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the Mitsubishi Osarizawa mine, Kazuno, northeastern Akita, Japan, results in at least 375 deaths. November 23 – Cover date of the first issue of Life, a weekly news magazine launched in the United States under the management of Henry Luce. November 25 – The Anti-Comintern Pact is signed by Germany and Japan. November 3... | North America; high temperature records are set, and thousands die. The first production model PCC streetcar, built by St. Louis Car Company, is placed in service by Pittsburgh Railways. June 7 The general strike in France is ended by the Matignon Agreements. The Steel Workers Organizing Committee is founded in the Uni... |
30 – Rookie driver Louis Meyer wins his first Indianapolis 500 (he will win that race again, in 1933 and 1936). May 31 – South Africa adopts a new national flag, based upon the Van Riebeeck flag or Prinsevlag (originally the Dutch flag), to replace the Red Ensign. It later became infamously known as the "apartheid flag... | 1973) Vidal Sassoon, English hairdresser (d. 2012) January 18 – Terence Higgins, Baron Higgins, English politician and athlete January 21 Gene Sharp, American political theorist of nonviolent action (d. 2018) Reynaldo Bignone, 45th President of Argentina (d. 2018) January 22 Birch Bayh, American politician (d. 2019) Ka... |
American actor (d. 2004) April 6 – Jimmy Roberts, American singer (d. 1999) April 7 – Johannes Mario Simmel, Austrian writer (d. 2009) April 11 Enrique Morea, Argentine tennis player (d. 2017) Libuše Havelková, Czech actress (d. 2017) April 12 – Raymond Barre, French politician and Prime Minister (d. 2007) April 13 – S... | Kraft Jr., American aerospace engineer (d. 2019) February 29 Carlos Humberto Romero, Salvadorian politician, 37th President of El Salvador (d. 2017) Al Rosen, American baseball player (d. 2015) March March 1 – Deke Slayton, American astronaut (d. 1993) March 3 Lys Assia, Swiss singer, first winner of Eurovision Song Co... |
10 – Irish War of Independence: Martial law is declared in Counties Cork, Kerry, Limerick and Tipperary. December 11 – Burning of Cork in Ireland: British forces set fire to some of the centre of Cork, including the City Hall, in reprisal attacks, after a British auxiliary is killed in a guerilla ambush. December 13 – ... | in the country where he remains permanently in exile. January 28 – El Tercio de Extranjeros (the "Regiment of Foreigners"), later the Spanish Legion, is established by decree of King Alfonso XIII of Spain. February February 1 – The South African Air Force (SAAF) is established, the second autonomous Air Force in the wo... |
2005) March 31 – Lucille Bliss, American voice actor (d. 2012) April April 1 John Holter, American toolmaker and inventor (d. 2003) Balilla Lombardi, Italian football player (d. 1987) April 2 – Menachem Porush, member of Israeli Knesset for Agudat Yisrael (d. 2010) April 3 Herb Caen, American journalist (d. 1997) Peter... | Myanmar (d. 1989) April 18 Carl Burgos, American comic book artist (d. 1984) José Joaquín Trejos Fernández, President of Costa Rica (d. 2010) April 19 Bruno Chizzo, Italian association footballer (d. 1969) Delio Rodríguez, Spanish road racing cyclist and sprinter (d. 1994) April 21 Walter Berg, German footballer (d. 19... |
number of tricks the bidder believes they and their partner will take and the suit that will be trump for that hand, or that there will be no trump suit. For instance, a bid of "seven spades" (7) indicates that the player intends to win seven or more tricks with spades being the trump suit, whereas a bid of "seven no-t... | some variations, the joker may only be played as the first or last card in a suit. In other variations, the person who wins the bid also has the option to 'Declare'. Such a declaration entitles the winner of the bid to receive one card from their partner after discarding from the kitty or blind. The partner picks their... |
is won by Simone Federman in a four-seat Daimler Omnibus, at an average speed of . May 24 – Anti-Japanese officials, led by Tang Jingsong in Taiwan, declare independence from the Qing Dynasty, forming the short-lived Republic of Formosa. May 25 – R. v. Wilde: Oscar Wilde is convicted in London of "unlawfully committing... | the first African American to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard University. The Swarovski Company is founded by Armand Kosman, Franz Weis and Daniel Swarovski in the Austrian Tyrol, for the production of crystal glass. The name HP Sauce is first registered in the United Kingdom for a brown sauce. The Duck Reach Power Statio... |
gives the Union control of the mouth of the Tennessee River. September 17; Argentine Civil War: Battle of Pavón: Victory of Buenos Aires over the Argentine Confederation, and the re-unification of Argentina. October–December October 9 – American Civil War: Battle of Santa Rosa Island – Confederate forces are defeated i... | in the second major battle of the war. Baker, a close friend of Abraham Lincoln, is also killed in the fighting. October 24 – , the world's first ocean-going (all) iron-hulled armored battleship, is completed and commissioned into the British Royal Navy. October 25 – The Toronto Stock Exchange is established in Canada.... |
one another instead of dealing directly with Britain. These inter-colonial activities cultivated a sense of shared American identity and led to calls for protection of the colonists' "Rights as Englishmen", especially the principle of "no taxation without representation". Conflicts with the British government over taxe... | colony was governed by commissions created at the pleasure of the king. A governor and his council were appointed by the crown. The governor was invested with general executive powers and authorized to call a locally elected assembly. The governor's council would sit as an upper house when the assembly was in session, ... |
Welsh actor Unknown Carmen Pereira, Bissau-Guinean politician (d. 2016) Deaths January January 1 Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, Indian spiritual teacher (b. 1874) John Gresham Machen, American Presbyterian theologian (b. 1881) January 2 – Ross Alexander, American actor (b. 1907) January 4 – Paul Behncke, German admiral (b.... | Jerry Weintraub, American film producer and talent agent (d. 2015) September 28 – Bob Schul, American Olympic athlete September 30 – Daniel Filho, Brazilian film producer, director, actor, and screenwriter October October 2 – Johnnie Cochran, African-American attorney (d. 2005) October 4 Jackie Collins, English author ... |
– Charles-Amador Martin, Canadian Catholic priest (d. 1711) March 12 – Charles de Sévigné, French baron (d. 1713) March 13 – Anne Henriette of Bavaria, Duchess of Guise (d. 1723) March 31 – Sebastiaen van Aken, Flemish painter (d. 1722) April–June April 4 – Grinling Gibbons, Dutch-British sculptor and wood carver known... | Louis Nicolas le Tonnelier de Breteuil, French noble (d. 1728) Caspar Neumann, German professor and clergyman (d. 1715) September 24 – Richard Graham, 1st Viscount Preston, English politician (d. 1695) September 27 Charles Gustav of Baden-Durlach, German general (d. 1703) Michelangelo Tamburini, Italian Jesuit Superior... |
Georgian prince (d. 1625) July 25 – Theodorus Schrevelius, Dutch Golden Age writer and poet (d. 1649) August 6 – Fakhr-al-Din II, Ottoman Emir of Chouf (d. 1635) September 11 – Daniyal, Imperial Prince of the Royal House of Timur, Viceroy of Deccan (d. 1604) September 27 – Francis van Aarssens, Dutch diplomat (d. 1641)... | fostered. April 1 – Capture of Brielle: The Sea Beggars, Netherlandish Calvinist rebels, capture the port city of Brielle. This leads to a wave of uprisings in Holland and Zeeland against Spanish Habsburg rule, leaving most of those provinces (with the exception of Amsterdam) under rebel control. May 13 – Pope Gregory ... |
