Исторические события разных лет

1655 – Warsaw falls without resistance to a small force under the command of Charles X Gustav of Sweden during The Deluge, making it the first time the city is captured by a foreign army. 1727 – A barn fire during a puppet show in the village of Burwell in Cambridgeshire, England kills 78 people, many of whom are children. 1755 – French and Indian War: Battle of Lake George. 1756 – French and Indian War: Kittanning Expedition. 1760 – French and Indian War: French surrender Montreal to the British, completing the latter's conquest of New France. 1761 – Marriage of King George III of the United Kingdom to Duchess Charlotte of Mecklenburg Strelitz. 1775 – The unsuccessful Rising of the Priests in Malta. 1781 – American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Eutaw Springs in South Carolina, the war's last significant battle in the Southern theater, ends in a narrow British tactical victory. 1793 – French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Hondschoote. 1796 – French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Bassano: French forces defeat Austrian troops at Bassano del Grappa. 1810 – The Tonquin sets sail from New York Harbor with 33 employees of John Jacob Astor's newly created Pacific Fur Company on board. 1813 – At the final stage of the Peninsular War, British Portuguese troops capture the town of Donostia (now San Sebastián), resulting in a rampage and eventual destruction of the town. 1819 – 1819 Balloon riot occurred at Vauxhall Garden in Philadelphia, PA and resulted in the destruction of the amusement park. 1831 – William IV and Adelaide of Saxe Meiningen are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 1831 – November uprising: The Battle of Warsaw effectively ends the Polish insurrection. 1855 – Crimean War: The French assault the tower of Malakoff, leading to the capture of Sevastopol. 1860 – The steamship PS Lady Elgin sinks on Lake Michigan, with the loss of around 300 lives. 1862 – Millennium of Russia monument is unveiled in Novgorod. 1863 – American Civil War: In the Second Battle of Sabine Pass, a small Confederate force thwarts a Union invasion of Texas. 1883 – The Northern Pacific Railway (reporting mark NP) was completed in a ceremony at Gold Creek, Montana. Former president Ulysses S. Grant drove in the final "golden spike" in an event attended by rail and political luminaries. 1888 – Isaac Peral's submarine is first tested. 1888 – The Great Herding (lang es) begins with thousands of sheep being herded from the Argentine outpost of Fortín Conesa to Santa Cruz near the Strait of Magellan. 1888 – In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found. 1888 – In England, the first six Football League matches are played. 1892 – The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited. 1898 – Seven hundred Greek civilians, 17 British guards and the British Consul of Crete are killed by a Turkish mob. 1900 – Galveston hurricane: A powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people.

1905 – The 7.2 Calabria earthquake shakes southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 557 and 2,500 people. 1914 – World War I: Private Thomas Highgate becomes the first British soldier to be executed for desertion during the war. 1916 – In a bid to prove that women were capable of serving as military dispatch riders, Augusta and Adeline Van Buren arrive in Los Angeles, completing a 60 day, 5,500 mile cross country trip on motorcycles. 1921 – Margaret Gorman, a 16 year old, wins the Atlantic City Pageant's Golden Mermaid trophy; pageant officials later dubbed her the first Miss America. 1923 – Honda Point disaster: Nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost, and twenty three sailors killed. 1925 – Rif War: Spanish forces including troops from the Foreign Legion under Colonel Francisco Franco landing at Al Hoceima, Morocco. 1926 – Germany is admitted to the League of Nations. 1933 – Ghazi bin Faisal became King of Iraq. 1934 – Off the New Jersey coast, a fire aboard the passenger liner kills 137 people. 1935 – US Senator from Louisiana Huey Long is fatally shot in the Louisiana State Capitol building. 1941 – World War II: German forces begin the Siege of Leningrad. 1943 – World War II: The Armistice of Cassibile is proclaimed by radio. OB Süd immediately implements plans to disarm the Italian forces. 1944 – World War II: London is hit by a V 2 rocket for the first time. 1945 – The division of Korea begins when United States troops arrive to partition the southern part of Korea in response to Soviet troops occupying the northern part of the peninsula a month earlier. 1946 – A referendum abolishes the monarchy in Bulgaria. 