Исторические события разных лет

1060 – Béla I is crowned king of Hungary. 1240 – Mongol invasion of Rus': Kyiv, defended by Voivode Dmytro, falls to the Mongols under Batu Khan. 1492 – After exploring the island of Cuba (which he had mistaken for Japan) for gold, Christopher Columbus lands on an island he names Hispaniola. 1534 – The city of Quito in Ecuador is founded by Spanish settlers led by Sebastián de Belalcázar.

1648 – Pride's Purge removes royalist sympathizers from Parliament so that the High Court of Justice could put the King on trial. 1704 – Battle of Chamkaur: During the Mughal Sikh Wars, an outnumbered Sikh Khalsa defeats a Mughal army. 1745 – Charles Edward Stuart's army begins retreat during the second Jacobite Rising. 1790 – The U. S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia. 1803 – Five French warships attempting to escape the Royal Naval blockade of Saint Domingue are all seized by British warships, signifying the end of the Haitian Revolution. 1865 – Georgia ratifies the 13th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution. 1882 – Transit of Venus, second and last of the 19th century. 1884 – The Washington Monument in Washington, D. C., is completed. 1897 – London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs.

1904 – Theodore Roosevelt articulated his "Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the U. S. would intervene in the Western Hemisphere should Latin American governments prove incapable or unstable. 1907 – A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia, kills 362 workers. 1912 – The Nefertiti Bust is discovered. 1916 – World War I: The Central Powers capture Bucharest. 1917 – Finland declares independence from the Russian Empire. 1917 – Halifax Explosion: A munitions explosion near Halifax, Nova Scotia kills more than 1,900 people in the largest artificial explosion up to that time. 1917 – World War I: Jacob Jones is the first American destroyer to be sunk by enemy action when it is torpedoed by German submarine SM U 53. 1921 – The Anglo Irish Treaty is signed in London by British and Irish representatives. 1922 – One year to the day after the signing of the Anglo Irish Treaty, the Irish Free State comes into existence. 1928 – The government of Colombia sends military forces to suppress a month long strike by United Fruit Company workers, resulting in an unknown number of deaths. 1933 – In United States v. One Book Called Ulysses Judge John M. Woolsey rules that James Joyce's novel Ulysses is not obscene despite coarse language and sexual content, a leading decision affirming free expression. 1941 – World War II: Camp X opens in Canada to begin training Allied secret agents for the war. 1956 – A violent water polo match between Hungary and the USSR takes place during the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, against the backdrop of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. 1957 – Project Vanguard: A launchpad explosion of Vanguard TV3 thwarts the first United States attempt to launch a satellite into Earth orbit. 1967 – Adrian Kantrowitz performs the first human heart transplant in the United States. 1969 – Altamont Free Concert: At a free concert performed by the Rolling Stones, eighteen year old Meredith Hunter is stabbed to death by Hells Angels security guards. 1971 – Pakistan severs diplomatic relations with India, initiating the Indo Pakistani War of 1971. 1973 – The Twenty fifth Amendment: The United States House of Representatives votes 387–35 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States. (On November 27, the Senate confirmed him 92–3.) 1975 – The Troubles: Fleeing from the police, a Provisional IRA unit takes a British couple hostage in their flat on Balcombe Street, London, beginning a six day siege. 1977 – South Africa grants independence to Bophuthatswana, although it is not recognized by any other country. 1978 – Spain ratifies the Spanish Constitution of 1978 in a referendum. 1982 – The Troubles: The Irish National Liberation Army bombs a pub frequented by British soldiers in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland, killing eleven soldiers and six civilians. 1989 – The École Polytechnique massacre (or Montreal Massacre): Marc Lépine, an anti feminist gunman, murders 14 young women at the École Polytechnique in Montreal. 1990 – A military jet of the Italian Air Force, abandoned by its pilot after an on board fire, crashed into a high school near Bologna, Italy, killing 12 students and injuring 88 other people. 1991 – Yugoslav Wars: In Croatia, forces of the Serb dominated Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) heaviest bombardment of Dubrovnik during a siege of seven months. 1992 – The Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, India, is demolished, leading to widespread riots causing the death of over 1,500 people. 1998 – in Venezuela, Hugo Chávez is victorious in presidential elections. 1999 – A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc.: The Recording Industry Association of America sues the peer to peer file sharing service Napster, alleging copyright infringement. 2005 – An Iranian Air Force C 130 military transport aircraft crashes into a ten floor apartment building in a residential area of Tehran, killing all 94 on board and 12 more on the ground. 2006 – NASA reveals photographs taken by Mars Global Surveyor suggesting the presence of liquid water on Mars. 2015 – Venezuelan parliamentary election: For the first time in 17 years, the United Socialist Party of Venezuela loses its majority in parliament. 2017 – Donald Trump's administration officially announces the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