IV (1623–1640) succeeds Mustafa I (1622–1623) as Ottoman Emperor. November 1 – Fire at Plymouth Colony destroys several buildings. Between November 8 and December 5 – The "First Folio" (Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies), a collection of 36 of the plays of Shakespeare, is published in London, En... | the closest since 4 March 1226. This conjunction likely went unobserved, as it would have occurred near the sun and the telescope had been invented only recently. August 6 Papal Conclave of 1623: Pope Urban VIII (Maffeo Barberini) succeeds Pope Gregory XV, as the 235th pope. Thirty Years' War: Chased by the Count of Ti... |
January 1 – Balaji Vishwanath, Peshwa of the Maratha Empire (d. 1720) January 4 – Jeanne Le Ber, religious recluse in New France (d. 1714) January 6 – Robert Sutton, 2nd Baron Lexinton, English diplomat (d. 1723) January 9 – John Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, England (d. 1711) January 12 – Samuel Shute, Governor of Ma... | English travel writer (d. 1741) June 11 – Tokugawa Ienobu, Japanese Edo shōgun (d. 1712) June 18 – Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Cleveland (d. 1730) July 1 – Béatrice Hiéronyme de Lorraine, Abbess of Remiremont (d. 1738) July 1 – John Dolben, British politician (d. 1710) July 11 – Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavar... |
Cove by Ottoman forces is repelled by the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. May 22 Quintinshill rail disaster in Scotland: The collision and fire kill 226, mostly troops, the largest number of fatalities in a rail accident in the United Kingdom. Lassen Peak, one of the Cascade Volcanoes in California, erupts, send... | May 27 Ester Soré, Chilean musician (d. 1996) Herman Wouk, American author (d. 2019) May 29 – Karl Münchinger, German conductor (d. 1990) May 31 – Carmen Herrera, Cuban-American painter (d. 2022) June June 1 Johnny Bond, American country music singer and songwriter (d. 1978) John Randolph, American actor (d. 2004) June... |
VII. May 12 – The second National Association for the Advancement of Colored People meeting is held in New York City. May 18 – The Earth passes through the tail of Halley's Comet. May 31 – The Union of South Africa is created. June June 3 – The Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, led by Roald Amundsen on the steamer Fram, ... | der Waffen-SS, war criminal (d. 1961) December 29 Michel Aflaq, Syrian political theorist, founder of Ba'athism (d. 1989) Ronald Coase, English-born economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013) December 30 – Paul Bowles, American author (d. 1999) December 31 – Mallikarjun Mansur, Hindustani classical vocalist (d. 1992) Da... |
Onganía to power. June 29 Vietnam War: U.S. planes begin bombing Hanoi and Haiphong. The strike by the National Union of Seamen in the United Kingdom is called off. June 30 France formally leaves NATO. The National Organization for Women (NOW) is founded in Washington, D.C. July July 1 – Joaquín Balaguer becomes presid... | in Japan, killing all 124 people on board. A massive theft of nuclear materials is revealed in Brazil. "Merci, Chérie" by Udo Jürgens (music by Udo Jürgens, lyrics by Jürgens and Thomas Hörbiger) wins the Eurovision Song Contest 1966 for Austria. March 7 – Charles de Gaulle asks U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson for neg... |
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the Russo-Turkish War, the Industrial Revolution, and populism, their influence remains omnipresent to this day. New lands south of the Equator were discovered and settled by Europeans like James Cook, expanding the horizons of a New World to new reaches such as Australia and French Polynesia. Deepened philosophical st... | of influence such as the Russian Empire's sphere from its victorious Crimean claims at the Russo-Turkish War, the Industrial Revolution, and populism, their influence remains omnipresent to this day. New lands south of the Equator were discovered and settled by Europeans like James Cook, expanding the horizons of a New... |
1780s saw the inception of modern philosophy. With the rise on astronomical, technological, and political discoveries and innovations such as Uranus, cast iron on structures, republicanism and hot air balloons, the 1780s | the inception of modern philosophy. With the rise on astronomical, technological, and political discoveries and innovations such as Uranus, cast iron on structures, republicanism and hot air balloons, the 1780s kick-started a rapid global industrialization movement, leaving behind the world's |
is founded. December 23 – A leaflet circulated in France accuses the Marquis de Favras of plotting to rescue the royal family. Date unknown Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, decrees that all peasant labor obligations be converted into cash payments. The Traité Élémentaire de Chimie (Elementary Treatise of Chemistry), an i... | An estimated 150,000 of Paris's 600,000 people are without work. July 1 – The comic ballet La fille mal gardée, choreographed by Jean Dauberval, is first presented under the title Le ballet de la paille, at the Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux, at Bordeaux, France. July 4 – The U.S. Congress passes its first bill, setting out... |
Sir George Rodney defeats a French fleet under the Comte de Grasse, in the West Indies. April 19 – John Adams secures recognition of the United States as an independent government by the Dutch Republic. During this visit, he also negotiates a loan of five million guilders, financed by Nicolaas van Staphorst and Wilhelm... | founded. Saint Petersburg, Russia has 300,000 inhabitants. Births January 5 – Robert Morrison, Scottish Protestant missionary to China (d. 1834) January 18 – Daniel Webster, American statesman (d. 1852) January 22 – Philip Hamilton, son of American Founding Father, Alexander Hamilton (d. 1801) January 27 – Titumir, Ben... |
the convention have important ramifications for the movement for women's suffrage in the United States. July–September July 4 – The Cunard Line's 700-ton wooden paddlewheel steamer departs from Liverpool, bound for Halifax, Nova Scotia, on the first steam transatlantic passenger mail service. July 15 – The Austrian Emp... | Births January–June January 1 – Dugald Drummond, British railway engineer (d. 1912) January 3 – Father Damien, Belgian missionary priest (d. 1889) January 9 – Samuel Baldwin Marks Young, American general, first Chief of Staff of the United States Army (d. 1924) January 18 – Alfred Percy Sinnett, British writer (d. 1921... |
New York, thus becoming the United States' first woman doctor. Technology Exploration Antarctica January 19, 1840 – Captain Charles Wilkes' United States Exploring Expedition sights what becomes known as Wilkes Land in the southeast quadrant of Antarctica, claiming it for the United States and providing evidence that A... | Roberts is sworn in as the first president of the independent African Republic of Liberia. North America Canada In the prior decade, the desire for responsible government resulted in the abortive Rebellions of 1837–1838. The Durham Report subsequently recommended responsible government and the assimilation of French Ca... |
