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Second Punic War: At the Battle of Zama, Roman legions under Scipio ...
439 — The Vandals, led by King Gaiseric, take Carthage in North ...
1386 — The Universität Heidelberg holds its first lecture, making it ...
1453 — Hundred Years' War: Three months after the Battle of ...
1466 — The Thirteen Years' War between Poland and the Teutonic ...
1469 — Ferdinand II of Aragon marries Isabella I of Castile, a ...
1512 — Martin Luther becomes a doctor of theology.
1579 — James VI of Scotland is celebrated as an adult ruler by a ...
1596 — The Spanish ship San Felipe runs aground on the coast of Japan ...
1649 — New Ross town in Ireland surrenders to Oliver Cromwell.
1662 — An English Buccaneer force led by Royal Navy commodore ...
1781 — American Revolutionary War: The siege of Yorktown comes to an ...
1789 — John Jay is sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the United ...
1791 — Treaty of Drottningholm, between Sweden and Russia
1805 — War of the Third Coalition: Austrian General Mack surrenders ...
1812 — The French invasion of Russia fails when Napoleon begins his ...
1813 — War of the Sixth Coalition: Napoleon is forced to retreat from ...
1847 — The novel Jane Eyre is published in London.
1864 — American Civil War: Confederate agents based in Canada rob ...
1864 — American Civil War: The Battle of Cedar Creek ends the last ...
1866 — In accordance with the Treaty of Vienna, Austria cedes Veneto ...
1900 — Max Planck discovers Planck's law of black-body radiation.
1912 — Italo-Turkish War: Italy takes possession of what is now Libya ...
1914 — World War I: The First Battle of Ypres begins.
1921 — The Portuguese Prime Minister and several officials are ...
1922 — British Conservative MPs vote to terminate the coalition ...
1935 — The League of Nations places economic sanctions on Italy for ...
1936 — New York World-Telegram reporter Herbert Ekins won a race ...
1943 — Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, is ...
1943 — The cargo vessel Sinfra is attacked by Allied aircraft at ...
1944 — A coup is launched against Juan Federico Ponce Vaides, ...
1944 — United States forces land in the Philippines.
1948 — Presidents North Carolina Gave the Nation, a monument honoring ...
1950 — Iran becomes the first country to accept technical assistance ...
1950 — Korean War: The Battle of Pyongyang ends in a United Nations ...
1950 — China defeats the Tibetan Army at Chambo.
1953 — Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 is published.
1955 — The General Assembly of the European Broadcasting Union ...
1956 — The Soviet Union and Japan sign a Joint Declaration, ...
1960 — The United States imposes a near-total trade embargo against ...
1973 — President Nixon rejects an Appeals Court decision that he turn ...
1974 — Niue becomes a self-governing colony of New Zealand.
1986 — The president of Mozambique and a prominent leader of FRELIMO, ...
1987 — Black Monday: The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 22%, ...
1987 — The United States Navy conducts Operation Nimble Archer, an ...
1988 — The British government imposes a broadcasting ban on ...
1989 — The convictions of the Guildford Four are quashed by the Court ...
2001 — SIEV X, an Indonesian fishing boat en route to Christmas ...
2003 — Mother Teresa is beatified by Pope John Paul II.
2004 — Thirteen people are killed when Corporate Airlines Flight 5966 ...
2005 — Hurricane Wilma becomes the most intense Atlantic hurricane on ...
2005 — Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Baghdad for crimes against ...
2012 — A bomb explosion kills eight people and injures 110 more in ...
2013 — One hundred and five people are injured in a train crash in ...
2019 — Members of Parliament met at the House of Lords to discuss the ...
2025 — Pieces of the French Crown Jewels are successfully stolen ...