379 - Emperor Gratian elevates Flavius Theodosius at Sirmium to Augustus, and gives him power over all the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire.
1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England, completing his reconquest of Normandy.
1788 - The second group of ships of the First Fleet arrives at Botany Bay.
1795 - The Batavian Republic is proclaimed in the Netherlands bringing to an end the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands.
1806 - The United Kingdom occupies the Cape of Good Hope.
1812 - Peninsular War: After a ten day siege, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, orders British soldiers of the Light and third divisions to storm Ciudad Rodrigo.
1840 - Captain Charles Wilkes circumnavigates Antarctica, claiming what became known as Wilkes Land for the United States.
1871 - Franco-Prussian War: In the Siege of Paris, Prussia wins the Battle of St. Quentin. Meanwhile, the French attempt to break the siege in the Battle of Buzenval will end unsuccessfully the following day.
1899 - Anglo-Egyptian Sudan is formed.
1920 - The United States Senate votes against joining the League of Nations.
1942 - World War II: Japanese forces invade Burma
1960 - Japan and the United States sign the US-Japan Mutual Security Treaty
1983 - Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie is arrested in Bolivia.
1991 - Gulf War: Iraq fires a second Scud missile into Israel, causing 15 injuries.
1993 - Czech Republic and Slovakia join the United Nations.
Famous Birthdays:
399 - Pulcheria, Byzantine Empress
1544 - King Francis II of France
1757 - Countess (later Princess) Augusta Reuss-Ebersdorf, maternal grandmother of Queen Victoria
1908 - Aleksandr Gennadievich Kurosh, mathematician
1920 - Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, former United Nations Secretary General
1949 - Dennis Taylor, snooker player
1954 - Katey Sagal, actress
1972 - Jon Fisher, entrepreneur
1972 - HRH Princess Kalina of Bulgaria
1972 - Drea de Matteo, actress
1985 - Pascal Behrenbruch, decathlete
1991 - Petra Martić, tennis player
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