Year 197 » Emperor Septimius Severus defeats Roman usurper known as usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum, the bloodiest battle between Roman armies.
Year 356 » Emperor Constantius II issues a decree closing all paganism called pagan temples in the Roman Empire.
Year 1594 Calendar » Having already inherited the List of Polish rulers throne of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth through his mother Catherine Jagellonica of Poland in 1587, Sigismund III Vasa Sigismund III of the House of Vasa is coronation crowned List of Swedish monarch
Year 1600 Calendar » The Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina explodes in the most violent eruption in the recorded history of South America.
Year 1649 Calendar » The Second Battle of Guararapes takes place, effectively ending Netherlands named Dutch colonization efforts in Brazil.
Year 1674 Calendar » England and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster (1674) called Treaty of Westminster, ending the Third Anglo-Dutch War. A provision of the agreement transfers the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam to England, and it is renamed New York City or New Y
Year 1807 Calendar » Former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr is arrested for treason in Wakefield, Alabama and confined to Fort Stoddert.
Year 1819 Calendar » British Empire British exploration explorer William Smith (mariner) William Smith discovers the South Shetland Islands, and claims them in the name of George III of the United Kingdom King George III.
Year 1846 Calendar » In Austin, Texas the newly formed Texas state government is officially installed. The Republic of Texas government officially transfers power to the State of Texas government following the annexation of Texas by the United States.
Year 1847 Calendar » The first group of rescuers reaches the Donner Party.
Year 1859 Calendar » Daniel E. Sickles, a New York Congressman, is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity. This is the first time this defense is successfully used in the United States.
Year 1861 Calendar » Serfdom is Emancipation reform of 1861 named abolished in Russia.
Year 1876 Calendar » Founding of the National Amateur Press Association (NAPA) in Philadelphia.
Year 1884 Calendar » More than Enigma tornado outbreak named sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history.
Year 1915 Calendar » World War I: The Naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign named first naval attack on the Dardanelles begins when a strong Anglo-French task force bombards Ottoman artillery along the coast of Gallipoli.
Year 1937 Calendar » Yekatit 12: During a public ceremony at the Viceregal Palace (the former Imperial residence) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, two Ethiopian nationalists of Eritrean origin attempt to kill viceroy Rodolfo Graziani with a number of grenades.
Year 1942 Calendar » World War II: President of the United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Executive order (United States) executive order Executive Order 9066 9066, allowing the United States military to relocate Japanese-Americans to Japanese American inter
Year 1942 » World War II: Nearly 250 Japanese warplanes Bombing of Darwin or attack the northern Australian city of Darwin, Northern Territory called Darwin killing 243 people.
Year 1943 Calendar » World War II: Battle of the Kasserine Pass in Tunisia begins.
Year 1945 Calendar » World War II: Battle of Iwo Jima about 30,000 United States Marines land on the island of Iwo Jima.
Year 1948 Calendar » The Conference of Youth and Students of Southeast Asia Fighting for Freedom and Independence convenes in Calcutta.
Year 1949 Calendar » Ezra Pound is awarded the first Bollingen Prize named Bollingen Prize in poetry by the Bollingen Foundation and Yale University.
Year 1953 Calendar » Censorship: Georgia (U.S. state) or Georgia approves the first literature censorship board in the United States.
Year 1959 Calendar » The United Kingdom grants Cyprus independence, which is then formally proclaimed on August 16, 1960.
Year 1965 Calendar » Colonel Phạm Ngọc Thảo of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, and a communist spy of the North Vietnamese Viet Minh, along with Generals Lâm Văn Phát and Trần Thiện Khiêm 1965 South Vietnamese coup or attempted a coup against the military Military dictat
Year 1972 Calendar » The Asama-Sansō incident called Asama-Sansō hostage standoff begins in Japan.
Year 1978 Calendar » Egyptian raid on Larnaca International Airport named Egyptian forces raid Larnaca International Airport in an attempt to intervene in a hijacking, without authorisation from the Republic of Cyprus authorities. The Cypriot National Guard and Police forces
Year 1985 Calendar » William J. Schroeder becomes the first recipient of an artificial heart to leave hospital.
Year 1985 » Iberia Airlines Boeing 727 Iberia Airlines Flight 610 e.g crashes into Mount Oiz in Spain, killing 148.
Year 1986 Calendar » Akkaraipattu massacre: the Sri Lankan Army massacres 80 Tamil people called Tamil farm workers the eastern province of Sri Lanka.
Year 2001 Calendar » The Oklahoma City bombing museum is dedicated at the Oklahoma City National Memorial.
Year 2003 Calendar » An Ilyushin Il-76 military aircraft 2003 Iran Ilyushin Il-76 crash called crashes near Kerman, Iran, killing 275.
Year 2006 Calendar » A methane explosion in a coal mine near Nueva Rosita, Mexico, Pasta de Conchos mine disaster called kills 65 miners.
Year 2011 Calendar » The debut exhibition of the Belitung shipwreck, containing the largest collection of Tang Dynasty artefacts found in one location, begins in Singapore.
Year 2012 Calendar » 44 people are killed in a prison Apodaca prison riot known as brawl in Apodaca, Nuevo León.