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==Events== ===Pre-1600=== * [[506]] – [[Alaric II]], eighth king of the [[Visigoths]], promulgates the [[Breviary of Alaric]] (''Breviarium Alaricianum'' or ''Lex Romana Visigothorum''), a collection of "[[Roman law]]". * [[880]] – [[Battle of Luneberg Heath|Battle of Lüneburg Heath]]: King [[Louis III of France]] is defeated by the Norse [[Great Heathen Army]] at [[Lüneburg Heath]] in [[Saxony]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Sir Francis|last=Palgrave|author-link=Francis Palgrave|title=The History of Normandy and of England|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V9YLAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA569|year=1851|publisher=J. W. Parker and son|pages=569}}</ref> * [[962]] – ''[[Translatio imperii]]'': [[Pope John XII]] crowns [[Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor]], the first [[Holy Roman Emperor]] in nearly 40 years. *[[1032]] – [[Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor]] becomes king of [[Kingdom of Burgundy|Burgundy]]. *[[1141]] – The [[Battle of Lincoln (1141)|Battle of Lincoln]], at which [[Stephen, King of England]] is defeated and captured by the allies of [[Empress Matilda]].<ref>{{cite book|first=R. H. C.|last=Davis|author-link=R. H. C. Davis|title=From Alfred the Great to Stephen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ihkne5TofGcC&pg=PA193|date=1 January 1991|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=978-1-85285-045-6|pages=193}}</ref> *[[1207]] – [[Terra Mariana]], eventually comprising present-day [[Latvia]] and [[Estonia]], is established. *[[1428]] – An [[1428 Catalonia earthquake|intense earthquake]] struck the [[Principality of Catalonia]], with the [[epicenter]] near [[Camprodon]].<ref name="CFTI4">{{cite web|url=http://storing.ingv.it/cfti4med/quakes/M2286.html|title=Catalogue of Strong Earthquakes in Italy 461 B.C. - 1997and Mediterranean area 760 B.C. - 1500|author=Guidoboni E.|author2=Ferrari G.|author3=Mariotti D.|author4=Comastri A.|author5=Tarabusi G.|author6=Valensise G.|name-list-style=amp|access-date=2010-02-24| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100326045332/http://storing.ingv.it/cfti4med/| archive-date= 26 March 2010 <!--Added by DASHBot-->}}</ref> Widespread destruction and heavy casualties were reported.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=13 March 2011|date=March 2011|title=El terratrèmol de Catalunya de 1428|url=http://blogs.sapiens.cat/historiadorvital/2011/03/12/el-terratremol-de-catalunya-de-1428/|work=[[Sàpiens]]}}<!-- auto-translated from Catalon by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> *[[1438]] – Nine leaders of the [[Transylvanian peasant revolt]] are executed at [[Turda|Torda]]. *[[1461]] – Wars of the Roses: The [[Battle of Mortimer's Cross]] results in the death of Owen Tudor. *[[1536]] – Spaniard [[Pedro de Mendoza]] founds [[Buenos Aires|Buenos Aires, Argentina]]. ===1601–1900=== *[[1645]] – Scotland in the [[Wars of the Three Kingdoms]]: [[Battle of Inverlochy (1645)|Battle of Inverlochy]].<ref>{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=BTL24 |desc=Battle of Inverlochy II|access-date=11 April 2019}}</ref> *[[1653]] – [[New Amsterdam]] (later renamed The City of New York) is incorporated.<ref>{{cite book|first=Edmund Bailey|last=O'Callaghan|author-link=Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan|title=History of New Netherland Or, New York Under the Dutch|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g5x-a_W_C8EC&pg=PA213|year=1848|publisher=D. Appleton & Company|pages=213}}</ref> *[[1709]] – [[Alexander Selkirk]] is rescued after being shipwrecked on a desert island, inspiring [[Daniel Defoe]]'s adventure book ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]''. *[[1725]] – [[Johann Sebastian Bach|J. S. Bach]] leads the first performance of his [[Chorale cantata cycle|chorale cantata]] [[Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, BWV 125|''Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin'', BWV 125]], based on [[Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin|Luther's paraphrase]] of the [[Nunc dimittis]].<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000152?lang=en | title = Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin BWV 125; BC A 168 | website = [[Bach Digital]] | date = 2025 | access-date = 26 January 2025 }}</ref> *[[1814]] – The last of the [[River Thames frost fairs]] comes to an end.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/discover/frost-fairs|title=All the fun of the Frost Fair: why, when and how did Londoners party on the ice?