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Events:C/P.
363 Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Sassanid capital, but is unable to take the city.
1167 Battle of Monte Porzio A Roman army supporting Pope Alexander III is defeated by Christian of Buch and Rainald of Dassel
1176 Battle of Legnano: The Lombard League defeats Emperor Frederick I.
1328 Philip VI is crowned King of France.
1414 Council of Constance.
1453 Fall of Constantinople: Ottoman armies under Sultan Mehmed II Fatih captures Constantinople after a 53-day siege, ending the Byzantine Empire.
1660 English Restoration: Charles II is restored to the throne of England, Scotland and Ireland.
1677 Treaty of Middle Plantation establishes peace between the Virginia colonists and the local Natives.
1727 Peter II becomes Tsar of Russia.
1733 The right of Canadians to keep Indian slaves is upheld at Quebec City.
1780 American Revolutionary War: At the Battle of Waxhaws, the British continue fighting after the Continentals lay down their arms, killing 113 and critically wounding all but 53 that remained.
1790 Rhode Island becomes the last of the original United States' colonies to ratify the Constitution and is admitted as the 13th U.S. state.
1798 United Irishmen Rebellion: Between 300 and 500 United Irishmen are massacred by the British Army in County Kildare, Ireland.
1848 Wisconsin is admitted as the 30th U.S. state.
1852 Jenny Lind left New York after her wildly successful two-year American tour.
1861 The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce was founded, in Hong Kong.
1864 Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico arrives in Mexico for the first time.
1867 The Ausgleich ("the Compromise") is born through Act 12, which establishes the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
1868 The assassination of Michael Obrenovich III, Prince of Serbia, in Belgrade.
1886 Chemist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, the ad appearing in the Atlanta Journal.
1900 N'Djamena is founded as Fort-Lamy by French commander Ιmile Gentil
1903 May coup d'etat[disambiguation needed ]: Alexander Obrenovich, King of Serbia, and Queen Draga, are assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (Crna Ruka) organization.
1913 Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring receives its premiere performance in Paris, provoking a riot.
1914 Ocean liner RMS Empress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of St. Lawrence with the loss of 1,024 lives.
1918 Armenia defeats the Ottoman Army in the Battle of Sardarapat.
1919 Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity is tested (later confirmed) by Arthur Eddington and Andrew Crommelin.
1919 The Republic of Prekmurje founded
1924 AEK Athens FC is established on the anniversary of the siege of Constantinople by the Turks.
1932 World War I Veterans begin to assemble in Washington, D.C. in the Bonus Army to request cash bonuses promised to them to be paid in 1945.
1939 Albanian fascist leader Tefik Mborja is appointed as member of the Italian Chamber of Fasces and Corporations.
1940 The first flight of the F4U Corsair.
1942 Bing Crosby, the Ken Darby Singers and the John Scott Trotter Orchestra record Irving Berlin's "White Christmas", the best-selling Christmas single in history.
1945 First combat mission of the Consolidated B-32 Dominator heavy bomber.
1948 Creation of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization
1950 The St. Roch, the first ship to circumnavigate North America, arrives in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
1953 Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay become the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on Tenzing Norgay's (adopted) 39th birthday.
1954 First of the annual Bilderberg conferences.
1964 The Arab League meets in East Jerusalem to discuss the Palestinian question, leading to the formation of the Palestinian Liberation Organization.
1969 General strike in Cσrdoba, Argentina, leading to the Cordobazo civil unrest.
1973 Tom Bradley is elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles, California.
1982 Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit Canterbury Cathedral.
1985 Heysel Stadium disaster: 39 association football fans die and hundreds are injured when a dilapidated retaining wall collapses.
1985 Amputee Steve Fonyo completes cross-Canada marathon at Victoria, British Columbia, after 14 months.
1988 U.S. President Ronald Reagan begins his first visit to the Soviet Union when he arrives in Moscow for a superpower summit with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
1989 Signing of an agreement Egypt - U.S. manufacturing parts of the fighter F-16 in Egypt.
1990 The Russian parliament elects Boris Yeltsin president of the Russian SFSR.
1999 Olusegun Obasanjo takes office as President of Nigeria, the first elected and civilian head of state in Nigeria after 16 years of military rule.
1999 Space Shuttle Discovery completes the first docking with the International Space Station.
2001 U.S. Supreme Court rules that disabled golfer Casey Martin can use a cart to ride in tournaments.
2004 The World War II Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.
End of C/P.
