Исторические события в датах

the date

It is observed in most countries as Valentine's Day. 842 – Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German languages. 1014 – Pope Benedict VIII crowns Henry of Bavaria, King of Germany and of Italy, as Holy Roman Emperor. 1130 – The troubled 1130 papal election exposes a rift within the College of Cardinals. 1349 – Several hundred Jews are burned to death by mobs while the remaining Jews are forcibly removed from Strasbourg. 1530 – Spanish conquistadores, led by Nuño de Guzmán, overthrow and execute Tangaxuan II, the last independent monarch of the Tarascan state in present day central Mexico. 1556 – Having been declared a heretic and laicized by Pope Paul IV on 4 December 1555, Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer is publicly defrocked at Christ Church Cathedral. 1556 – Coronation of Akbar as ruler of the Mughal Empire.

1613 – Wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Frederick V of the Palatinate at Whitehall Palace, London. 1655 – The Mapuches launch coordinated attacks against the Spanish in Chile beginning the Mapuche uprising of 1655. 1778 – The United States flag is formally recognized by a foreign naval vessel for the first time, when French Admiral Toussaint Guillaume Picquet de la Motte renders a nine gun salute to Ranger, commanded by John Paul Jones. 1779 – American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Kettle Creek is fought in Georgia. 1779 – James Cook is killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii. 1797 – French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Cape St. Vincent: John Jervis, (later 1st Earl of St Vincent) and Horatio Nelson (later 1st Viscount Nelson) lead the British Royal Navy to victory over a Spanish fleet in action near Gibraltar. 1804 – Karađorđe leads the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire. 1831 – Ras Marye of Yejju marches into Tigray and defeats and kills Dejazmach Sabagadis in the Battle of Debre Abbay. 1835 – The original Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, in the Latter Day Saint movement, is formed in Kirtland, Ohio. 1849 – In New York City, James Knox Polk becomes the first serving President of the United States to have his photograph taken. 1852 – Great Ormond St Hospital for Sick Children, the first hospital in England to provide in patient beds specifically for children, is founded in London. 1855 – Texas is linked by telegraph to the rest of the United States, with the completion of a connection between New Orleans and Marshall, Texas. 1859 – Oregon is admitted as the 33rd U. S. state. 1876 – Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray. 1879 – The War of the Pacific breaks out when the Chilean Army occupies the Bolivian port city of Antofagasta. 1899 – Voting machines are approved by the U. S. Congress for use in federal elections. 1900 – The British Army begins the Battle of the Tugela Heights in an effort to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.

1404 – Leon Battista Alberti, Italian painter, poet, and philosopher (d. 1472)
1408 – John FitzAlan, 14th Earl of Arundel (d. 1435)
1452 – Pandolfo Petrucci, tyrant of Siena (d. 1512)
1468 – Johannes Werner, German priest and mathematician (d. 1522)
1483 – Babur, Moghul emperor (d. 1530)
1490 – Valentin Friedland, German scholar and educationist of the Reformation (d. 1556)
1513 – Domenico Ferrabosco, Italian composer (d. 1573)
1545 – Lucrezia de' Medici, Duchess of Ferrara (d. 1561)

