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Events:C/P.
25 Guangwu claims the throne as emperor after a period of political turmoil, restoring the Han Dynasty after the collapse of the short-lived Xin Dynasty.
642 Battle of Maserfield Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Northumbria.
910 The last major Danish army to raid England is defeated at the Battle of Tettenhall by the allied forces of Mercia and Wessex, led by King Edward the Elder and Earl Aethelred of Mercia.
939 The Battle of Alhandic is fought between Ramiro II of Leσn and Abd-ar-Rahman III at Zamora in the context of the Spanish Reconquista. The battle resulted in a victory for the Emirate of Cordoba.
1068 ByzantineNorman wars: Italo-Normans begin a nearly-three-year siege of Bari.
1100 Henry I is crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey.
1278 The Siege of Algeciras ends in the context of the Spanish Reconquista pitting the forces of the Kingdom of Castile against the Emirate of Granada. The battle resulted in a Granadan victory.
1305 William Wallace, who led the Scottish resistance against England, is captured by the English near Glasgow and transported to London where he is put on trial and executed.
1388 The Battle of Otterburn, a border skirmish between the Scottish and the English in Northern England, is fought near Otterburn.
1583 Sir Humphrey Gilbert establishes the first English colony in North America, at what is now St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.
1600 The Gowrie Conspiracy against King James VI of Scotland (later to become King James I of England) takes place.
1620 The Mayflower departs from Southampton, England on its first attempt to reach North America.
1689 1,500 Iroquois attack the village of Lachine in New France.
1716 The Battle of Petrovaradin takes place.
1735 Freedom of the press: New York Weekly Journal writer John Peter Zenger is acquitted of seditious libel against the royal governor of New York, on the basis that what he had published was true.
1763 Pontiac's War: Battle of Bushy Run British forces led by Henry Bouquet defeat Chief Pontiac's Indians at Bushy Run.
1772 The First Partition of Poland begins.
1781 The Battle of Dogger Bank takes place.
1824 Greek War of Independence: Constantine Kanaris leads a Greek fleet to victory against Ottoman and Egyptian ships in the Battle of Samos.
1858 Cyrus West Field and others complete the first transatlantic telegraph cable after several unsuccessful attempts. It will operate for less than a month.
1860 Charles XV of Sweden of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway in Trondheim.
1861 American Civil War: in order to help pay for the war effort, the United States government levies the first income tax as part of the Revenue Act of 1861 (3% of all incomes over US $800; rescinded in 1872).
1861 The United States Army abolishes flogging.
1862 American Civil War: Battle of Baton Rouge along the Mississippi River near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Confederate troops attempt to take the city, but are driven back by fire from Union gunboats.
1864 American Civil War: the Battle of Mobile Bay begins at Mobile Bay near Mobile, Alabama, Admiral David Farragut leads a Union flotilla through Confederate defenses and seals one of the last major Southern ports.
1870 Franco-Prussian War: the Battle of Spicheren is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
1874 Japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in the United Kingdom.
1882 The Standard Oil of New Jersey is established.
1884 The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
1888 Bertha Benz drives from Mannheim to Pforzheim and back in the first long distance automobile trip, commemorated as the Bertha Benz Memorial Route since 2008.
1901 Peter O'Connor sets the first IAAF recognised long jump world record of 24 ft 11.75 in (7.6137 m) The record will stand for 20 years.
1906 Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, King of Iran, agrees to convert the government to a constitutional monarchy.
1914 World War I: the German minelayer Kφnigin Luise lays a minefield about 40 miles (64 km) off the Thames Estuary (Lowestoft). She is intercepted and sunk by the British light-cruiser HMS Amphion.
1914 In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed.
1916 World War I: Battle of Romani Allied forces, under the command of Archibald Murray, defeat an attacking Ottoman army under the command of Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein, securing the Suez Canal and beginning the Ottoman retreat from the Sinai Peninsula.
1925 Plaid Cymru is formed with the aim of disseminating knowledge of the Welsh language that is at the time in danger of dying out.
1926 Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
1940 World War II: the Soviet Union formally annexes Latvia.
1941 World War II: The Battle of Smolensk concludes with Germany capturing about 300,000 Soviet Red Army prisoners.
1944 World War II: possibly the biggest prison breakout in history occurs as 545 Japanese POWs attempt to escape outside the town of Cowra, New South Wales, Australia.
