Julian
defeats the
Sasanian
army in the
Battle of Ctesiphon
, under the walls of the Sasanian capital, but is unable to take the city.
1108
–
Battle of Uclés
:
Almoravid
troops under the command of Tamim ibn Yusuf defeat a
Castile
and
León
alliance under the command of Prince
Sancho Alfónsez
.
1167
–
Battle of Monte Porzio
– A
Roman
army supporting
Pope Alexander III
is defeated by
Christian of Buch
and
Rainald of Dassel
1176
–
Battle of Legnano
: The
Lombard League
defeats
Emperor Frederick I
.
1328
–
Philip VI
is crowned
King of France
.
1414
–
Council of Constance
.
1453
–
Fall of Constantinople
:
Ottoman
armies under
Sultan
Mehmed II
Fatih
capture
Constantinople
after a 53-day
siege
, ending the
Byzantine Empire
.
1660
–
English Restoration
:
Charles II
is restored to the throne of England, Scotland and Ireland.
1677
–
Treaty of Middle Plantation
establishes peace between the
Virginia
colonist
s and the local
Natives
.
1727
–
Peter II
becomes
Czar
of Russia.
1733
– The right of Canadians to keep
Indian
slaves
is upheld at
Quebec City
.
1780
–
American Revolutionary War
: At the
Battle of Waxhaws
, the British continue attacking after the Continentals lay down their arms, killing 113 and critically wounding all but 53 that remained.
1790
–
Rhode Island
becomes the last of the original United States'
colonies
to ratify the
Constitution
and is admitted as the 13th
U.S. state
.
1798
–
United Irishmen Rebellion
: Between 300 and 500
United Irishmen
are massacred
by the British Army in
County Kildare
, Ireland.
1807
–
Mustafa IV
became
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
and
Caliph of Islam
.
1848
–
Wisconsin
is admitted as the 30th U.S. state.
1852
–
Jenny Lind
leaves New York after her
two-year American tour
.
1861
– The
Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce
is founded, in Hong Kong.
1864
–
Emperor
Maximilian I of Mexico
arrives in Mexico for the first time.
1867
– The
Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867
("the Compromise") is born through Act 12, which establishes the
Austro-Hungarian Empire
.
1868
– The assassination of
Michael Obrenovich III
, Prince of Serbia, in
Belgrade
.
1886
– The
pharmacist
John Pemberton
places his first
advertisement
for
Coca-Cola
, which appeared in
The Atlanta Journal
.
1900
–
N'Djamena
is founded as Fort-Lamy by the French commander
Émile Gentil
.
1903
– In the
May Coup
,
Alexander I
, King of Serbia, and Queen Draga, are
assassinated
in Belgrade by the
Black Hand
(
Crna Ruka
) organization.
1913
–
Igor Stravinsky
's
ballet
score
The Rite of Spring
receives its premiere performance in Paris, France, provoking a riot.
1914
– The
Ocean liner
sinks in the
Gulf of Saint Lawrence
with the loss of 1,012 lives.
1918
–
Armenia
defeats the
Ottoman Army
in the
Battle of Sardarabad
.
1919
–
Albert Einstein
's theory of
general relativity
is tested (later confirmed) by
Arthur Eddington
and
Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin
.
1919 – The
Republic of Prekmurje
is founded.
1931
–
Michele Schirru
, a citizen of the United States, is executed by Italian military firing squad for intent to kill
Benito Mussolini
.
1932
– World War I
veterans
begin to assemble in Washington, D.C., in the
Bonus Army
to request cash bonuses promised to them to be paid in 1945.
1935
– First flight of the
Messerschmitt Bf 109
fighter aeroplane.
1939
– The
Albanian
fascist
leader
Tefik Mborja
is appointed as member of the Italian Chamber of Fasces and Corporations.
1940
– The first flight of the
Vought F4U Corsair
.
1942
–
Bing Crosby
, the
Ken Darby
Singers and
John Scott Trotter
and his Orchestra record
Irving Berlin
's "
White Christmas
", the best-selling single in history.
1945
– First
combat
mission of the
Consolidated B-32 Dominator
heavy bomber
.
1948
– Creation of the
United Nations
peacekeeping
force the
United Nations Truce Supervision Organization
.
1950
– The
St. Roch
, the first ship to
circumnavigate
North America, arrives in
Halifax, Nova Scotia
, Canada.
1953
–
Edmund Hillary
and
Sherpa
Tenzing Norgay
become the first people to reach the summit of
Mount Everest
, on Tenzing Norgay's (adopted) 39th birthday.
1954
– First of the annual
Bilderberg conferences
.
1964
– The
Arab League
meets in
East Jerusalem
to discuss the Palestinian question, leading to the formation of the
Palestine Liberation Organization
.
1969
–
General strike
in
Córdoba, Argentina
, leading to the
Cordobazo
civil unrest.
1973
–
Tom Bradley
is elected the first black mayor of
Los Angeles, California
.
1982
–
Pope John Paul II
becomes the first pontiff to visit
Canterbury Cathedral
.
1982 –
Falklands War
: British forces defeat the
Argentines
at the
Battle of Goose Green
.
1985
–
Heysel Stadium disaster
: Thirty-nine
association football
fans die and hundreds are injured when a dilapidated retaining wall collapses.
1985 –
Amputee
Steve Fonyo
completes
cross-Canada
marathon
at
Victoria, British Columbia
, after 14 months.
1988
– The
U.S. President
Ronald Reagan
begins his first visit to the
Soviet Union
when he arrives in Moscow for a superpower summit with the Soviet leader
Mikhail Gorbachev
.
1989
– Signing of an agreement between
Egypt
and the United States, allowing the manufacture of parts of the
F-16
jet fighter plane in Egypt.
1990
– The
Russian parliament
elects
Boris Yeltsin
as president of the
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
.
1993
– The
Miss Sarajevo
beauty pageant is held in war torn
Sarajevo
drawing global attention to the plight of its citizens.
1999
–
Olusegun Obasanjo
takes office as
President of Nigeria
, the first elected and civilian
head of state
in
Nigeria
after 16 years of military rule.
1999 –
Space Shuttle Discovery
completes the first docking with the
International Space Station
.
1999 –
Charlotte Perrelli
representing
Sweden
wins
Eurovision Song Contest 1999
in
Jerusalem
with the song
Take Me to Your Heaven
.
2001
– The
U.S. Supreme Court
rules that the disabled golfer
Casey Martin
can use a cart to ride in tournaments.
2004
– The
National World War II Memorial
is dedicated in
Washington, D.C.
2008
– A
doublet earthquake
, of combined
magnitude
6.1, strikes
Iceland
near the town of
Selfoss
, injuring 30 people.
2012
– A 5.8-magnitude earthquake hits northern Italy near
Bologna
, killing at least 24 people.
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