– Dally Messenger, Australian rugby league player (d. 1959) April 15 – Stanley Bruce, 8th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1967) April 18 – Aleksanteri Aava, Finnish poet (d. 1956) April 25 – Semyon Budyonny, Cossack cavalryman, Marshal of the Soviet Union (d. 1973) April 27 – Hubert Harrison, African-American writer, c... | Jesse Pennington, English footballer (d. 1970) Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV, American general (d. 1953) August 30 – Theo van Doesburg, Dutch artist, painter, architect, and poet (d. 1931) September–October September 2 – Rudolf Weigl, Polish biologist (d. 1957) September 5 – Mel Sheppard, American Olympic athlete (d. 1... |
little impact on the outcome of the conflict. After much campaigning in Bavaria and across the Danube valley, the war ended favorably for the French after the bloody struggle at Wagram in early July, resulting in the Treaty of Schönbrunn . Although fighting in the Iberian Peninsula continued, the War of the Fifth Coali... | French Empire and changing sets of European allies by opposing coalitions that ran from 1803 to 1815. As a continuation of the wars sparked by the French Revolution of 1789, they revolutionized European armies and played out on an unprecedented scale, mainly due to the application of modern mass conscription. French po... |
September 24 – Lebanon Hostage Crisis: Lebanese kidnappers release Jackie Mann after more than two years of captivity. September 25 – Salvadoran Civil War: Representatives of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front reach an agreement with President of El Salvador Alfredo Cristiani, setting the stage for the end o... | Albania is dissolved and succeeded by the Socialist Party of Albania, marking the end of communist rule in Albania. June 15 In the Philippines, Mount Pinatubo erupts in the second largest terrestrial eruption of the 20th century; the final death toll exceeds 800. The Indian general elections end; the Indian National Co... |
businessman, founder of Hermès (d. 1878) January 11 – Honório Hermeto Carneiro Leão, Marquis of Paraná, Brazilian politician (d. 1856) January 14 – Jane Welsh Carlyle, wife of Scottish essayist Thomas Carlyle (d. 1866) February 1 Jean-Baptiste Boussingault, French chemist (d. 1887) Thomas Cole, American artist (d. 1848... | signed for preliminary peace between the French First Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. October–December October 17 – A coup d'état is staged in the Batavian Republic. November 16 – The first edition of the New-York Evening Post is printed. December 15 – Hadži Mustafa Pasha, Ottoman commande... |
the French fleet in the mouth of the Charente, although officers on both sides face subsequent courts-martial. April 14 – Battle of Abensberg, Bavaria: Napoleon defeats Austria. April 18 – The 2,000 Guineas Stakes horse race is first run in England. April 19 – War of the Fifth Coalition – Battle of Raszyn: The armies o... | of the Austrian Empire are defeated by the French and their Bavarian allies. April 22 – Battle of Eckmühl: French troops under Napoleon I and Marshal Davout defeat the Austrians, under Archduke Charles. May 3 - the Battle of Nimla (1809) occurs, which allows Mahmud Shah Durrani to seize the Durrani throne from his brot... |
while undertaking the penal transportation of 108 British female convicts and 12 children from Woolwich to New South Wales with the loss of 133 lives; only 3 crew survive. September 2 – Oberlin College is founded in Oberlin, Ohio. September 29 – Three-year-old Isabella II becomes Queen of Spain, under the regency of he... | Scottish medium (d. 1886) March 22 – Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla, Prime Minister of Spain (d. 1895) April 6 – Luis Cordero Crespo, 14th President of Ecuador (d. 1912) April 11 – Fredrik von Otter, 8th Prime Minister of Sweden (d. 1910) May 5 – Lazarus Fuchs, German mathematician (d. 1902) May 7 – Johannes Brahms, German compo... |
101 lives are lost. December 29 – Wounded Knee Massacre: At Wounded Knee, South Dakota, a Native American camp, the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment tries to disperse the non-violent "Ghost-Dance" which was promised to usher in a new era of power and freedom to Native Americans but is feared as a potential rallying tool for v... | Minister of Australia (d. 1983) July 19 – George II of Greece, King of Greece (d. 1947) July 20 – Verna Felton, American character actress (d. 1966) July 22 – Rose Kennedy, American philanthropist and matriarch of the Kennedy family (d. 1995) July 26 Daniel J. Callaghan, American admiral and Medal of Honor recipient (d... |
Italian forces at Sidi Barrani, Egypt. December 12 and December 15 – WWII: Sheffield Blitz ("Operation Crucible"): The Yorkshire city of Sheffield is badly damaged by German air-raids. December 14 WWII British destroyers and sink an Italian submarine off Bardia. Royal Navy Fairey Swordfish based on Malta bomb Tripoli. ... | sails from Greenock (Scotland) in convoy for Halifax, Nova Scotia (arriving July 1), carrying a large part of the gold reserves of the United Kingdom and securities for safe keeping in Canada. United States politics: The Republican Party begins its national convention in Philadelphia, and nominates Wendell Willkie as i... |
Palace of Westminster. March 3 – Emperor Aurangzeb dies in Ahmednagar, Aurangabad. March 19 – The Act of Union with Scotland is ratified by the Parliament of England; the Parliament of Scotland is adjourned for the last time on . April–June April 25 (April 14 Old Style) – War of the Spanish Succession – Battle of Alman... | period (d. 1789) January 13 – John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork, Irish writer (d. 1762) January 17 – Prospero Colonna di Sciarra, Italian cardinal of the family of the dukes of Carbognano (d. 1765) January 22 – Carl Höckh, German violinist and composer (d. 1773) January 26 – Abbé François Blanchet, French littérateur (d. 17... |
marked by a shift in the political structure of | in the political structure of the Indian subcontinent, and the decline of the Mughal Empire. |
(d. 1973) April 20 – Adolf Hitler, Austrian-born dictator of Nazi Germany (d. 1945) April 21 Paul Karrer, Swiss chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971) Manuel Prado Ugarteche, President of Peru (d. 1967) April 23 – Karel Doorman, Dutch admiral (d. 1942) April 26 – Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-born philosopher (d. 1951... | collapses in western Pennsylvania, killing more than 2,200 people in and around Johnstown, Pennsylvania. The Naval Defence Act dictates that the fleet strength of the British Royal Navy must be equal to that of at least any two other countries. June – Vincent van Gogh paints The Starry Night at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence. ... |
March 8 – The Agriculture College of Utah (later Utah State University) is founded in Logan, Utah. March 9 – Wilhelm I dies, Frederick III becomes German Emperor and King of Prussia. March 11 – The Great Blizzard of 1888 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more tha... | in Logan, Utah. March 9 – Wilhelm I dies, Frederick III becomes German Emperor and King of Prussia. March 11 – The Great Blizzard of 1888 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400. March 13 – De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd. is founded in Kimberley. March 1... |
and Frank Duryea drive the first gasoline-powered motorcar in America, on public roads in Springfield, Massachusetts. September 23 – The Baháʼí Faith is first publicly mentioned in the United States, at the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago. September 27 – The World Parliament of Religions holds its closing meet... | Lizzie Borden is acquitted of murdering her parents in Fall River, Massachusetts in 1892. June 22 – The flagship of the British Mediterranean Fleet collides with and sinks in 10 minutes; Vice-admiral Sir George Tryon goes down with his ship. June 29 – Unveiling of the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain at Piccadilly Circus ... |
