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Events:C/P.
763 BC Assyrians record a solar eclipse that is later used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history.
923 Battle of Soissons: King Robert I of France is killed and King Charles the Simple is arrested by the supporters of Duke Rudolph of Burgundy.
1184 King Magnus V of Norway is killed at the Battle of Fimreite.
1215 King John of England puts his seal to the Magna Carta.
1219 Northern Crusades: Danish victory at the Battle of Lyndanisse (modern-day Tallinn) establishes the Danish Duchy of Estonia. According to legend, this battle also marks the first use of the Dannebrog, the world's first national flag still in use, as the national flag of Denmark.
1246 With the death of Duke Frederick II, the Babenberg dynasty ends in Austria.
1389 Battle of Kosovo: The Ottoman Empire defeats Serbs and Bosnians.
1520 Pope Leo X threatens to excommunicate Martin Luther in papal bull Exsurge Domine.
1580 Philip II of Spain declares William the Silent to be an outlaw.
1667 The first human blood transfusion is administered by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys.
1752 Benjamin Franklin proves that lightning is electricity (traditional date, the exact date is unknown).
1775 American Revolutionary War: George Washington is appointed commander-in-chief of the Continental Army.
1776 Delaware Separation Day Delaware votes to suspend government under the British Crown and separate officially from Pennsylvania.
1785 Jean-Franηois Pilβtre de Rozier, co-pilot of the first-ever manned flight (1783), and his companion, Pierre Romain, become the first-ever casualties of an air crash when their hot air balloon explodes during their attempt to cross the English Channel.
1804 New Hampshire approves the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratifying the document.
1808 Joseph Bonaparte becomes King of Spain.
1836 Arkansas is admitted as the 25th U.S. state.
1844 Charles Goodyear receives a patent for vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber.
1846 The Oregon Treaty establishes the 49th parallel as the border between the United States and Canada, from the Rocky Mountains to the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
1859 Pig War: Ambiguity in the Oregon Treaty leads to the "Northwestern Boundary Dispute" between United States and British/Canadian settlers.
1864 American Civil War: The Second Battle of Petersburg begins.
1864 Arlington National Cemetery is established when 200 acres (0.81 km2) around Arlington Mansion (formerly owned by Confederate General Robert E. Lee) are officially set aside as a military cemetery by U.S. Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton.
1867 Atlantic Cable Quartz Lode gold mine located in Montana.
1877 Henry Ossian Flipper becomes the first African American cadet to graduate from the United States Military Academy.
1888 Crown Prince Wilhelm becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II; he will be the last Emperor of the German Empire.
1896 The deadliest tsunami in Japan's history kills more than 22,000 people.
1904 A fire aboard the steamboat SS General Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000.
1905 Princess Margaret of Connaught marries Gustaf, Crown Prince of Sweden.
1909 Representatives from England, Australia and South Africa meet at Lord's and form the Imperial Cricket Conference.
1913 The Battle of Bud Bagsak in the Philippines ends.
1916 U.S. President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America, making them the only American youth organization with a federal charter.
1919 John Alcock and Arthur Brown complete the first nonstop transatlantic flight when they reach Clifden, County Galway, Ireland.
1920 Duluth lynchings in Minnesota.
1920 A new border treaty between Germany and Denmark gives northern Schleswig to Denmark.
1934 The U.S. Great Smoky Mountains National Park is founded.
1937 A German expedition led by Karl Wien loses sixteen members in an avalanche on Nanga Parbat. It is the worst single disaster to occur on an 8000m peak.
1940 World War II: Operation Ariel begins Allied troops start to evacuate France, following Germany's takeover of Paris and most of the nation.
1944 World War II: Battle of Saipan: The United States invade Japanese-occupied Saipan.
1944 In the Saskatchewan general election, the CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, is elected and forms the first socialist government in North America.
1945 The General Dutch Youth League (ANJV) is founded in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
1954 UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) is formed in Basel, Switzerland.
1978 King Hussein of Jordan marries American Lisa Halaby, who takes the name Queen Noor.
1985 Rembrandt's painting Danaλ is attacked by a man (later judged insane) who throws sulfuric acid on the canvas and cuts it twice with a knife.
1991 In the Philippines, Mount Pinatubo erupts in the second largest volcanic eruption of the 20th Century. In the end, over 800 people die.
1992 The United States Supreme Court rules in United States v. Αlvarez-Machaνn that it is permissible for the United States to forcibly extradite suspects in foreign countries and bring them to the USA for trial, without approval from those other countries.
1994 Israel and Vatican City establish full diplomatic relations.
1996 The Provisional Irish Republican Army explodes a large bomb in the middle of Manchester, England.
2002 Near-Earth asteroid 2002 MN misses the Earth by 75,000 miles (121,000 km), about one-third of the distance between the Earth and the Moon.
End of C/P.
