1527 - Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. 147 Swiss Guards, including their commander, die fighting the forces of Charles V in order to allow Pope Clement VII to escape into Castel Sant'Angelo.
1536 - King Henry VIII orders English language Bibles be placed in every church.
1659 - English Restoration: A faction of the British Army removes Richard Cromwell as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth and reinstalls the Rump Parliament.
1682 - Louis XIV of France moves his court to the Palace of Versailles.
1757 - Battle of Prague - A Prussian army fights an Austrian army in Prague during the Seven Years' War.
1757 - End of Konbaung-Hanthawaddy War, and end of Burmese Civil War (1740–1757)
1840 - The Penny Black postage stamp becomes valid for use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
1844 - The Glaciarium, the world's first mechanically frozen ice rink, opens.
1861 - American Civil War: Arkansas secedes from the Union.
1889 - The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
1910 - George V becomes King of the United Kingdom upon the death of his father, Edward VII.
1937 - Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.
1945 - World War II: The Prague Offensive, the last major battle of the Eastern Front, begins.
1960 - More than 20 million viewers watch the first televised royal wedding when Princess Margaret marries Anthony Armstrong-Jones at Westminster Abbey.
1962 - St. Martín de Porres is canonized by Pope John XXIII.
1984 - 103 Korean Martyrs are canonized by Pope John Paul II in Seoul
1994 - Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and French President François Mitterrand officiate at the opening of the Channel Tunnel.
1999 - First elections to the devolved Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly held.
2001 - During a trip to Syria, Pope John Paul II becomes the first Pope to enter a mosque.
Famous Birthdays
1501 - Pope Marcellus II
1574 - Pope Innocent X
1769 - Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany
1882 - William, the last Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Prussia and the German Empire.
1895 - Rudolph Valentino, actor
1920 - Kamisese Mara, 1st Prime Minister of Fiji
1945 - Jimmie Dale Gilmore, singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
1947 - Alan Dale, actor
1951 - Samuel Doe, 21st President of Liberia
1953 - Tony Blair, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1960 - Anne Parillaud, actress
1971 - Chris Shiflett, guitarist
1980 - Kelly van der Veer, actress and singer
1989 - Dominika Cibulková, tennis player
1991 - Valerio Frasca, footballer
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