Viola Dana, American actress (d. 1987) June 27 – Heinz von Cleve, German actor (d. 1984) June 29 – Fulgence Charpentier, French Canadian journalist, editor and publisher (d. 2001) July–August July 1 – Bert Schneider, Canadian boxer (d. 1986) July 7 – Mikhail Kovalyov, Soviet Army colonel-general (d. 1967) July 9 – Albe... | is published by Marguerite Durand in Paris. December 12 – The comic strip The Katzenjammer Kids debuts in the New York Journal. December 12 – Belo Horizonte, the first planned city in Brazil, is incorporated. December 14 – Pact of Biak-na-Bato: The Philippine Revolution is settled, with Spanish promises to reform. Dece... |
Marquess of Salisbury, becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. June 24 – Randolph Churchill becomes Secretary of State for India. July–September July – Japan Berery, as predecessor name was Kirin Holdings was founded in Yokohama, Japan. July 6 – Louis Pasteur and Émile Roux successfully test their rabies vaccine.... | known as Vietnam. Births January January 6 – Florence Turner, American actress (d. 1946) January 8 – John Curtin, 14th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1945) January 11 Jack Hoxie, American actor, rodeo performer (d. 1965) Alice Paul, American women's rights activist (d. 1977) January 12 Harry Benjamin, American endocri... |
20 – Fritz Pfleumer, German-Austrian engineer, inventor (d. 1945) March 22 – Hans Wilsdorf, German-Swiss watchmaker, founder of Rolex (d. 1960) March 23 Roger Martin du Gard, French writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958) Hermann Staudinger, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965) March 25 Béla Bartók, Hungarian ... | War of the Pacific – Battle of San Juan and Chorrillos: The Chilean army defeats Peruvian forces. January 15 – War of the Pacific – Battle of Miraflores: The Chileans take Lima, capital of Peru, after defeating its second line of defense in Miraflores. January 24 – William Edward Forster, chief secretary for Ireland, i... |
King Abdullah II of Jordan Mary Kay Letourneau, American child rapist (d. 2020) February thumb|100px|Lou Diamond Phillips February 1 – Takashi Murakami, Japanese pop artist February 2 – Kátia Abreu, Brazilian politician February 5 Jennifer Jason Leigh, American actress Martin Nievera, Filipino singer February 6 – Axl R... | military coup in Burma brings General Ne Win to power. Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game: Wilt Chamberlain scores 100 points in a single National Basketball Association basketball game. March 7 – Ash Wednesday Storm: A snow storm batters the Mid-Atlantic. March 8–12 – In Geneva, France and the Algerian FLN begin negoti... |
him that the Papacy must fall in 1604. Births January–March January 12 – François Duquesnoy, Flemish Baroque sculptor in Rome (d. 1643) January 25 – Johann Philipp, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, German Duke (d. 1639) January 31 – John Francis Regis, French Jesuit priest (d. 1640) February 24 – Vincent Voiture, French poet (d... | October 20 – Matthew Hutton, English politician (d. 1666) November 15 – Juan Tellez-Girón y Enriquez de Ribera, 4th Duke of Osuna (d. 1656) November 19 – Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate, wife of George William (d. 1660) December 16 George Albert I, Count of Erbach-Schönberg (d. 1647) Pieter de Neyn, Dutch painter... |
a part of the Empire. April 16 – An estimated 8.0 magnitude earthquake strikes in the Caribbean Sea less than from the island of Barbuda and also affects St. Kitts and Nevis, as well as Antigua. April 25 – The Parliament of Scotland passes an Act to abolish the Anglican Scottish Episcopy as separate from the jurisdicti... | the jurisdiction of the Church of England. The presbyterian Church of Scotland continues to exist as a separate, non-Anglican denomination. April 27 – Sultan Toloko ibn-Sibori becomes the new Sultan of Ternate, located on the Maluku Islands in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) after the death of his father, Sultan ... |
at Madéfalva. January 19 – John Wilkes is expelled from the House of Commons of Great Britain, for seditious libel. February 15 – The settlement of St. Louis is established. March 15 – The day after his return to Paris from a nine-year mission, French explorer and scholar Anquetil Du Perron presents a complete copy of ... | military, participates in a dialogue and exchange with the military of Britain, resulting eventually in a negotiated peace treaty.Manuscripts division University of Michigan Accessed February 17, 2018 Publications Cesare Beccaria - On Crimes and Punishments (Dei delitti e delle pene), a founding work of penology Immanu... |
1760s (pronounced "seventeen-sixties") was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1760, and ended on December 31, 1769. Marked by great upheavals on culture, technology, and diplomacy, the 1760s was a transitional decade that effectively brought on the | Seven Years' War – arguably the most widespread conflict of its time – carried trends of imperialism outside of European reaches, where it would head on to countless territories (mainly in Asia and Africa) for decades to come under colonialism. References |
to Prussia. June 20 – Izmir, formerly the ancient Greek city of Smyrna, is destroyed by fire. July–September July 7 – War of Jenkins' Ear: Battle of Bloody Marsh – British troops repel those of Spain (under Montiano), in the Province of Georgia. July 14 – William Pulteney is created 1st Earl of Bath in Great Britain. A... | Lithuania, Poland's King Stanisław August Poniatowski issues a proclamation allowing Jews in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius to live anywhere except for two public streets, the Pilies street and the Galves Street. April –June April 13 – George Frideric Handel's oratorio The Messiah is first performed, in Dublin, Irel... |
to the target city of Constantinople, and allows King Peter III of Aragon to take over rule of the island from Charles (which in turn leads to Peter's excommunication by Pope Martin IV). May 15 – Battle of Forlì between Guelphs and Ghibellines: the French army under Jean d'Eppe is defeated, by Guido I da Montefeltro. J... | September 4 – Peter III of Aragon becomes King of Sicily. September or October – Battle of Lake Hód between the Kingdom of Hungary and the Cumans: King Ladislaus IV of Hungary defeats the invading army. December 11 – Battle of Orewin Bridge in mid-Wales: Llywelyn ap Gruffudd is killed, and the Welsh suffer their final ... |
Egyptian-born U.S. composer, performer, ethnomusicologist and educator (d. 2017) March 5 – Elmer Valo, Czechoslovakia-born Major League Baseball player (d. 1998) March 7 – Syed Nasir Ismail, Malaysian politician (d. 1982) March 8 – Alan Hale Jr., American actor (Gilligan's Island) (d. 1990) March 9 – Evelyn M. Witkin, ... | international between the two countries, the United States beats the United Kingdom 9 rounds to 3. May 23–July 16 – The Leipzig War Crimes Trials are held in Germany. May 24 – 1921 Irish elections: In the first Northern Ireland general election for the new Parliament of Northern Ireland, Ulster Unionists win 40 out of ... |
March 11 – Carl Ruggles, American composer (d. 1971) March 15 – Óscar R. Benavides, 67th and 76th President of Peru (d. 1945) March 21 – Walter Tewksbury, American athlete (d. 1968) March 22 – Henry O'Malley, American fish culturist, United States Commissioner of Fisheries (d. 1936) March 26 – Wilhelm, Prince of Albani... | José María Iglesias (1823-1891) begins his disputed presidency of Mexico. October 31 – The great 1876 Bengal cyclone strikes the coast of modern-day Bangladesh, killing 200,000. November 1 – The British Colony of New Zealand dissolves its 9 provinces, and replaces them with 63 counties. November 4 – The long-awaited Fi... |