1952 – The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation makes its first televised broadcast on the second escape of the Boyd Gang. 1954 – The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established. 1960 – In Huntsville, Alabama, US President Dwight D. Eisenhower formally dedicates the Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA had already activated the facility on July 1). 1962 – Last run of the famous Pines Express over the Somerset and Dorset Railway line (UK) fittingly using the last steam locomotive built by British Railways, BR Standard Class 9F 92220 Evening Star. 1966 – The landmark American science fiction television series Star Trek premieres with its first aired episode, "The Man Trap". 1970 – Trans International Airlines Flight 863 crashes during takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, killing all 11 aboard. 1971 – In Washington, D. C., the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is inaugurated, with the opening feature being the premiere of Leonard Bernstein's Mass. 1973 – World Airways Flight 802 crashes into Mount Dutton in King Cove, Alaska, killing six people. 1974 – Watergate scandal: US President Gerald Ford signs the pardon of Richard Nixon for any crimes Nixon may have committed while in office. 1975 – Gays in the military: US Air Force Tech Sergeant Leonard Matlovich, a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War, appears in his Air Force uniform on the cover of Time magazine with the headline "I Am A Homosexual". He is given a general discharge, later upgraded to honorable. 1978 – Black Friday, a massacre by soldiers against protesters in Tehran, results in 88 deaths, it marks the beginning of the end of the monarchy in Iran. 1986 – Nicholas Daniloff, a correspondent for U. S. News & World Report, is indicted on charges of espionage by the Soviet Union. 1988 – Yellowstone National Park is closed for the first time in U. S. history due to ongoing fires. 1989 – Partnair Flight 394 dives into the North Sea, killing 55 people. The investigation showed that the tail of the plane vibrated loose in flight due to sub standard connecting bolts that had been fraudulently sold as aircraft grade. 1994 – USAir Flight 427, on approach to Pittsburgh International Airport, suddenly crashes in clear weather killing all 132 aboard, resulting in the most extensive aviation investigation in world history and altering manufacturing practices in the industry. 2004 – NASA's uncrewed spacecraft Genesis crash lands when its parachute fails to open. 2005 – Two Ilyushin Il 76 aircraft from EMERCOM land at a disaster aid staging area at Little Rock Air Force Base; the first time Russia has flown such a mission to North America. 2016 – NASA launches OSIRIS REx, its first asteroid sample return mission. The probe will visit 101955 Bennu and is expected to return with samples in 2023. 2017 – Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announce the beginning of the Deir ez Zor campaign, with the stated aim of eliminating the Islamic State (IS) from all areas north and east of the Euphrates. 2022 – Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom dies at Balmoral Castle in Scotland after reigning for 70 years. Her son Charles, Prince of Wales, ascends the throne upon her death as Charles III. 2023 – A 6.8 Magnitude earthquake strikes Morocco, killing more than 2,800 people and damaging historic sites in Marrakesh.

685 – Emperor Xuanzong of Tang (d. 762)
801 – Ansgar, German archbishop and saint (d. 865)
828 – Ali al Hadi, Hijazi (Western Arabian), 10th of the Twelve Imams (d. 868)
1157 – Richard I of England (d. 1199)
1209 – Sancho II of Portugal (d. 1248)
1271 – Charles Martel of Anjou (d. 1295)
1380 – Bernardino of Siena, Italian priest, missionary, and saint (d. 1444)
1413 – Catherine of Bologna, Italian nun and saint (d. 1463)
1442 – John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford, English commander and politician, Lord Great Chamberlain of England (d. 1513)
1462 – Henry Medwall, first known English vernacular dramatist (d. 1501)
1474 – Ludovico Ariosto, Italian playwright and poet (d. 1533)
1515 – Alfonso Salmeron, Spanish priest and scholar (d. 1585)
1588 – Marin Mersenne, French mathematician, philosopher, and theologian (d. 1648)
1593 – Toyotomi Hideyori, Japanese nobleman (d. 1615)

1611 – Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German scholar and critic (d. 1671)
1621 – Louis, Grand Condé, French general (d. 1686)
1633 – Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans (d. 1654)
1672 – Nicolas de Grigny, French organist and composer (d. 1703)
1698 – François Francoeur, French violinist and composer (d. 1787)
1742 – Ozias Humphry, English painter and academic (d. 1810)
1749 – Yolande de Polastron, French educator (d. 1793)