846 – Hasan al Askari, Arabian 11th of the Twelve Imams (d. 874)
1285 – Ferdinand IV of Castile (d. 1312)
1421 – Henry VI of England (d. 1471)
1478 – Baldassare Castiglione, Italian courtier, diplomat, and author (d. 1529)
1520 – Barbara Radziwiłł, queen of Poland (d. 1551)
1545 – Janus Dousa, Dutch historian and noble (d. 1604)
1586 – Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer and physicist (d. 1670)
1592 – William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle (d. 1676)

1608 – George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1670)
1637 – Edmund Andros, English courtier and politician, 4th Colonial Governor of New York (d. 1714)
1640 – Claude Fleury, French historian and author (d. 1723)
1645 – Maria de Dominici, Maltese sculptor and painter (d. 1703)
1685 – Marie Adélaïde of Savoy (d. 1712)
1721 – Guillaume Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French minister and politician (d. 1794)
1721 – James Elphinston, Scottish philologist and linguist (d. 1809)
1732 – Warren Hastings, British colonial administrator of India (d. 1818)
1752 – Gabriel Duvall, American jurist and politician (d. 1844)
1778 – Joseph Louis Gay Lussac, French physicist and chemist (d. 1850)
1792 – William II of the Netherlands (d. 1849)
1803 – Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony (d. 1829)
1805 – Richard Hanson, English Australian politician, 4th Premier of South Australia (d. 1876)
1812 – Robert Spear Hudson, English businessman and philanthropist (d. 1884)
1823 – Max Müller, German English philologist and orientalist (d. 1900)
1827 – William Arnott, Australian biscuit manufacturer and founder of Arnott's Biscuits (d. 1901)
1833 – John S. Mosby, American colonel (d. 1916)
1835 – Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig, German chemist (d. 1910)
1841 – Frédéric Bazille, French painter and soldier (d. 1870)
1848 – Johann Palisa, Austrian astronomer (d. 1925)
1849 – August von Mackensen, German field marshal (d. 1945)
1853 – Hans Molisch, Czech Austrian botanist and academic (d. 1937)
1853 – Haraprasad Shastri, Indian historian and scholar (d. 1931)
1863 – Charles Martin Hall, American chemist and engineer (d. 1914)
1864 – William S. Hart, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1946)
1872 – Arthur Henry Adams, Australian journalist and author (d. 1936)
1875 – Albert Bond Lambert, American golfer and pilot (d. 1946)
1875 – Evelyn Underhill, English mystic and author (d. 1941)
1876 – Fred Duesenberg, German American businessman, co founded the Duesenberg Automobile & Motors Company (d. 1932)
1878 – Elvia Carrillo Puerto, Mexican politician (d. 1968)
1882 – Warren Bardsley, Australian cricketer (d. 1954)
1884 – Cornelia Meigs, American author, playwright, and academic (d. 1973)
1886 – Joyce Kilmer, American soldier, author, and poet (d. 1918)
1887 – Lynn Fontanne, British actress (d. 1983)
1887 – Joseph Lamb, American pianist and composer (d. 1960)
1888 – Will Hay, English actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1949)
1890 – Dion Fortune, Welsh occultist, psychologist, and author (d. 1946)
1890 – Yoshio Nishina, Japanese physicist and academic (d. 1951)
1890 – Rudolf Schlichter, German painter and illustrator (d. 1955)
1892 – Osbert Sitwell, English Italian captain, poet, and author (d. 1969)
1893 – Homer N. Wallin, American admiral (d. 1984)
1893 – Sylvia Townsend Warner, English author and poet (d. 1978)
1896 – Ira Gershwin, American songwriter (d. 1983)
1898 – Alfred Eisenstaedt, German American photographer and journalist (d. 1995)
1898 – John McDonald, Scottish Australian politician, 37th Premier of Victoria (d. 1977)
1898 – Gunnar Myrdal, Swedish sociologist and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987)
1898 – Winifred Lenihan, American actress, writer, and director (d. 1964)
1900 – Agnes Moorehead, American actress (d. 1974)

1616 – Ahmad Ibn al Qadi, Moroccan writer, judge and mathematician (b. 1552)
1618 – Jacques Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556)
1658 – Baltasar Gracián, Spanish priest and author (b. 1601)
1675 – John Lightfoot, English priest, scholar, and academic (b. 1602)
1686 – Eleonora Gonzaga, Queen consort of Ferdinand III (b. 1630)
1716 – Benedictus Buns, Dutch priest and composer (b. 1642)
1718 – Nicholas Rowe, English poet and playwright (b. 1674)
1746 – Lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish poet and songwriter (b. 1665)
1771 – Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist and pathologist (b. 1682)
1779 – Jean Baptiste Siméon Chardin, French painter (b. 1699)
1788 – Jonathan Shipley, English bishop (b. 1714)
1855 – William John Swainson, English ornithologist and entomologist (b. 1789)
1867 – Jean Pierre Flourens, French physiologist and academic (b. 1794)
1868 – August Schleicher, German linguist and academic (b. 1821)
1878 – Theodoros Vryzakis, Greek painter and educator (b. 1814)
1879 – Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American businessman (b. 1814)
1882 – Alfred Escher, Swiss businessman and politician, founded Credit Suisse (b. 1819)
1882 – Anthony Trollope, English novelist, essayist, and short story writer (b. 1815)
1889 – Jefferson Davis, American general and politician, President of the Confederate States of America (b. 1808)
1892 – Werner von Siemens, German engineer and businessman, founded the Siemens Company (b. 1816)