that he has left The Beatles. April 11 An avalanche at a tuberculosis sanatorium in the French Alps kills 74, mostly young boys. Apollo program: Apollo 13 (Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, Jack Swigert) is launched toward the Moon. April 13 – An oxygen tank in the Apollo 13 spacecraft explodes, forcing the crew to abort the mis... | of their involvement in a plot to import arms for use by the Provisional IRA in Northern Ireland. Feyenoord wins the European Cup after a 2–1 win over Celtic. May 8 Hard Hat Riot: Unionized construction workers attack about 1,000 students and others protesting the Kent State shootings near the intersection of Wall Stre... |
to announce a prohibition against citizens joining the Freemasons. December 6 – The second successful appendectomy is performed by naturalised British surgeon Claudius Aymand at St George's Hospital in London (the first was in 1731). December 19 – At the age of 8 years old, Prince Luis of Spain becomes the youngest Rom... | – The Kingdom of France approves the issue of "card money" in the total amount of 200,000 livres to serve as currency in its Louisiana territory in America. September 22 – Sir Robert Walpole, the Prime Minister of Great Britain, becomes the first British premier to move into London's 10 Downing Street. October –Decembe... |
1730s decade ran from January | from January 1, |
31, 1749. Many events during this decade sparked an impetus for the Age of Reason. Military and technological advances brought one of the first instances of a truly global war to take place here, when Maria Theresa | from January 1, 1740, to December 31, 1749. Many events during this decade sparked an impetus for the Age of Reason. Military and technological advances brought one of the first instances of a truly global war to take place here, when Maria Theresa of Austria’s struggle to succeed the various crowns of |
Revolutionary War moulded modern-day concepts of liberalism, partisanship, elections, and the political compass. Significant people President George Washington (United States) President John Adams (United States) Catherine the Great (Russia) Paul I of Russia Frederick William II of Prussia Frederick William III of Prus... | III of Prussia Louis XVI of France Maximilien Robespierre (France) Napoleon (France) George III of the United Kingdom Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger (United Kingdom) Charles IV of Spain Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor Qianlong Emperor Jiaqing Emperor Pope Pius VI See also List |
Battle for Homestead, 1890–1892: Politics, Culture, and Steel, p. 302, 310. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1992. 1892: Buffalo switchmen's strike in Buffalo, New York, during August, 1892. In early 1892, the New York State Legislature passed a law mandating a 10-hour work-day and increases in the day- and ... | Nicholas II, the new Russian Emperor.Hedwig Lohm, "Dukhobors in Georgia: A Study of the Issue of Land Ownership and Inter-Ethnic Relations in Ninotsminda rayon (Samtskhe-Javakheti)". November 2006. Under further instructions from their exiled leader Peter Vasilevich Verigin, as a sign of absolute pacifism, the Doukhobo... |
very turbulent decade, as wars such as the Crimean War, shifted and shook European politics, as well as the expansion of colonization towards the Far East, which also sparked conflicts like the Second Opium War. In the meantime, the United States saw its peak on mass migration to the American West, that particularly ma... | independence to the Voortrekkers by the British. Assassinations and attempts Prominent assassinations, targeted killings, and assassination attempts include: Assassination of Abbas I of Egypt by 4 of his slaves (1854) Eight were killed and 142 wounded in Paris in a failed assassination attempt on Napoleon III, Emperor ... |
makes no claim to the British Crown, saying only that he has come to save Protestantism and to maintain English liberty, and begins a march on London. November 19 (November 9 OS) – William of Orange captures Exeter, after the magistrates flee the city. November 20 (November 10 OS) – The Wincanton Skirmish between force... | – The gates of Derry are shut in front of the Jacobite Earl of Antrim and his "redshanks". This initiates the siege of Derry, which is the first major event in the Williamite War in Ireland. December 9 – The Battle of Reading takes place in Reading, Berkshire. It is the only substantial military action in England durin... |
a counter-offensive against the Persian Empire (his young son, Constantine III, is left behind as regent under the charge of Sergius I, patriarch of Constantinople, and patrician Bonus). He lands a few days later at the junction of Cilicia and Syria, near Alexandretta and ancient Issus. Battle of Issus: Heraclius defea... | (or September 24) he makes his first visit to Yathrib for Friday prayers. October 4 or July 13 – After a fourteen days' stay in Quba, Muhammad finally moves from Quba to Yathrib, and is greeted cordially by its people. Here he drafts the Constitution of Medina, an agreement between the various Muslim, Jewish, Christian... |
of Anthropology, Mexico City. c. mid-7th century – Dharmaraja Ratha, Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu, India, is built. Pallava period. 651: Emperor Yazdegerd III is murdered in Merv, ending the rule of Sassanid dynasty in Persia (Iran). 656–661: The First Fitna. 657: The Chinese Tang dynasty under Emperor Gaozong of Tang defe... | in September. 623: The Frankish merchant Samo, supporting the Slavs fighting their Avar rulers, becomes the ruler of the first known Slav state in Central Europe. 626: The Avars, the Slavs and the Persians jointly besiege but fail to capture Constantinople. 627: Emperor Heraclius defeats the Persians, ending the Roman–... |
December 31, 629. Significant people References | from January 1, 620, |
the Mataram Kingdom from Kewu Plain in Central Java to Tamwlang in East Java and establishes Isyana Dynasty. The shift is probably as a result of the eruption of Mount Merapi and/or invasion from Srivijaya. In 930s, Persian Shia Buyid dynasty establishes and controls central and western part of Iran as well as most of ... | Empire reaches the height of its military and economic strength Africa c. 909: The Fatimid Caliphate arises in Kabylie, Kutama Tribe c. 948: The Nri Kingdom in what is now Southeastern Nigeria starts. c. 980: Al-Azhar University is established in Cairo by the Fatimid dynasty. The Christian Nubian kingdom reaches its pe... |
may have caused the new king, MacAlpin, to move to the east, and conquer the remnants of the Pictish realms. MacAlpin became king of the Picts in 843 and later kings would be titled as the King of Alba or King of Scots. Art of the 9th century Art in the 9th century was primarily dedicated to the Gospel and employed as ... | Europe Britain and Ireland Britain experienced a great influx of Viking peoples in the 9th century as the Viking Age continued from the previous century. The kingdoms of the Heptarchy were gradually conquered by the Danes, who set up Anglo-Saxon puppet rulers in each kingdom. This invasion was achieved by a huge milita... |