Events:C/P.
363 Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Sassanid capital, but is unable to take the city.
1167 Battle of Monte Porzio A Roman army supporting Pope Alexander III is defeated by Christian of Buch and Rainald of Dassel
1176 Battle of Legnano: The Lombard League defeats Emperor Frederick I.
1328 Philip VI is crowned King of France.
1414 Council of Constance.
1453 Fall of Constantinople: Ottoman armies under Sultan Mehmed II Fatih captures Constantinople after a 53-day siege, ending the Byzantine Empire.
1660 English Restoration: Charles II is restored to the throne of England, Scotland and Ireland.
1677 Treaty of Middle Plantation establishes peace between the Virginia colonists and the local Natives.
1727 Peter II becomes Tsar of Russia.
1733 The right of Canadians to keep Indian slaves is upheld at Quebec City.
1780 American Revolutionary War: At the Battle of Waxhaws, the British continue fighting after the Continentals lay down their arms, killing 113 and critically wounding all but 53 that remained.
1790 Rhode Island becomes the last of the original United States' colonies to ratify the Constitution and is admitted as the 13th U.S. state.
1798 United Irishmen Rebellion: Between 300 and 500 United Irishmen are massacred by the British Army in County Kildare, Ireland.
1848 Wisconsin is admitted as the 30th U.S. state.
1852 Jenny Lind left New York after her wildly successful two-year American tour.
1861 The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce was founded, in Hong Kong.
1864 Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico arrives in Mexico for the first time.
1867 The Ausgleich ("the Compromise") is born through Act 12, which establishes the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
1868 The assassination of Michael Obrenovich III, Prince of Serbia, in Belgrade.
1886 Chemist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, the ad appearing in the Atlanta Journal.
1900 N'Djamena is founded as Fort-Lamy by French commander Ιmile Gentil
1903 May coup d'etat[disambiguation needed ]: Alexander Obrenovich, King of Serbia, and Queen Draga, are assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (Crna Ruka) organization.
1913 Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring receives its premiere performance in Paris, provoking a riot.
1914 Ocean liner RMS Empress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of St. Lawrence with the loss of 1,024 lives.
1918 Armenia defeats the Ottoman Army in the Battle of Sardarapat.
1919 Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity is tested (later confirmed) by Arthur Eddington and Andrew Crommelin.
1919 The Republic of Prekmurje founded
1924 AEK Athens FC is established on the anniversary of the siege of Constantinople by the Turks.
1932 World War I Veterans begin to assemble in Washington, D.C. in the Bonus Army to request cash bonuses promised to them to be paid in 1945.
1939 Albanian fascist leader Tefik Mborja is appointed as member of the Italian Chamber of Fasces and Corporations.
1940 The first flight of the F4U Corsair.
1942 Bing Crosby, the Ken Darby Singers and the John Scott Trotter Orchestra record Irving Berlin's "White Christmas", the best-selling Christmas single in history.
1945 First combat mission of the Consolidated B-32 Dominator heavy bomber.
1948 Creation of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization
1950 The St. Roch, the first ship to circumnavigate North America, arrives in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
1953 Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay become the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on Tenzing Norgay's (adopted) 39th birthday.
1954 First of the annual Bilderberg conferences.
1964 The Arab League meets in East Jerusalem to discuss the Palestinian question, leading to the formation of the Palestinian Liberation Organization.
1969 General strike in Cσrdoba, Argentina, leading to the Cordobazo civil unrest.
1973 Tom Bradley is elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles, California.
1982 Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit Canterbury Cathedral.
1985 Heysel Stadium disaster: 39 association football fans die and hundreds are injured when a dilapidated retaining wall collapses.
1985 Amputee Steve Fonyo completes cross-Canada marathon at Victoria, British Columbia, after 14 months.
1988 U.S. President Ronald Reagan begins his first visit to the Soviet Union when he arrives in Moscow for a superpower summit with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
1989 Signing of an agreement Egypt - U.S. manufacturing parts of the fighter F-16 in Egypt.
1990 The Russian parliament elects Boris Yeltsin president of the Russian SFSR.
1999 Olusegun Obasanjo takes office as President of Nigeria, the first elected and civilian head of state in Nigeria after 16 years of military rule.
1999 Space Shuttle Discovery completes the first docking with the International Space Station.
2001 U.S. Supreme Court rules that disabled golfer Casey Martin can use a cart to ride in tournaments.
2004 The World War II Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.
End of C/P.