|date=27 November 2018|website=Museum of London|access-date=3 December 2020}}</ref> *[[1848]] – [[Mexican–American War]]: The [[Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo]] is signed. *[[1850]] – [[Brigham Young]] declares war on [[Timpanogos]] in the [[Battle at Fort Utah]]. *[[1868]] – Pro-Imperial forces [[Fall of Osaka Castle|capture]] [[Osaka Castle]] from the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] and burn it to the ground. *[[1870]] – ''[[The Seven Brothers]]'' (''Seitsemän veljestä''), a novel by Finnish author [[Aleksis Kivi]], is published first time in several thin booklets.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Seitsemän veljestä 150 juhlavuosi|url=https://www.nurmijarvi.fi/aleksis-kivi/artikkelit/seitseman-veljesta-150-juhlavuosi/|access-date=2023-02-02|website=Nurmijärvi|language=fi}}</ref> *[[1876]] – The [[National League (baseball)|National League of Professional Baseball Clubs]] of [[Major League Baseball]] is formed. *[[1881]] – The [[Sentence (law)|sentences]] of the trial of the [[warlock of Chiloé|warlocks of Chiloé]] are imparted.<ref>{{Cite journal |title=Proceso de los brujos de Chiloé |journal=Anales chilenos de historia de la medicina |url=http://www.memoriachilena.gob.cl/602/w3-article-68559.html |last=Osorio |first=Cipriano |volume=II |pages=124–162 |issue=I |year=1960 |language=Spanish}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.memoriachilena.gob.cl/602/w3-article-95073.html|title=Juicio a los brujos de Chiloé|access-date=2020-03-20|website=[[Memoria Chilena]]|publisher=[[Biblioteca Nacional de Chile]]|language=Spanish}}</ref> *[[1887]] – In [[Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania]], the first [[Groundhog Day]] is observed. *[[1899]] – The Australian Premiers' Conference held in [[Melbourne]] decides to locate Australia's capital city, [[Canberra]], between Sydney and [[Melbourne]]. *[[1900]] – Boston, Detroit, Milwaukee, Baltimore, Chicago and St. Louis, agree to form baseball's American League.<ref>{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the 20th Century|publisher=Ecam Publication|year=1987|page=10|isbn=0-942191-01-3}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – Funeral of [[Queen Victoria]]. *[[1909]] – The [[Paris Film Congress]] opens, an attempt by European producers to form an equivalent to the [[Motion Picture Patents Company|MPPC]] cartel in the United States.<ref>{{cite book|last=Thorsen|first=Isak|series=Nordisk Films Kompagni 1906-1924|volume=5|title=The Rise and Fall of the Polar Bear|publisher=Indiana University Press|year=2017|pages=71–73}}</ref> *[[1913]] – [[Grand Central Terminal]] opens in New York City. *[[1920]] – The [[Treaty of Tartu (Russian–Estonian)|Tartu Peace Treaty]] is signed between [[Estonia]] and Russia. *[[1922]] – ''[[Ulysses (novel)|Ulysses]]'' by [[James Joyce]] is published.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nypl.org/events/exhibitions/galleries/1922-vintage-year/item/14898#:~:text=Ulysses%20was%20first%20published%20on,Paris%20bookshop,%20Shakespeare%20and%20Company. |access-date=2024-09-06 |website=www.nypl.org |title=Ulysses by James Joyce (February 1922) | the New York Public Library }}</ref> * 1922 – The uprising called the "[[pork mutiny]]" starts in the region between [[Salla|Kuolajärvi]] and [[Savukoski]] in Finland.<ref>{{cite book|first=Jussi|last=Niinistö|title=Heimosotien historia 1918–1922|location=Helsinki|publisher=[[Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura]]|year=2005|isbn=951-746-687-0|language=fi}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first=Markku|last=Salomaa|title=Punaupseerien nousu ja tuho|publisher=[[Otava (publisher)|Otava]]|year=2018|isbn=978-951-1-32381-5|language=fi}}</ref> *[[1925]] – [[1925 serum run to Nome|Serum run to Nome]]: [[Dog sled]]s reach [[Nome, Alaska]] with [[diphtheria]] serum, inspiring the [[Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race|Iditarod]] race. *[[1934]] – The [[Export-Import Bank of the United States]] is incorporated. *[[1935]] – [[Leonarde Keeler]] administers [[polygraph machine|polygraph tests]] to two murder suspects, the first time polygraph evidence was admitted in U.S. courts. *[[1942]] – The [[Osvald Group]] is responsible for the first, active event of [[Resistance movement|anti-Nazi resistance]] in Norway, to protest the [[inauguration]] of [[Vidkun Quisling]]. *[[1943]] – [[World War II]]: The [[Battle of Stalingrad]] comes to an end when [[Red Army|Soviet]] troops