Huineng, sixth and last Patriarch of Chán Buddhism. 713: Treaty of Tudmir, signed between Abd al-'Aziz, the commander of Muslim troops invaidibng Spain and Theodemir, the Christian king of a southern region is Spain. 717–718: Siege of Constantinople. The Bulgarians and the Byzantines decisively defeat the invading Arab... | Fu (including small towns in the vicinity), the New Book of Tang records that in this year there were 362,921 registered families with 1,960,188 persons. 748: The Chinese Buddhist monk Jian Zhen writes in his Yue Jue Shu of the international sea traffic coming to Guangzhou, ships from Borneo, Persia, Sri Lanka, Indones... |
the re-unification of all Italy under Roman rule. 561 to 592: Buddhist monk Jnanagupta translates 39 sutras from Sanskrit to Chinese. 563: The monastery on Iona is founded by St. Columba. 566: Birth of Lǐ Yuān, founder of the Tang Dynasty and Emperor of China under the name of Gaozu (618-626) 568: Lombards invade Italy... | under a king. 569: Nubian kingdom of Alodia converts to Christianity. 569: Nubian kingdom of Makuria converts to Christianity. 570: Birth of the last Islamic Prophet Muhammad. 574: The Roman Empire is invaded by various Slavs, who plunder the Balkans. 577: China's Chen Dynasty invents matches. 578: The world's oldest o... |
calendar. The 5th century is noted for being a period of migration and political instability throughout Eurasia. It saw the collapse of the Western Roman Empire, which came to an end in 476 AD. This empire had been ruled by a succession of weak emperors, with the real political might being increasingly concentrated amo... | capital of an extremely important province in Africa. Attempts to retake the province were interrupted by the invasion of the Huns under Attila. After Attila's defeat, both Eastern and Western empires joined forces for a final assault on Vandal North Africa, but this campaign was a spectacular failure. In China, the pe... |
dynasty), where no fewer than twenty emperors held the reins of power, most for only a few months. The majority of these men were assassinated, or killed in battle, and the empire almost collapsed under the weight of the political upheaval, as well as the growing Persian threat in the east. Under its new Sassanid ruler... | (Cambodians). At about this time in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Bantu expansion reached Southern Africa. In Pre-Columbian America, the Adena culture of the Ohio River valley declined in favor of the Hopewell culture. The Maya civilization entered its Classic Era. Roman Empire After the death of Commodus in the late previou... |
and the subsequent slaughter of the eunuchs, taking over the capital and effectively becoming the de facto head of the government, although warlords and government officials quickly took against him in a campaign that, while failing to put him down, compelled Dong Zhuo to shift the seat of imperial power further west t... | Ruler. 132 – 135: Bar Kokhba's revolt against Rome. 132: Chinese chronicles described the existence of diplomatic relations between Java and China. 140 – 180: Huvishka, Kushan ruler. 142 – 154: The Antonine Wall is built across what is now central Scotland. 144: Marcion, rejected by Church of Rome, founds Marcionism. 1... |
Survey is established; work begins on August 3, 1816. February 17 – Henry Christopher is elected first President of the State of Haiti, ruling the northern part of the country. February 19 – In Alabama, former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr is tried for conspiracy, but acquitted. February 23 – The Slave... | – In Alabama, former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr is tried for conspiracy, but acquitted. February 23 – The Slave Trade Act is passed in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom by an overwhelming majority. March 2 – The United States Congress passes the Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves "into a... |
German Empire and the Russian Empire in an alliance against radical movements. Founding of: Toronto Argonauts, the oldest professional sports team still playing in North America. Royal Montreal Club in Montreal, the first permanent golf club in North America. Liebig's Extract of Meat Company begins producing tinned cor... | second term, as President of the United States. March 15 – The Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity is founded at the Massachusetts Agricultural College. March 22 – Emancipation Day for Puerto Rico: Slaves are freed (with a few exceptions). March 26 – First Aceh Expedition: A Dutch military expedition is launched to bombard Band... |
a government farm at Toongabbie in Sydney, Australia. April–June April 16 – The Spithead and Nore mutinies break out in the British Royal Navy. April 17 Battle of San Juan: Sir Ralph Abercromby unsuccessfully invades San Juan, Puerto Rico in what will be one of the largest British attacks on Spanish territories in the ... | Joseph-François Deblois, Lower Canadian lawyer (d. 1860) John Peter Gassiot, English businessman, amateur scientist (d. 1877) Dunning R. McNair, Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate (1853-1861) (d. 1875) David Robertson, 1st Baron Marjoribanks, Scottish stockbroker, politician (d. 1873) Franz Graf von Wimpffen,... |
Africa and Asia, and is the 18th solar eclipse of Solar Saros 149. February 26 – Secretary General U Thant signs the United Nations proclamation of the March equinox (March 21) as Earth Day. February 27 – Doctors in the first Dutch abortion clinic (Mildredhuis in Arnhem) start to perform abortions. February 28 – Evel K... | currency (see also decimalisation). Protesting Belgian farmers bring 3 live cows to crash the EEC meeting in Brussels. February 16 – In Italy, a local parliament elects the city of Catanzaro as the capital of Calabria; residents of Reggio di Calabria riot for 5 days because of the decision. February 20 Fifty tornadoes ... |
June 10 Six-Day War ends: Israel and Syria agree to a United Nations-mediated cease-fire. The Soviet Union severs diplomatic relations with Israel. Margrethe, heir apparent to the throne of Denmark, marries French count Henri de Laborde de Monpezat. June 11 – A race riot occurs in Tampa, Florida after the shooting deat... | the draft, confront Gen. Lewis Hershey, then head of the U.S. Selective Service System, and as he attempts to deliver an address, shout him down with cries of "America is the Black man's battleground!" Charles Manson is released from Terminal Island. Telling the authorities that prison had become his home, he requested... |
recognition of the Armenian genocide. The bodies of Portuguese opposition politician Humberto Delgado and his secretary Arajaryr Moreira de Campos are found in a forest near Villanueva del Fresno, Spain (they were killed February 12). In the Dominican Republic, officers and civilians loyal to deposed President Juan Bos... | in the United Kingdom; renewal of the Act in 1969 makes the abolition permanent. November 11 In Rhodesia (modern-day Zimbabwe), the white-minority government of Ian Smith unilaterally declares de facto independence ('UDI'). United Airlines Flight 227 crashes short of the runway and catches fire at Salt Lake City Intern... |
will lead to power-sharing between unionists and nationalists in Northern Ireland for the first time. June 29 – Tanquetazo: failed coup attempt in Chile led by Lieutenant Colonel Roberto Souper against the government of Socialist president Salvador Allende. June 30 – A very long total solar eclipse occurs. During the e... | musician June 21 Zuzana Čaputová, Slovak politician, President of Slovakia Juliette Lewis, American actress Francesca Martiradonna, Italian basketball player Fedja van Huêt, Dutch actor Frank Vogel, American basketball coach June 22 Carson Daly, American television personality, host of NBC's The Voice and Last Call wit... |
