1178 BC - The calculated date of the Greek king Odysseus' return home from the Trojan War.
73 - Masada, a Jewish fortress, falls to the Romans after several months of siege, ending the Great Jewish Revolt.
1521 - Martin Luther's first appearance before the Diet of Worms to be examined by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and the other estates of the empire.
1746 - The Battle of Culloden is fought between the French-supported Jacobites and the British Hanoverian forces commanded by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, in Scotland. After the battle many highland traditions were banned and the Highlands of Scotland were cleared of inhabitants.
1799 - Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Mount Tabor – Napoleon drives Ottoman Turks across the River Jordan near Acre.
1818 - The United States Senate ratifies the Rush-Bagot Treaty, establishing the border with Canada.
1862 - American Civil War: The Battle at Lee's Mills in Virginia.
1862 - American Civil War: The District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act, a bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia, becomes law.
1912 - Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.
1917 - Lenin returns to Petrograd from exile in Switzerland.
1919 - Gandhi organizes a day of "prayer and fasting" in response to the killing of Indian protesters in the Amritsar Massacre by the British.
1919 - Polish–Soviet War: The Polish army launches the Vilna offensive to capture Vilnius in modern Lithuania.
1922 - The Treaty of Rapallo, pursuant to which Germany and the Soviet Union re-establish diplomatic relations, is signed
1945 - The Red Army begins the final assault on German forces around Berlin, with nearly one million troops fighting in the Battle of the Seelow Heights.
1953 - Queen Elizabeth II launches the Royal Yacht HMY Britannia.
1963 - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. pens his Letter from Birmingham Jail while incarcerated in Birmingham, Alabama for protesting against segregation.
2003 - The Treaty of Accession is signed in Athens admitting 10 new member states to the European Union.
Famous Birthdays
778 - Louis the Pious, King of the Franks
1319 - John II of France
1682 - John Hadley, mathematician and inventor of the octant
1693 - Anne Sophie Reventlow, Queen of Denmark and Norway
1839 - Antonio Starabba, 12th Prime Minister of Italy
1871 - John Millington Synge, writer
1907 - Joseph-Armand Bombardier, inventor and businessman, invented the snowmobile
1912 - Catherine Scorsese, actress
1927 -His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI, Pope emeritus of the Catholic Church.
1937 - Simeon II of Bulgaria, last reigning Tsar of Bulgaria
1940 - Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II of Denmark
1949 - Ann Romney, wife of Mitt Romney
1954 - Ellen Barkin, actress
1955 - HRH Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
1963 - Jimmy Osmond, singer
1965 - Jon Cryer, actor
1971 - Belinda Stewart-Wilson, actress
1974 - Valarie Rae Miller, actress
1981 - Russell Harvard, actor
1985 - Brendon Leonard, rugby player
1990 - Jérémy Kapone, singer-songwriter and actor
1992 - HRH Prince Sébastien of Luxembourg
2008 - HRH Princess Eléonore of Belgium
No comments:
Post a Comment