1750 – Tanikaze Kajinosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 4th Yokozuna (d. 1795)
1752 – Carl Stenborg, Swedish opera singer, actor, and director (d. 1813)
1765 – Pope Gregory XVI (d. 1846)
1767 – August Wilhelm Schlegel, German poet and critic (d. 1845)
1774 – Anne Catherine Emmerich, German nun and mystic (d. 1824)
1779 – Mustafa IV, Ottoman sultan (d. 1808)
1783 – N. F. S. Grundtvig, Danish pastor, philosopher, and author (d. 1872)
1804 – Eduard Mörike, German pastor, poet, and academic (d. 1875)
1814 – Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, French archaeologist, ethnographer, and historian (d. 1874)
1815 – Giuseppina Strepponi, Italian soprano and educator (d. 1897)
1822 – Karl von Ditmar, German geologist and explorer (d. 1892)
1824 – Jaime Nunó, Spanish American composer, conductor, and director (d. 1908)
1828 – Joshua Chamberlain, American general and politician, 32nd Governor of Maine (d. 1914)
1828 – Clarence Cook, American author and critic (d. 1900)
1830 – Frédéric Mistral, French poet and lexicographer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1914)
1831 – Wilhelm Raabe, German author and painter (d. 1910)
1841 – Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer and academic (d. 1904)
1841 – Charles J. Guiteau, American assassin of president James A. Garfield (d. 1882)
1846 – Paul Chater, Indian Hong Kong businessman and politician (d. 1926)
1851 – John Jenkins, American Australian businessman and politician, 22nd Premier of South Australia (d. 1923)
1852 – Gojong of Korea (d. 1919)
1857 – Georg Michaelis, German academic and politician, 6th Chancellor of Germany (d. 1936)
1863 – Mary of the Divine Heart, German nun and saint (d. 1899)
1863 – W. W. Jacobs, English novelist and short story writer (d. 1943)
1867 – Alexander Parvus, Belarusian German theoretician and activist (d. 1924)
1868 – Seth Weeks, American mandolin player, composer, and bandleader (d. 1953)
1869 – José María Pino Suárez, Mexican politician, Vice President of Mexico, murdered in a military coup (d. 1913)
1871 – Samuel McLaughlin, Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded the McLaughlin Carriage Company (d. 1972)
1872 – James William McCarthy, American judge (d. 1939)
1873 – Alfred Jarry, French author and playwright (d. 1907)
1873 – David O. McKay, American religious leader, 9th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints (d. 1970)
1876 – Inez Knight Allen, Mormon missionary and Utah politician (d. 1937)
1881 – Harry Hillman, American runner and hurdler (d. 1945)
1881 – Refik Saydam, Turkish physician and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Turkey (d. 1942)
1884 – Théodore Pilette, Belgian race car driver (d. 1921)
1886 – Siegfried Sassoon, English captain, journalist, and poet (d. 1967)
1886 – Ninon Vallin, French soprano and actress (d. 1961)
1888 – Ida McNeil, American broadcaster and designer of the flag of South Dakota (d. 1974)
1889 – Robert A. Taft, American lawyer and politician (d. 1953)
1894 – John Samuel Bourque, Canadian soldier and politician (d. 1974)
1894 – Willem Pijper, Dutch composer and critic (d. 1947)
1896 – Howard Dietz, American publicist and songwriter (d. 1983)
1897 – Jimmie Rodgers, American singer songwriter and guitarist (d. 1933)
1900 – Tilly Devine, English Australian organised crime boss (d. 1970)
1900 – Claude Pepper, American lawyer and politician (d. 1989)

1613 – Carlo Gesualdo, Italian lute player and composer (b. 1566)
1637 – Robert Fludd, English physician, mathematician, and cosmologist (b. 1574)
1644 – John Coke, English civil servant and politician (b. 1563)
1644 – Francis Quarles, English poet and author (b. 1592)
1645 – Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish poet and politician (b. 1580)
1656 – Joseph Hall, English bishop (b. 1574)
1682 – Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish mathematician and philosopher (b. 1606)
1721 – Michael Brokoff, Czech sculptor (b. 1686)
1755 – Ephraim Williams, American soldier and philanthropist (b. 1715)
1761 – Bernard Forest de Bélidor, French mathematician and engineer (b. 1698)
1780 – Enoch Poor, American general (b. 1736)
1784 – Ann Lee, English American religious leader (b. 1736)
1811 – Peter Simon Pallas, German zoologist and botanist (b. 1741)
1814 – Maria Carolina of Austria, queen consort of Naples and Sicily (b. 1752)
1831 – John Aitken, Scottish American publisher (b. 1745)
1853 – Frédéric Ozanam, French scholar, co founded the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul (b. 1813)
1873 – Johan Gabriel Ståhlberg, Finnish priest and father of K. J. Ståhlberg, the first President of Finland (b. 1832)
1882 – Joseph Liouville, French mathematician and academic (b. 1809)
1894 – Hermann von Helmholtz, German physician and physicist (b. 1821)