1944 World War II: Polish insurgents liberate a German labor camp in Warsaw, freeing 348 Jewish prisoners.
1944 World War II: The Nazis begin a week-long massacre of anywhere between 40,000 and 100,000 civilians and prisoners of war in Wola, Poland.
1949 In Ecuador, an earthquake destroys 50 towns and kills more than 6,000.
1949 The Mann Gulch fire kills 13 firefighters in Montana.
1957 American Bandstand, a show dedicated to the teenage "baby-boomers" by playing the songs and showing popular dances of the time, debuts on the ABC television network.
1960 Burkina Faso, then known as Upper Volta, becomes independent from France.
1962 Nelson Mandela is jailed. He would not be released until 1990.
1963 The United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union sign a nuclear test ban treaty.
1964 Vietnam War: Operation Pierce Arrow American aircraft from carriers USS Ticonderoga and USS Constellation bomb North Vietnam in retaliation for strikes against U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin.
1965 The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 begins as Pakistani soldiers cross the Line of Control dressed as locals.
1969 Mariner program: Mariner 7 makes its closest fly-by of Mars (3,524 kilometers).
1971 The first Pacific Islands Forum (then known as the "South Pacific Forum") is held in Wellington, New Zealand, with the aim of enhancing cooperation between the independent countries of the Pacific Ocean.
1974 Vietnam War: the U.S. Congress places a $1 billion dollar limit on military aid to South Vietnam.
1979 In Afghanistan, Maoists undertake an attempted military uprising.
1981 Ronald Reagan fires 11,359 striking air-traffic controllers who ignored his order for them to return to work.
1989 General elections are held in Nicaragua with the Sandinista National Liberation Front winning a majority.
1995 The city of Knin, a significant Serb stronghold, is captured by Croatian forces during Operation Storm. The date is celebrated in Croatia as Victory Day.
2003 A car bomb explodes in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta outside the Marriott Hotel killing 12 and injuring 150.
2010 2010 Copiapσ mining accident occurs, trapping 33 Chilean miners approximately 2,300 ft (700 m) below the ground.
2010 Ten members of International Assistance Mission Nuristan Eye Camp team are killed by persons unknown in Kuran wa Munjan District of Badakhshan Province in Afghanistan.
2012 The Oak Creek shooting took place at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, killing six people; the perpetrator was shot dead by police.
Events:C/P.
25 Guangwu claims the throne as emperor after a period of political turmoil, restoring the Han Dynasty after the collapse of the short-lived Xin Dynasty.
642 Battle of Maserfield Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Northumbria.
910 The last major Danish army to raid England is defeated at the Battle of Tettenhall by the allied forces of Mercia and Wessex, led by King Edward the Elder and Earl Aethelred of Mercia.
939 The Battle of Alhandic is fought between Ramiro II of Leσn and Abd-ar-Rahman III at Zamora in the context of the Spanish Reconquista. The battle resulted in a victory for the Emirate of Cordoba.
1068 ByzantineNorman wars: Italo-Normans begin a nearly-three-year siege of Bari.
1100 Henry I is crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey.
1278 The Siege of Algeciras ends in the context of the Spanish Reconquista pitting the forces of the Kingdom of Castile against the Emirate of Granada. The battle resulted in a Granadan victory.
1305 William Wallace, who led the Scottish resistance against England, is captured by the English near Glasgow and transported to London where he is put on trial and executed.
1388 The Battle of Otterburn, a border skirmish between the Scottish and the English in Northern England, is fought near Otterburn.
1583 Sir Humphrey Gilbert establishes the first English colony in North America, at what is now St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.
1600 The Gowrie Conspiracy against King James VI of Scotland (later to become King James I of England) takes place.
1620 The Mayflower departs from Southampton, England on its first attempt to reach North America.
1689 1,500 Iroquois attack the village of Lachine in New France.
1716 The Battle of Petrovaradin takes place.
1735 Freedom of the press: New York Weekly Journal writer John Peter Zenger is acquitted of seditious libel against the royal governor of New York, on the basis that what he had published was true.
1763 Pontiac's War: Battle of Bushy Run British forces led by Henry Bouquet defeat Chief Pontiac's Indians at Bushy Run.
1772 The First Partition of Poland begins.
1781 The Battle of Dogger Bank takes place.
1824 Greek War of Independence: Constantine Kanaris leads a Greek fleet to victory against Ottoman and Egyptian ships in the Battle of Samos.
1858 Cyrus West Field and others complete the first transatlantic telegraph cable after several unsuccessful attempts. It will operate for less than a month.