April 30 – The Vietnam War ends with the Fall of Saigon: The Vietnam War concludes as Communist forces from North Vietnam take Saigon, resulting in mass evacuation of the remaining American troops and South Vietnam civilians. As the capital is taken, South Vietnam surrenders unconditionally and is replaced with the tem... | The 2 June Movement kidnaps West German politician Peter Lorenz. He is released on March 4 after most of the kidnappers' demands are met. February 28 A major tube train crash at Moorgate station, London kills 43 people. In Lomé, Togo, the European Economic Community and 46 African, Caribbean and Pacific countries sign ... |
Known as the core document on Primary Health Care Practices and Equity in Healthcare, it paved the way for the modern-day State-sponsored Healthcare System. September 16 General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq officially assumes the post of President of Pakistan. The 7.4 Tabas earthquake affects the city of Tabas, Iran with a maxi... | released by Taito. Births January January 1 – Philip Mulryne, Northern Irish footballer January 2 – Karina Smirnoff, Ukrainian-American dancer January 3 Liya Kebede, Ethiopian model, clothing designer and actress Park Sol-mi, South Korean actress January 4 – Karine Ruby, French snowboarder (d. 2009) January 5 Franck Mo... |
– Vela incident: The "South Atlantic Flash" is observed near the Prince Edward Islands in the Indian Ocean, thought to be a nuclear weapons test conducted by South Africa and Israel. September 29 – The overthrown dictator Francisco Macías Nguema of Equatorial Guinea is convicted of genocide and executed by firing squad... | President Anwar Sadat of Egypt and Prime Minister Menachem Begin of Israel sign an Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty. Michigan State University, led by Earvin "Magic" Johnson, defeats Larry Bird-led Indiana State 75–64 in the NCAA tournament championship game at Salt Lake City. March 28 In Britain, James Callaghan's minority L... |
which she expressed fears about nuclear war. May May 6 – Stern magazine publishes the "Hitler Diaries" (which are later found to be forgeries). May 11 Sir Laurence Street is called on to head a Royal Commission after New South Wales Premier Neville Wran is alleged by the ABC program Four Corners to have attempted to in... | 3 – Gabriel Sargissian, Armenian chess Grandmaster February 4 – Hannibal Buress, American comedian February 5 – Vanessa Rousso, French-American professional poker player February 6 Sreesanth, Indian cricketer Jamie Whincup, Australian racing driver February 7 Elin Grindemyr, Swedish model Federico Marchetti, Italian fo... |
or tawse children against the wishes of their parents are in breach of the Human Rights Convention. March March 2 – Decentralisation in France: Law of Decentralisation creates the administrative regions of France (régions). March 3 – Elizabeth II opens the Barbican Centre in London. March 9 – Charles Haughey becomes Ta... | chairman of Banco Ambrosiano, is found hanging beneath Blackfriars Bridge in London. June 20 – Falklands War ends with British forces retaking the South Sandwich Islands. June 21 – Prince William is born at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, West London. June 24 – British Airways Flight 9 suffers a temporary four-engine... |
of Alkmaar. November 15 – Santa Fe, Argentina, is founded by Juan de Garay. November – Alva resigns as Spanish Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in the Netherlands, and is succeeded by Luis de Requesens, who attempts to pursue a more conciliatory policy. Date unknown Sarsa Dengel, emperor of Ethiopia, defeats the... | Geuzen ships, attempting to break the siege of Haarlem, are defeated by a combined Spanish and Amsterdam fleet. July–December July 6 – Córdoba, in the Viceroyalty of Peru, is founded by Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera. July 12 – Siege of Haarlem: Spanish forces under the Duke of Alva capture Haarlem, after a seven-month siege... |
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and Duke Charles. October 3 – The city of Leiden, besieged by the Spanish, is relieved by a Sea Beggars fleet under Louis Boisot. November 22 – The Juan Fernández Islands in the South Pacific Ocean are discovered by Spanish sailor Juan Fernández. November 29 – Limahong and Juan de Salcedo quarrel during the Battle of M... | lawyer and older brother to painter Peter Paul Rubens (d. 1611) May 6 – Pope Innocent X (d. 1655) May 14 Daniel Dumonstier, French artist (d. 1646) Francesco Rasi, Italian composer, singer, instrumentalist, poet (d. 1621) June 13 – Juan Alonso de Solis y Mendoza, Spanish Catholic prelate, Bishop of Puerto Rico (1635–16... |
19 Joe Hart, English footballer Maria Sharapova, Russian tennis player Oksana Akinshina, Russian actress April 21 Lenira Santos, Cape Verdean sprinter Anastasia Prikhodko, Ukrainian folk rock and traditional pop singer April 22 David Luiz, Brazilian footballer Mikel John Obi, Nigerian footballer April 24 Varun Dhawan, ... | Lamar, American rapper Rebecca Breeds, Australian actress June 18 Niels Schneider, French-Canadian actor Zsuzsanna Tomori, Hungarian handball player June 20 A-fu, Taiwanese singer and songwriter Daiana Menezes, Brazilian actress, model, and television host June 21 Mohd Hafiszuan Salehuddin, Malaysian footballer Tomáš J... |
Philippines earlier announced by President Ferdinand Marcos is held amidst controversy, that paves the way for a chain of protests, culminating in the People Power Revolution. February 8 Hinton train collision: A Canadian National train heading westbound collides with a Via Rail train in Hinton, Alberta; 23 people are ... | Thornton, American actress, radio personality and singer February 15 Valeri Bojinov, Bulgarian footballer Ami Koshimizu, Japanese voice actress Amber Riley, American actress, singer and author February 17 – Brett Kern, American football player February 18 Brenan Espartinez, Filipino singer and actor Vika Jigulina, Roma... |
American general (d. 1935) March 22 – Paul Doumer, President of France (d. 1932) March 26 – Théodore Tuffier, French surgeon (d. 1929) March 27 Ella Hepworth Dixon, English author and editor (d. 1932) Karl Pearson, English statistician (d. 1936) March 30 – Léon Charles Thévenin, French telegraph engineer (d. 1926) Apri... | of Great Britain exhibition is held in Manchester, one of the largest such displays of all time. May 10 – Indian Rebellion of 1857: The 3rd Light Cavalry of the British East India Company's army rebels against its British officers, thus beginning the rebellion. May 11 – Indian Rebellion of 1857: Indian combatants captu... |
– Edgar Wallace, English author (d. 1932) April 2 – Walter Chrysler, American automobile pioneer (d. 1940) April 4 Samuel S. Hinds, American actor (d. 1948) Pierre Monteux, French conductor (d. 1964) April 5 – Mistinguett, French singer (d. 1956) April 8 – King Albert I of Belgium (d. 1934) April 15 – James J. Jeffries... | Dwellings Improvement Act 1875 is passed in the United Kingdom, to permit slum clearance. Convent Scandal: During the winter in Montreal, typhoid fever strikes at a convent school. The corpses of the victims are filched by body-snatchers before relatives arrive from America, causing much furor. Eventually the Anatomy A... |
Tortoni and Alessandria, with all their guns, are given up. April 27 – Case of the Lyons Mail: During the night, five highwaymen attack the mail between Paris and Lyon, kill the postmen and steal the funds sent to the armies in Italy. April 28 – In an impassioned speech, U.S. Representative Fisher Ames of Massachusetts... | March 3 – Pierre-René Rogue, French Catholic priest, member of the Congregation of the Mission (b. 1758) March 6 – Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, French writer, man of letters during the Age of Enlightenment (b. 1713) March 10 William Chambers, Scottish-Swedish architect (b. 1723) John Forbes, British Royal Navy off... |
