1172 - Henry the Young King and Margaret of France are crowned as junior King and Queen of England.
1593 - Pierre Barrière fails in his attempt to assassinate King Henry IV of France.
1798 - Wolfe Tone's United Irish and French forces clash with the British Army in the Battle of Castlebar, part of the Irish Rebellion of 1798, resulting in the creation of the French puppet Republic of Connaught.
1810 - Napoleonic Wars: The French Navy defeats the British Royal Navy, preventing them from taking the harbour of Grand Port on Île de France.
1813 - French Emperor Napoleon I defeats a larger force of Austrians, Russians, and Prussians at the Battle of Dresden.
1828 - Uruguay is formally proclaimed independent at preliminary peace talks brokered by Great Britain between Brazil and Argentina during the Cisplatine War.
1861 - Union forces attack Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.
1957 - The Constitution of Malaysia comes into force.
1979 - A Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb kills British World War II admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten and three others while they are boating on holiday in Sligo, Republic of Ireland. Shortly after, 18 British Army soldiers are killed in an ambush near Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland.
1991 - Moldova declares independence from the USSR.
Famous Birthdays:
1665 - John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, politician
1865 - Charles G. Dawes, general and 30th Vice President of the United States
1884 - Vincent Auriol, French, 16th President of the French Republic
1908 - Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President of the United States
1918 - Jelle Zijlstra, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
1931 - Joe Cunningham, baseball player
1944 - G. W. Bailey, actor
1966 - Juhan Parts, 14th Prime Minister of Estonia
1977 - Deco, footballer
1979 - Rusty Smith, speed skater
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