In the year 3, General Tiberius's Triumph 13 General Tiberius' (later Emperor) triumphant procession through Rome after siege of Germany. On this day in 1776, British troops captured Fort Washington during the American Revolution. In 1885 on this day, Canadian rebel Louis Riel was executed for high treason. The United States and the Soviet Union established diplomatic relations for the first time on this day in 1933. On this day in 1988, Estonia's parliament declared the itself "sovereign," although it stopped short of declaringcomplete independence. In 2000 on this day, Bill Clinton became the first serving U.S. president to visit Communist Vietnam. On this day in 2004, a NASA unmanned "scramjet" (X-43A) reached a speed of nearly 10 times the speed of sound above the Pacific Ocean.
Here's a more detailed look at events that transpired on this date throughout history:
In the year 3, General Tiberius's Triumph 13 General Tiberius' (later Emperor) triumphant procession through Rome after siege of Germany.
534 Second and final revision of the Justinian Code is published, a codified set of imperial and classical laws initially begun in 528 1491 The case of the 'Holy Child of La Guardia', involving the kidnapping and murdering a Christian boy, concludes with public burning at the stake of nine Jews in Ávila, Spain 1519 City of Havana moved to its current location to avoid mosquito infestations Pizarro Captures Atahualpa 1532 Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro captures Inca Emperor Atahualpa after a surprise ambush at Cajamarca in the Peruvian Andes Battle of Cajamarca and the capture of Atahualpa 1572 Troops under Spanish General Fadrique Alvarez de Toledo occupy and plunder Zutphen, Netherlands Ivan the Terrible 1581 Tsar Ivan the Terrible attacks his son and heir, Ivan Ivanovich, with a scepter after an argument leading to the latter's death three days later The painting "Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan" by Russian painter Ilya Repin Battle of Lützen 1632 Battle of Lützen: significant battle of Thirty Years' War - Swedish and Saxon forces defeat the Holy Roman Empire, at cost of the death of Swedish King Gustavus Adolphus General and Nobleman Albrecht von Wallenstein Oration for Henrietta Maria 1669 French state funeral for Henrietta Maria, princess of France, widow of English King Charles I, at St Denis with famous oration by Bishop Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet King of England Charles I Bishop and Writer Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet 1676 First colonial prison organized in Nantucket, Massachusetts 1677 French troops occupy Freiburg 1700 Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I and Elector of Brandenburg Frederick I sign the Crown Treaty, allowing Prussia to be elevated to a kingdom in exchange for 8,000 troops in the upcoming War of the Spanish Succession Wilkes' Duel 1763 English journalist John Wilkes injured in a duel Radical Journalist and Politician John Wilkes 1764 Native Americans surrender to the British during Pontiac's War of Odawa Chief Pontiac
1771 Dutch West India Company and Amsterdam divide Suriname between themselves 1776 1st gun salute for an American warship in a foreign port - US Andrew Doria at Fort St Eustatius (Dutch Caribbean isalnd)
On this day in 1776 during the American Revolutionary War, British and Hessian troops took Fort Washington, New York. It marked one of biggest losses by US forces.
In 1885 on this day, Canadian rebel Louis Riel was executed for high treason. The United States and the Soviet Union established diplomatic relations for the first time on this day in 1933.
1798 Kentucky becomes first state to nullify an act of Congress 1801 First edition of New York Evening Post 1805 Battle at Schongrabern: Russian army stop French 1824 New York City's Fifth Avenue opens for business Extracts from Letters to Henslow 1835 "Extracts from Letters to Henslow", a collection of letters written by Charles Darwin during his voyage on the Beagle, is read to the Cambridge Philosophical Society and later published as a pamphlet Naturalist Charles Darwin 1839 US diplomat John Lloyd Stephens and British artist Frederick Catherwood first reach the ruins of the Maya city of Copan (modern Honduras) 1840 New Zealand officially becomes a British colony 1841 Life preservers made of cork are patented by Napoleon Guerin (NYC) 1849 Russian court sentences Fyodor Dostoevsky to death for anti-government activities linked to a radical intellectual group; his sentence is later commuted to hard labor 1856 Amsterdam post office at Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal opens Groza 1859 Aleksandr Ostrovsky's play "Groza" (The Storm) premieres in Moscow Playwright Aleksandr Ostrovsky 1863 Battle of Campbell's Station TN, 492 causalities 1864 Confederate retreat at Lovejoy, Georgia 1870 Spanish Parliament, "the Cortes" formally elects Italian Prince Amedeo Ferdinando Maria as King Amadeo I of Spain 1871 National Rifle Association is first chartered in the State of New York 1875 Battle of Gundet: Ethiopian emperor Yohannes beats Egyptians 1875 William Bonwill, patents dental mallet to impact gold into cavities 1882 British gunboat HMS Flirt fires at and destroys villages of Abari and Asaba on the Forcado River in Niger, in retaliation for attack on British owned factory that left 5 Brits missing
In 1885 on this day, Canadian rebel Louis Riel was executed for high treason.
1894 6,000 Armenians massacred by Turks in Kurdistan 1894 French captain Henri Decoeurs troops reach Nikki, West Africa 1901 3 autos race on Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, fastest speed achieved by Henry Fournier who drives a mile in 51 4/5 seconds 1903 V Herbert & H Smith's musical "Babette" premieres in NYC 1905 Dutch Russian Count Witte becomes Prime Minister of Russia 1907 Oklahoma becomes the United States 46th state Toscanini at the Met 1908 Arturo Toscanini begins conducting NY's Metropolitan Opera Cellist and Conductor Arturo Toscanini 1909 Dutch football club FC Eindhoven is founded in southern part of the city; Eredivisie 1954; KNVB Cup 1937 1914 Federal Reserve System formally opens Pope Benedict XV 1914 Pope Benedict XV calls for peace 258th Pope Benedict XV 1916 I. Berlin, V. Herbert, H. Blossoms musical premieres in NYC 1916 Russian La Satannaya ammunition factory explodes, killing 1,000 1917 British occupy Tel Aviv and Jaffa 1918 Hungarian People's Republic declared 1919 Admiral Miklós Horthy, head of the Hungarian National Army, seizes Budapest and will later become regent of the restored Kingdom of Hungary.
The United States and the Soviet Union established diplomatic relations for the first time on this day in 1933. On this day in 1988, Estonia's parliament declared the itself "sovereign," although it stopped short of declaring complete independence. In 2000 on this day, Bill Clinton became the first serving U.S. president to visit Communist Vietnam. On this day in 2004, a NASA unmanned "scramjet" (X-43A) reached a speed of nearly 10 times the speed of sound above the Pacific Ocean.
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