1602 – Francesco Cavalli, Italian composer (d. 1676)
1614 – John Wilkins, English bishop, academic and natural philosopher (d. 1672)
1625 – Countess Palatine Maria Euphrosyne of Zweibrücken, Swedish princess (d. 1687)
1628 – Valentine Greatrakes, Irish faith healer (d. 1683)
1640 – Countess Palatine Anna Magdalena of Birkenfeld Bischweiler (d. 1693)
1670 – Rajaram Raj Bhonsle, third Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire (d. 1700)
1679 – Georg Friedrich Kauffmann, German organist and composer (d. 1735)
1692 – Pierre Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, French author and playwright (d. 1754)
1701 – Enrique Flórez, Spanish historian and author (d. 1773)
1763 – Jean Victor Marie Moreau, French general (d. 1813)
1782 – Eleanora Atherton, English philanthropist (d. 1870)
1784 – Heinrich Baermann, German clarinetist (d. 1847)
1799 – Walenty Wańkowicz, Polish painter and illustrator (d. 1842)
1800 – Emory Washburn, American historian, lawyer, and politician, 22nd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1877)
1808 – Michael Costa, Italian English conductor and composer (d. 1884)
1812 – Fernando Wood, American merchant and politician, 73rd Mayor of New York City (d. 1881)
1813 – Lydia Hamilton Smith, African American businesswoman (d. 1884)
1819 – Christopher Latham Sholes, American journalist and politician, invented the typewriter (d. 1890)
1824 – Winfield Scott Hancock, American general and politician (d. 1886)
1828 – Edmond François Valentin About, French journalist and author (d. 1885)
1835 – Piet Paaltjens, Dutch minister and poet (d. 1894)
1838 – Margaret E. Knight, American inventor (d. 1914)
1846 – Julian Scott, American soldier and drummer, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1901)
1847 – Anna Howard Shaw, American physician, minister, and activist (d. 1919)
1848 – Benjamin Baillaud, French astronomer and academic (d. 1934)
1855 – Frank Harris, Irish author and journalist (d. 1931)
1859 – George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., American engineer, inventor of the Ferris wheel (d. 1896)
1860 – Eugen Schiffer, German lawyer and politician, Vice Chancellor of Germany (d. 1954)
1869 – Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, Scottish physicist and meteorologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1959)
1878 – Julius Nieuwland, Belgian priest, chemist and academic (d. 1936)
1882 – John Barrymore, American actor (d. 1942)
1884 – Nils Olaf Chrisander, Swedish actor and director (d. 1947)
1884 – Kostas Varnalis, Greek poet and playwright (d. 1974)
1888 – Chandrashekhar Agashe, Indian industrialist (d. 1956)
1890 – Nina Hamnett, Welsh English painter and author (d. 1956)
1890 – Dick Richards, Welsh international footballer (d. 1934)
1891 – Katherine Stinson, American aviator (d. 1977)
1892 – Radola Gajda, Czech commander and politician (d. 1948)
1894 – Jack Benny, American actor and producer (d. 1974)
1895 – Wilhelm Burgdorf, German general (d. 1945)
1895 – Max Horkheimer, German philosopher and sociologist (d. 1973)
1898 – Bill Tilman, English mountaineer and explorer (d. 1977)
1898 – Fritz Zwicky, Swiss American physicist and astronomer (d. 1974)
1900 – Jessica Dragonette, American singer (d. 1980)