1860 Charles XV of Sweden of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway in Trondheim.
1861 American Civil War: in order to help pay for the war effort, the United States government levies the first income tax as part of the Revenue Act of 1861 (3% of all incomes over US $800; rescinded in 1872).
1861 The United States Army abolishes flogging.
1862 American Civil War: Battle of Baton Rouge along the Mississippi River near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Confederate troops attempt to take the city, but are driven back by fire from Union gunboats.
1864 American Civil War: the Battle of Mobile Bay begins at Mobile Bay near Mobile, Alabama, Admiral David Farragut leads a Union flotilla through Confederate defenses and seals one of the last major Southern ports.
1870 Franco-Prussian War: the Battle of Spicheren is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
1874 Japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in the United Kingdom.
1882 The Standard Oil of New Jersey is established.
1884 The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
1888 Bertha Benz drives from Mannheim to Pforzheim and back in the first long distance automobile trip, commemorated as the Bertha Benz Memorial Route since 2008.
1901 Peter O'Connor sets the first IAAF recognised long jump world record of 24 ft 11.75 in (7.6137 m) The record will stand for 20 years.
1906 Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, King of Iran, agrees to convert the government to a constitutional monarchy.
1914 World War I: the German minelayer Kφnigin Luise lays a minefield about 40 miles (64 km) off the Thames Estuary (Lowestoft). She is intercepted and sunk by the British light-cruiser HMS Amphion.
1914 In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed.
1916 World War I: Battle of Romani Allied forces, under the command of Archibald Murray, defeat an attacking Ottoman army under the command of Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein, securing the Suez Canal and beginning the Ottoman retreat from the Sinai Peninsula.
1925 Plaid Cymru is formed with the aim of disseminating knowledge of the Welsh language that is at the time in danger of dying out.
1926 Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
1940 World War II: the Soviet Union formally annexes Latvia.
1941 World War II: The Battle of Smolensk concludes with Germany capturing about 300,000 Soviet Red Army prisoners.
1944 World War II: possibly the biggest prison breakout in history occurs as 545 Japanese POWs attempt to escape outside the town of Cowra, New South Wales, Australia.
1944 World War II: Polish insurgents liberate a German labor camp in Warsaw, freeing 348 Jewish prisoners.
1944 World War II: The Nazis begin a week-long massacre of anywhere between 40,000 and 100,000 civilians and prisoners of war in Wola, Poland.
1949 In Ecuador, an earthquake destroys 50 towns and kills more than 6,000.
1949 The Mann Gulch fire kills 13 firefighters in Montana.
1957 American Bandstand, a show dedicated to the teenage "baby-boomers" by playing the songs and showing popular dances of the time, debuts on the ABC television network.
1960 Burkina Faso, then known as Upper Volta, becomes independent from France.
1962 Nelson Mandela is jailed. He would not be released until 1990.
1963 The United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union sign a nuclear test ban treaty.
1964 Vietnam War: Operation Pierce Arrow American aircraft from carriers USS Ticonderoga and USS Constellation bomb North Vietnam in retaliation for strikes against U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin.
1965 The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 begins as Pakistani soldiers cross the Line of Control dressed as locals.
1969 Mariner program: Mariner 7 makes its closest fly-by of Mars (3,524 kilometers).
1971 The first Pacific Islands Forum (then known as the "South Pacific Forum") is held in Wellington, New Zealand, with the aim of enhancing cooperation between the independent countries of the Pacific Ocean.
1974 Vietnam War: the U.S. Congress places a $1 billion dollar limit on military aid to South Vietnam.
1979 In Afghanistan, Maoists undertake an attempted military uprising.
1981 Ronald Reagan fires 11,359 striking air-traffic controllers who ignored his order for them to return to work.
1989 General elections are held in Nicaragua with the Sandinista National Liberation Front winning a majority.
1995 The city of Knin, a significant Serb stronghold, is captured by Croatian forces during Operation Storm. The date is celebrated in Croatia as Victory Day.
2003 A car bomb explodes in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta outside the Marriott Hotel killing 12 and injuring 150.
2010 2010 Copiapσ mining accident occurs, trapping 33 Chilean miners approximately 2,300 ft (700 m) below the ground.
2010 Ten members of International Assistance Mission Nuristan Eye Camp team are killed by persons unknown in Kuran wa Munjan District of Badakhshan Province in Afghanistan.
2012 The Oak Creek shooting took place at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, killing six people; the perpetrator was shot dead by police.