31, 1729. References | The 1720s decade ran |
by General Chimaji Appa, overcome the defenders of Malwa (now part of India's Andhra Pradesh state) and Malwa's Governor Girdhar Bahadur is killed. December 25– William Burnet, the British Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay since July 19, is appointed by King George II to be the Governor of the Province of N... | June 14 – The Congress of Soissons opens at the French town of Soissons to negotiate a treaty between Great Britain and Spain. The treaty, which is concluded on November 9, 1729, recognizes the Spanish royal family's rule of parts of Italy, and Britain's possession of Gibraltar and Menorca. June 25 – The Treaty of Kyak... |
9 – One of the few known major hurricanes to strike what becomes the US state of Hawaii causes significant damage on Hawai'i and Maui. August 29 – The abolition of the han system is carried out in Japan. August 31 – Adolphe Thiers becomes President of the French Republic. September 2 – Whaling Disaster of 1871: The Com... | in Bordeaux. February 9 – The United States Commission on Fish and Fisheries is founded. February 21 – The District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871 is signed into law by U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant. February 24 – The Danish Women's Society is founded to promote women's rights in Denmark; on December 15 it adopts th... |
Gilgamesh, to a meeting of the Society of Biblical Archaeology in London. December 4 – The now-crewless American ship Mary Celeste is found (still seaworthy) by the British brig Dei Gratia in the Atlantic. December 6 – Springwell Pit disaster at Dawley, England: Eight coal miners fall to their death, when a winding cha... | Gomburza, are executed in Bagumbayan Fields, Manila, Philippines by the authorities of New Spain, on charges of subversion arising from the 1872 Cavite mutiny. February 20 – The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City. March 1 – In the United States, Yellowstone National Park (once dubbed "Colter's Hell" afte... |
February). December 28 – Juan Prim, prime minister of Spain, is shot by unknown assassins on leaving the Cortes, dying two days later. December 31 Sir Henry Barkly is appointed Governor of the Cape of Good Hope and High Commissioner for Southern Africa. The Fréjus Rail Tunnel through the Alps is completed. Date unknown... | last former Confederate state of America to be readmitted to the Union. The British government admits the former Hudson's Bay Company territory of Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory to the Dominion of Canada. July 18 – Pastor aeternus: Pope Pius IX declares papal infallibility, in matters of faith and morals... |
General Joaquín Elío, with just 17,000 men, once again drives off the attack at nearby Somorrostro, and it is another six weeks before Serrano manages to relieve Bilbao. March – The Young Men's Hebrew Association in Manhattan (which still operates today as the 92nd Street Y) is founded. April–June April 15–May 15 – A g... | – Stanisław Taczak, Polish general, commander-in-chief of the Greater Poland Uprising (d. 1960) April 15 – Johannes Stark, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1957) April 19 – Ernst Rüdin, Swiss psychiatrist, geneticist (d. 1952) April 25 – Guglielmo Marconi, Italian inventor, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Phy... |
The 1876 United States presidential election is resolved with the selection of Rutherford B. Hayes as the winner, even though Samuel J. Tilden won the popular vote on November 7, 1876. March 4 Emile Berliner invents the microphone. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan Lake debuts. Rutherford B. Hayes is sworn in, as ... | 29 – Alois Kayser, German missionary (d. 1944) April–June April 7 – Isabella Mary Macdonald, granddaughter of Canadian Prime Minister John A. Macdonald (d. 1959) April 15 – Georg Kolbe, German sculptor (d. 1947) April 17 – Lionel Pape, English actor (d. 1944) April 23 – Charles D. Herron, United States Army general (d.... |
Felix Adler. October 14 – The University of the Punjab at Lahore (Undivided India), is founded in modern-day Pakistan. October 16 – The New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad ("Nickel Plate Road") runs its first trains over the entire system between Buffalo, New York, and Chicago. Nine days later the Seney Syndicate ... | of Alexandria, Egypt, and securing the Suez Canal. July 23 The Imo Incident occurs in Seoul, Korea as a result of bad rations and payment towards soldiers of the Old Korean Army. July 26 Boers establish the republic of Stellaland in southern Africa. Richard Wagner's opera Parsifal debuts, at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus ... |
– Louis Charles Breguet, French aircraft designer, builder and early aviation pioneer (d. 1955) January 3 – Father Francis Browne, Irish Jesuit priest, famous for his last photos of the RMS Titanic (d. 1960) January 6 – Tom Mix, American actor (d. 1940) January 10 – Manuel Azaña, 2nd President of the Spanish Second Rep... | (d. 1936) June June 6 – W. T. Cosgrave, Irish politician (d. 1965) June 9 – William S. Pye, American admiral (d. 1959) June 15 – Osami Nagano, Japanese admiral (d. 1947) June 17 – Carl Van Vechten, American writer, photographer (d. 1964) June 21 – Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp, British civil servant, industrialist and ... |
an Edison-type dynamo." While among the earliest submarines to successfully make use of electric power, she proved to have a severe flaw. She could not stay at a stable depth, set by the operator. The improved Goubet II was introduced in 1889. This version could transport a 2-man crew and had "an attractive interior". ... | discarded. By 1887, Drzewiecki was designing submarines for the French Third Republic. 1881–1883: John Philip Holland of Liscannor, County Clare, Ireland builds the Fenian Ram submarine for the Fenian Brotherhood. During extensive trials, Holland made numerous dives and test-fired the gun using dummy projectiles. Howev... |
in Geneva. The principal issue at the conference is the demand made by Germany for ("equality of status" i.e. abolishing Part V of the Treaty of Versailles, which had disarmed Germany) and the French demand for ("security" i.e. maintaining Part V). The League of Nations again recommends negotiations between the Republi... | South Wales, Jack Lang, is dismissed by the State Governor, Sir Philip Game. May 15 – May 15 Incident, an attempted military coup in which Japanese prime minister Tsuyoshi Inukai is assassinated by naval officers. Japanese troops leave Shanghai. May 16 – Massive riots between Hindus and Muslims in Bombay leave thousand... |
– Finn Bálor (aka Fergal Devitt), Irish professional wrestler July 26 – Maicon Douglas Sisenando, Brazilian footballer July 27 – Li Xiaopeng, Chinese gymnast July 29 – Fernando Alonso, Spanish double Formula 1 world champion July 30 – Nicky Hayden, American motorcycle racer (d. 2017) August August 3 – Fikirte Addis, Et... | in European history. November 25–26 – 1981 Seychelles coup d'état attempt: A group of mercenaries led by Mike Hoare take over Mahe airport. Most of them escape by a commandeered Air India passenger jet; six are later arrested. December December 1 – An Inex-Adria Aviopromet McDonnell Douglas MD-80 strikes a mountain pea... |
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