1676 – Abraham Bosse, French engraver and illustrator (b. 1602)
1714 – Maria Luisa of Savoy, queen of Spain (b. 1688)
1737 – Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot, English lawyer and politician Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1685)
1744 – John Hadley, English mathematician, invented the octant (b. 1682)
1755 – Isidro de Espinosa, Franciscan missionary from Spanish Texas (b. 1679)
1779 – James Cook, English captain, cartographer, and explorer (b. 1728)
1780 – William Blackstone, English jurist and politician (b. 1723)
1782 – Singu Min, Burmese king (b. 1756)
1808 – John Dickinson, American lawyer and politician 5th Governor of Delaware (b. 1732)
1831 – Vicente Guerrero, Mexican general and politician, 2nd President of Mexico (b. 1782)
1831 – Henry Maudslay, English engineer (b. 1771)
1870 – St. John Richardson Liddell, American general (b. 1815)
1881 – Fernando Wood, American merchant and politician, 73rd Mayor of New York City (b. 1812)
1884 – Lydia Hamilton Smith, African American businesswoman (b. 1813)
1929 – Thomas Burke, American sprinter, coach, and lawyer (b. 1875)
1930 – Thomas Mackenzie, Scottish New Zealand cartographer and politician, 18th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1853)
1933 – Carl Correns, German botanist and geneticist (b. 1864)
1937 – Erkki Melartin, Finnish composer (b. 1875)
1942 – Adnan Saidi, Malayan lieutenant (b. 1915)
1943 – Dora Gerson, German actress and singer (b. 1899)
1943 – David Hilbert, Russian German mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1862)
1948 – Mordecai Brown, American baseball player and manager (b. 1876)
1949 – Yusuf Salman Yusuf, Iraqi politician (b. 1901)
1950 – Karl Guthe Jansky, American physicist and engineer (b. 1905)
1952 – Maurice De Waele, Belgian cyclist (b. 1896)
1958 – Abdur Rab Nishtar, Pakistani politician, 2nd Governor of Punjab (b. 1899)
1959 – Baby Dodds, American drummer (b. 1898)
1967 – Sig Ruman, German American actor (b. 1884)
1969 – Vito Genovese, Italian American mob boss (b. 1897)
1970 – Herbert Strudwick, English cricketer and coach (b. 1880)
1974 – Stewie Dempster, New Zealand cricketer and coach (b. 1903)
1975 – Julian Huxley, English biologist and eugenicist, co founded the World Wide Fund for Nature (b. 1887)
1975 – P. G. Wodehouse, English novelist and playwright (b. 1881)
1976 – Gertrud Dorka, German archaeologist, prehistorian and museum director (b. 1893)
1979 – Adolph Dubs, American lieutenant and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Afghanistan (b. 1920)
1983 – Lina Radke, German runner and coach (b. 1903)
1986 – Edmund Rubbra, English composer and conductor (b. 1901)
1987 – Dmitry Kabalevsky, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1904)
1988 – Frederick Loewe, German American composer (b. 1901)
1989 – James Bond, American ornithologist and zoologist (b. 1900)
1989 – Vincent Crane, English pianist (b. 1943)
1994 – Andrei Chikatilo, Soviet serial killer (b. 1936)
1994 – Christopher Lasch, American historian and critic (b. 1932)
1995 – Michael V. Gazzo, American actor and playwright (b. 1923)
1995 – U Nu, Burmese politician, 1st Prime Minister of Burma (b. 1907)
1996 – Bob Paisley, English footballer and manager (b. 1919)
1998 – Peter Koch (wood scientist), American industrial engineer and wood scientist (b. 1920)
1999 – John Ehrlichman, American lawyer and politician, 12th White House Counsel (b. 1925)
1999 – Buddy Knox, American singer songwriter and guitarist (b. 1933)
2002 – Nándor Hidegkuti, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1922)
2002 – Mick Tucker, English drummer (b. 1947)
2003 – Johnny Longden, English jockey and trainer (b. 1907)
2004 – Marco Pantani, Italian cyclist (b. 1970)
2005 – Rafic Hariri, Lebanese businessman and politician, 60th Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1944; assassinated)
2006 – Lynden David Hall, English singer songwriter and producer (b. 1974)
2007 – Ryan Larkin, Canadian animator and director (b. 1943)
2007 – Gareth Morris, English flute player and educator (b. 1920)
2009 – Bernard Ashley, English engineer and businessman, co founded Laura Ashley plc (b. 1926)
2009 – Louie Bellson, American drummer and composer (b. 1924)
2010 – Doug Fieger, American singer songwriter and guitarist (b. 1952)
2010 – Dick Francis, Welsh jockey and author (b. 1920)
2010 – Linnart Mäll, Estonian historian, orientalist, and translator (b. 1938)
2011 – George Shearing, English American pianist and composer (b. 1919)
2012 – Mike Bernardo, South African boxer and martial artist (b. 1969)
2012 – Tonmi Lillman, Finnish drummer and producer (b. 1973)
2012 – Dory Previn, American singer songwriter (b. 1925)
2012 – Péter Rusorán, Hungarian swimmer, water polo player, and coach (b. 1940)
2013 – Glenn Boyer, American historian and author (b. 1924)
2013 – Ronald Dworkin, American philosopher and scholar (b. 1931)
2014 – Tom Finney, English footballer (b. 1922)
2014 – Chris Pearson, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Premier of Yukon (b. 1931)
2014 – Mike Stepovich, American lawyer and politician, Governor of Alaska Territory (b. 1919)
2015 – Louis Jourdan, French American actor and singer (b. 1921)
2015 – Philip Levine, American poet and academic (b. 1928)
2015 – Franjo Mihalić, Croatian Serbian runner and coach (b. 1920)
2016 – Eric Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury, English lieutenant, engineer, and politician (b. 1928)
2016 – Steven Stucky, American composer and academic (b. 1949)
2018 – Ruud Lubbers, Dutch politician and diplomat, Prime Minister and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (b. 1939)
2018 – Morgan Tsvangirai, 2nd Prime Minister of Zimbabwe (b. 1952)
2021 – Carlos Menem, Argentine former president, lawyer, and statesman (b. 1930)
2021 – William Meninger, American Trappist monk and a principal developer of Centering Prayer (b. 1932)