Events:C/P.
763 BC Assyrians record a solar eclipse that is later used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history.
923 Battle of Soissons: King Robert I of France is killed and King Charles the Simple is arrested by the supporters of Duke Rudolph of Burgundy.
1184 King Magnus V of Norway is killed at the Battle of Fimreite.
1215 King John of England puts his seal to the Magna Carta.
1219 Northern Crusades: Danish victory at the Battle of Lyndanisse (modern-day Tallinn) establishes the Danish Duchy of Estonia. According to legend, this battle also marks the first use of the Dannebrog, the world's first national flag still in use, as the national flag of Denmark.
1246 With the death of Duke Frederick II, the Babenberg dynasty ends in Austria.
1389 Battle of Kosovo: The Ottoman Empire defeats Serbs and Bosnians.
1520 Pope Leo X threatens to excommunicate Martin Luther in papal bull Exsurge Domine.
1580 Philip II of Spain declares William the Silent to be an outlaw.
1667 The first human blood transfusion is administered by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys.
1752 Benjamin Franklin proves that lightning is electricity (traditional date, the exact date is unknown).
1775 American Revolutionary War: George Washington is appointed commander-in-chief of the Continental Army.
1776 Delaware Separation Day Delaware votes to suspend government under the British Crown and separate officially from Pennsylvania.
1785 Jean-Franηois Pilβtre de Rozier, co-pilot of the first-ever manned flight (1783), and his companion, Pierre Romain, become the first-ever casualties of an air crash when their hot air balloon explodes during their attempt to cross the English Channel.
1804 New Hampshire approves the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratifying the document.
1808 Joseph Bonaparte becomes King of Spain.
1836 Arkansas is admitted as the 25th U.S. state.
1844 Charles Goodyear receives a patent for vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber.
1846 The Oregon Treaty establishes the 49th parallel as the border between the United States and Canada, from the Rocky Mountains to the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
1859 Pig War: Ambiguity in the Oregon Treaty leads to the "Northwestern Boundary Dispute" between United States and British/Canadian settlers.
1864 American Civil War: The Second Battle of Petersburg begins.
1864 Arlington National Cemetery is established when 200 acres (0.81 km2) around Arlington Mansion (formerly owned by Confederate General Robert E. Lee) are officially set aside as a military cemetery by U.S. Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton.
1867 Atlantic Cable Quartz Lode gold mine located in Montana.
1877 Henry Ossian Flipper becomes the first African American cadet to graduate from the United States Military Academy.
1888 Crown Prince Wilhelm becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II; he will be the last Emperor of the German Empire.
1896 The deadliest tsunami in Japan's history kills more than 22,000 people.
1904 A fire aboard the steamboat SS General Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000.
1905 Princess Margaret of Connaught marries Gustaf, Crown Prince of Sweden.
1909 Representatives from England, Australia and South Africa meet at Lord's and form the Imperial Cricket Conference.
1913 The Battle of Bud Bagsak in the Philippines ends.
1916 U.S. President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America, making them the only American youth organization with a federal charter.
1919 John Alcock and Arthur Brown complete the first nonstop transatlantic flight when they reach Clifden, County Galway, Ireland.
1920 Duluth lynchings in Minnesota.
1920 A new border treaty between Germany and Denmark gives northern Schleswig to Denmark.
1934 The U.S. Great Smoky Mountains National Park is founded.
1937 A German expedition led by Karl Wien loses sixteen members in an avalanche on Nanga Parbat. It is the worst single disaster to occur on an 8000m peak.
1940 World War II: Operation Ariel begins Allied troops start to evacuate France, following Germany's takeover of Paris and most of the nation.
1944 World War II: Battle of Saipan: The United States invade Japanese-occupied Saipan.
1944 In the Saskatchewan general election, the CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, is elected and forms the first socialist government in North America.
1945 The General Dutch Youth League (ANJV) is founded in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
1954 UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) is formed in Basel, Switzerland.
1978 King Hussein of Jordan marries American Lisa Halaby, who takes the name Queen Noor.
1985 Rembrandt's painting Danaλ is attacked by a man (later judged insane) who throws sulfuric acid on the canvas and cuts it twice with a knife.
1991 In the Philippines, Mount Pinatubo erupts in the second largest volcanic eruption of the 20th Century. In the end, over 800 people die.
1992 The United States Supreme Court rules in United States v. Αlvarez-Machaνn that it is permissible for the United States to forcibly extradite suspects in foreign countries and bring them to the USA for trial, without approval from those other countries.
1994 Israel and Vatican City establish full diplomatic relations.
1996 The Provisional Irish Republican Army explodes a large bomb in the middle of Manchester, England.
2002 Near-Earth asteroid 2002 MN misses the Earth by 75,000 miles (121,000 km), about one-third of the distance between the Earth and the Moon.
End of C/P.