1918 – Alexander Dianin, Russian chemist (b. 1851)
1921 – Said Halim Pasha, Ottoman politician, 280th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1865)
1924 – Gene Stratton Porter, American author and screenwriter (b. 1863)
1945 – Edmund Dwyer Gray, Irish Australian politician, 29th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1870)
1951 – Harold Ross, American journalist and publisher, founded The New Yorker (b. 1892)
1955 – Honus Wagner, American baseball player and manager (b. 1874)
1956 – B. R. Ambedkar, Indian economist and politician, 1st Indian Minister of Justice (b. 1891)
1961 – Frantz Fanon, Martinique French psychiatrist and author (b. 1925)
1964 – Evert van Linge, Dutch footballer and architect (b. 1895)
1972 – Janet Munro, English actress and singer (b. 1934)
1974 – Nikolay Kuznetsov, Soviet naval officer (b. 1904)
1976 – João Goulart, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 24th President of Brazil (b. 1918)
1980 – Charles Deutsch, French engineer and businessman, co founded DB (b. 1911)
1982 – Jean Marie Seroney, Kenyan activist and politician (b. 1927)
1983 – Lucienne Boyer, French singer and actress (b. 1903)
1983 – Gul Khan Nasir, Pakistani poet, historian, and politician (b. 1914)
1985 – Burr Tillstrom, American actor and puppeteer (b. 1917)
1985 – Burleigh Grimes, American baseball player and manager (b. 1893)
1985 – Carroll Cole, American serial killer, arsonist, and cannibal (b. 1938)
1988 – Roy Orbison, American singer songwriter and guitarist (b. 1936)
1989 – Frances Bavier, American actress (b. 1902)
1989 – Sammy Fain, American pianist and composer (b. 1902)
1989 – John Payne, American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1912)
1990 – Pavlos Sidiropoulos, Greek singer songwriter and guitarist (b. 1948)
1990 – Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Malaysia (b. 1903)
1991 – Mimi Smith, English nurse (b. 1906)
1991 – Richard Stone, English economist and statistician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)
1993 – Don Ameche, American actor (b. 1908)
1994 – Heinz Baas, German footballer and manager (b. 1922)
1994 – Gian Maria Volonté, Italian actor and director (b. 1933)
1996 – Pete Rozelle, American businessman (b. 1926)
1997 – Willy den Ouden, Dutch swimmer (b. 1918)
1998 – César Baldaccini, French sculptor and educator (b. 1921)
2000 – Werner Klemperer, German American actor (b. 1920)
2000 – Aziz Mian, Pakistani singer songwriter and poet (b. 1942)
2001 – Charles McClendon, American football player and coach (b. 1923)
2002 – Philip Berrigan, American priest and activist (b. 1923)
2003 – Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio, Guatemalan general and politician, President of Guatemala (b. 1918)
2005 – Charly Gaul, Luxembourger cyclist (b. 1932)
2005 – Devan Nair, Malaysian Singaporean union leader and politician, 3rd President of Singapore (b. 1923)
2005 – Danny Williams, South African singer (b. 1942)
2005 – William P. Yarborough, American general (b. 1912)
2006 – John Feeney, New Zealand director and producer (b. 1922)
2010 – Mark Dailey, American Canadian journalist and actor (b. 1953)
2011 – Dobie Gray, American singer songwriter and producer (b. 1940)
2012 – Miguel Abia Biteo Boricó, Equatoguinean engineer and politician, Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea (b. 1961)
2012 – Jan Carew, Guyanese author, poet, and playwright (b. 1920)
2012 – Jeffrey Koo Sr., Taiwanese banker and businessman (b. 1933)
2012 – Huw Lloyd Langton, English guitarist (b. 1951)
2012 – Pedro Vaz, Uruguayan lawyer and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay (b. 1963)
2013 – Jean Pierre Desthuilliers, French poet and critic (b. 1939)
2013 – Stan Tracey, English pianist and composer (b. 1926)
2013 – M. K. Turk, American basketball player and coach (b. 1942)
2014 – Ralph H. Baer, German American video game designer, created the Magnavox Odyssey (b. 1922)
2014 – Jimmy Del Ray, American wrestler and manager (b. 1962)
2014 – Fred Hawkins, American golfer (b. 1923)
2014 – Luke Somers, English American photographer and journalist (b. 1981)
2015 – Ko Chun hsiung, Taiwanese actor, director, and politician (b. 1945)
2015 – Liu Juying, Chinese general and politician (b. 1917)
2015 – Nicholas Smith, British actor (b. 1934)
2016 – Peter Vaughan, British actor (b. 1923)