accept the surrender of the last organized German troops in the city. *[[1954]] – The [[Detroit Red Wings]] played in [[1954 Detroit Red Wings prison game|the first outdoor hockey game]] by any NHL team in an exhibition against the [[Marquette Branch Prison]] Pirates in [[Marquette, Michigan]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Dow |first=Bill |url=http://blog.detroitathletic.com/2009/10/13/the-jailhouse-rocked-when-the-wings-played-in-prison/ |title=The Jailhouse Rocked When the Wings Played in Prison |publisher=detroitathletic.com |date=October 13, 2009 |access-date=May 28, 2014 |archive-date=September 13, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913074801/http://blog.detroitathletic.com/2009/10/13/the-jailhouse-rocked-when-the-wings-played-in-prison/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> *[[1959]] – Nine experienced ski hikers in the northern [[Ural Mountains]] in the [[Soviet Union]] [[Dyatlov Pass incident|die under mysterious circumstances]]. *[[1966]] – Pakistan suggests a six-point agenda with [[Kashmir]] after the [[Indo-Pakistani war of 1965]]. *[[1971]] – [[Idi Amin]] replaces [[President of Uganda|President]] [[Milton Obote]] as leader of [[Uganda]]. * 1971 – The international [[Ramsar Convention]] for the conservation and sustainable utilization of [[wetland]]s is signed in [[Ramsar, Mazandaran]], Iran. *[[1980]] – Reports surface that the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] is targeting allegedly corrupt [[United States Congress|Congressmen]] in the [[Abscam]] operation. *[[1982]] – [[1982 Hama massacre|Hama massacre]]: The government of [[Syria]] attacks the town of [[Hama]]. *[[1987]] – After the 1986 [[People Power Revolution]], the [[Philippines]] enacts a new [[Constitution of the Philippines|constitution]]. *[[1989]] – [[Soviet–Afghan War]]: The last [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] armoured column [[Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan|leaves]] [[Kabul]]. *[[1990]] – [[Apartheid]]: [[F. W. de Klerk]] [[Speech at the Opening of the Parliament of South Africa, 1990|announces]] the unbanning of the [[African National Congress]] and promises to release [[Nelson Mandela]]. *[[1998]] – [[Cebu Pacific Flight 387]] crashes into [[Mount Sumagaya]] in the Philippines, killing all 104 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 RP-C1507 Cagayan de Oro-Lumbia Airport (CGY) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19980202-0 |access-date=2022-02-01 |website=Aviation Safety Network |publisher=[[Flight Safety Foundation]]}}</ref> *[[2000]] – First [[digital cinema]] projection in Europe (Paris) realized by Philippe Binant with the DLP CINEMA technology developed by [[Texas Instruments]]. *[[2004]] – Swiss [[tennis]] player [[Roger Federer]] becomes the [[List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players|No. 1 ranked men's singles player]], a position he will hold for a record [[ATP Tour records#ATP rankings|237 weeks]].<ref>{{Cite web |author=Al Jazeera Staff |title=Infographic: Roger Federer's career in charts |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/9/23/infographic-roger-federers-career-in-charts |access-date=2024-09-06 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref> *[[2005]] – The [[Government of Canada]] introduces the ''[[Civil Marriage Act]]''. This legislation would become law on [[July 20]], 2005, legalizing [[same-sex marriage]]. *[[2007]] – Police officer [[Filippo Raciti]] is killed when [[Catania football riot|a clash]] breaks out in the Sicily derby between Catania and Palermo, in the [[Serie A]], the top flight of Italian football. This event led to major changes in stadium regulations in Italy. *[[2012]] – The ferry [[MV Rabaul Queen|MV ''Rabaul Queen'']] sinks off the coast of [[Papua New Guinea]] near the [[Finschhafen District]], with an estimated 146–165 dead. *[[2021]] – The [[Tatmadaw|Burmese military]] establishes the [[State Administration Council]], the [[military junta]], after deposing the democratically elected government in the [[2021 Myanmar coup d'état]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2 February 2021 |title=ဗိုလ်ချုပ်မှူးကြီး မင်းအောင်လှိုင်ခေါင်းဆောင်သည့် ၁၁ ဦးပါ စီမံအုပ်ချုပ်ရေးကောင်စီဖွဲ့စည်း |url=https://burmese.dvb.no/archives/438760 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206234554/https://burmese.dvb.no/archives/438760 |archive-date=6 February 2021 |access-date=2 February 2021 |website=[[Democratic Voice of Burma]] |language=my}}</ref>
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