1521 - The Ottoman Turks occupy Belgrade.
1609 - Henry Hudson discovers Delaware Bay.
1619 - Ferdinand II is elected emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
1818 - Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, founder of Chicago dies
1833 - The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 receives Royal Assent, abolishing slavery through most the British Empire.
1913 - Queen Wilhelmina opens the Peace Palace in The Hague.
1916 - World War I: Germany declares war on Romania.
1916 - World War I: Italy declares war on Germany.
1917 - Ten Suffragettes are arrested while picketing the White House.
1943 - World War II: in Denmark, a general strike against the Nazi occupation is started.
1979 - An IRA bomb explodes on the Grand Place in Brussels.
1991 - Ukraine declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
Famous Birthdays
1025 - Emperor Go-Reizei of Japan
1592 - George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham,
1774 - St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Catholic saint
1827 - Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia
1859 - Vittorio Sella, photographer
1913 - Jack Dreyfus, entrepreneur
1925 - Billy Grammer, country music singer and guitarist
1945 - Bob Segarini, musician
1957 - Ivo Josipovic, President of Croatia
1969 - Jack Black, actor
1974 - Carsten Jancker, footballer
1999 - His Highness Prince Nikolai of Denmark, son of HRH Prince Joachim, grandson of Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II of Denmark
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