49 BC -
Julius Caesar's general Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the
Second Battle of the Bagradas River by the Numidians under Publius
Attius Varus and King Juba of Numidia. Curio commits suicide to avoid
capture.
79 - Mt Vesuvius erupts, buries Pompeii & Herculaneum, 15,000 die
1215 - Pope Innocent III declares Magna Carta invalid
1217 - Battle at South Foreland: English fleet beats France
1349 - 6,000 Jews, blamed for the Plague, are killed in Mainz
1349 - Jews of Cologne Germany set themselves on fire to avoid baptism
1391 - Jews of Palma Majorca massacred
1456 - The printing of the Gutenberg Bible is completed.
1572 - St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre of Protestants by Roman Catholics begins in Paris and later spreads to the French provinces
1608 - 1st English convoy lands at Surat, India
1658 - Battle at Grevelingen: English fleet beats Spanish
1751 - Thomas Colley executed in England for drowning supposed witch
1814 - British forces captured Washington, DC, & burned down many landmarks (War of 1812)
1816 - The Treaty of St. Louis is signed in St. Louis, Missouri.
1826 - Netherland's South Willems Port (Bosch-Liege) opens
1828 - Dutch army takes Fort Du Bus in New Guinea
1831 - John Henslow asks Charles Darwin to travel with him on HMS Beagle
1833 - HMS Beagle reaches Bahia Blanca, Argentina
Novelist Charlotte Brontë
1847 - Charlotte Brontë finishes manuscript of "Jane Eyre"
1891 - Thomas Edison patents motion picture camera
Inventor Thomas Edison
1904 - 24th US Men's Tennis: Holcombe Ward beats William Clothier (10-8 6-4 9-7)
1893 - Tornado destroys coast of Savannah & Charleston, about 1000 die
1904 - Battle of Liao-Yang-200,000 Japanese against 150,000 Russian, Japanese tactical victory
1911 - Manuel d'Arriaga elected first president of Portugal
Versatile Athlete Jim Thorpe 1912 - NYC ticker tape parade for Jim Thorpe & victorious US Olympians
1959 - England complete 5-0 series drubbing of India
1959 - Hiram L Fong sworn in as 1st Chinese-American senator while Daniel K Inouye sworn in as 1st Japanese-American Rep (Both from Hawaii)
1960 - -127°F (-88°C), Vostok, Antarctica (world record)
1960 - 60 people die when bus plunges off bridge into Turvo River, Brazil
79 - Mt Vesuvius erupts, buries Pompeii & Herculaneum, 15,000 die
1215 - Pope Innocent III declares Magna Carta invalid
1217 - Battle at South Foreland: English fleet beats France
1349 - 6,000 Jews, blamed for the Plague, are killed in Mainz
1349 - Jews of Cologne Germany set themselves on fire to avoid baptism
1391 - Jews of Palma Majorca massacred
1456 - The printing of the Gutenberg Bible is completed.
1572 - St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre of Protestants by Roman Catholics begins in Paris and later spreads to the French provinces
1608 - 1st English convoy lands at Surat, India
1658 - Battle at Grevelingen: English fleet beats Spanish
1751 - Thomas Colley executed in England for drowning supposed witch
1814 - British forces captured Washington, DC, & burned down many landmarks (War of 1812)
1816 - The Treaty of St. Louis is signed in St. Louis, Missouri.
1826 - Netherland's South Willems Port (Bosch-Liege) opens
1828 - Dutch army takes Fort Du Bus in New Guinea
1831 - John Henslow asks Charles Darwin to travel with him on HMS Beagle
1833 - HMS Beagle reaches Bahia Blanca, Argentina
Novelist Charlotte Brontë
1847 - Charlotte Brontë finishes manuscript of "Jane Eyre"1891 - Thomas Edison patents motion picture camera
Inventor Thomas Edison
1904 - 24th US Men's Tennis: Holcombe Ward beats William Clothier (10-8 6-4 9-7)1893 - Tornado destroys coast of Savannah & Charleston, about 1000 die
1904 - Battle of Liao-Yang-200,000 Japanese against 150,000 Russian, Japanese tactical victory
1911 - Manuel d'Arriaga elected first president of Portugal
Versatile Athlete Jim Thorpe 1912 - NYC ticker tape parade for Jim Thorpe & victorious US Olympians
1959 - England complete 5-0 series drubbing of India
1959 - Hiram L Fong sworn in as 1st Chinese-American senator while Daniel K Inouye sworn in as 1st Japanese-American Rep (Both from Hawaii)
1960 - -127°F (-88°C), Vostok, Antarctica (world record)
1960 - 60 people die when bus plunges off bridge into Turvo River, Brazil
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