1895 – Adam Opel, German entrepreneur, founded Opel (b. 1837)

1909 – Vere St. Leger Goold, Irish tennis player (b. 1853)
1912 – Eddie Hasha, American motorcycle racer (b. 1890)
1916 – Friedrich Baumfelder, German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1836)
1923 – Ugo Sivocci Italian race car driver (b. 1885)
1933 – Faisal I of Iraq (b. 1883)
1935 – Carl Weiss, American physician (b. 1906)
1940 – Hemmo Kallio, Finnish actor (b. 1863)
1942 – Rıza Nur, Turkish surgeon and politician (b. 1879)
1943 – Julius Fučík, Czech journalist (b. 1903)
1944 – Jan van Gilse, Dutch composer and conductor (b. 1881)
1949 – Richard Strauss, German composer and manager (b. 1864)
1954 – André Derain, French painter and sculptor (b. 1880)
1963 – Maurice Wilks, English engineer and businessman (b. 1904)
1965 – Dorothy Dandridge, American actress and singer (b. 1922)
1965 – Hermann Staudinger, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
1966 – John Taylor, American race car driver (b. 1933)
1969 – Bud Collyer, American game show host (b. 1908)
1969 – Alexandra David Néel, Belgian French explorer and activist (b. 1868)
1970 – Percy Spencer, American engineer, invented the microwave oven (b. 1894)
1974 – Wolfgang Windgassen, French German tenor (b. 1914)
1977 – Zero Mostel, American actor and comedian (b. 1915)
1980 – Willard Libby, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)
1981 – Nisargadatta Maharaj, Indian guru, philosopher, and educator (b. 1897)
1981 – Roy Wilkins, American journalist and activist (b. 1901)
1981 – Hideki Yukawa, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907)
1983 – Antonin Magne, French cyclist (b. 1904)
1984 – Johnnie Parsons, American race car driver (b. 1918)
1985 – John Franklin Enders, American virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
1990 – Denys Watkins Pitchford, English author and illustrator (b. 1905)
1991 – Alex North, American composer and conductor (b. 1910)
1991 – Brad Davis, American actor (b. 1949)
1997 – Derek Taylor, English journalist and author (b. 1932)
1999 – Moondog, American German singer songwriter, drummer, and poet (b. 1916)
2001 – Bill Ricker, Canadian entomologist and author (b. 1908)
2002 – Laurie Williams, Jamaican cricketer (b. 1968)
2003 – Leni Riefenstahl, German actress, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1902)
2004 – Frank Thomas, American animator, voice actor, and screenwriter (b. 1913)
2005 – Noel Cantwell, Irish cricketer, footballer, and manager (b. 1932)
2005 – Donald Horne, Australian journalist, author, and critic (b. 1921)
2006 – Hilda Bernstein, English South African author and activist (b. 1915)
2006 – Peter Brock, Australian race car driver and sportscaster (b. 1945)
2007 – Vincent Serventy, Australian ornithologist, conservationist, and author (b. 1916)
2008 – Ralph Plaisted, American explorer (b. 1927)
2009 – Aage Bohr, Danish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1922)
2009 – Mike Bongiorno, American Italian television host (b. 1924)
2012 – Ronald Hamowy, Canadian historian and academic (b. 1937)
2012 – Bill Moggridge, English American designer, author, and educator, co founded IDEO (b. 1943)
2012 – Thomas Szasz, Hungarian American psychiatrist and academic (b. 1920)
2013 – Goose Gonsoulin, American football player (b. 1938)
2013 – Don Reichert, Canadian painter and photographer (b. 1932)
2013 – Jean Véronis, French linguist, computer scientist, and blogger (b. 1955)
2014 – Marvin Barnes, American basketball player (b. 1952)
2014 – S. Truett Cathy, American businessman, founded Chick fil A (b. 1921)
2014 – Sean O'Haire, American wrestler, mixed martial artist, and kick boxer (b. 1971)
2014 – Magda Olivero, Italian soprano (b. 1910)
2014 – Gerald Wilson, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1918)
2014 – George Zuverink, American baseball player (b. 1924)
2015 – Joaquín Andújar, Dominican baseball player (b. 1952)
2015 – Andrew Kohut, American political scientist and academic (b. 1942)
2015 – Tyler Sash, American football player (b. 1988)
2015 – Joost Zwagerman, Dutch author and poet (b. 1963)
2016 – Hannes Arch, Austrian race pilot (b. 1967)
2016 – Dragiša Pešić, Montenegrin politician, 5th Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (b. 1954)
2016 – Prince Buster, Jamaican singer songwriter and producer (b. 1938)
2017 – Pierre Bergé, French businessman (b. 1930)
2017 – Blake Heron, American actor (b. 1982)
2017 – Jerry Pournelle, American author and journalist (b. 1933)
2017 – Ljubiša Samardžić, Serbian actor and director (b. 1936)
2017 – Don Williams, American musician (b. 1939)
2018 – Gennadi Gagulia, Prime Minister of Abkhazia (b. 1948)
2018 – Chelsi Smith, American singer and beauty pageant winner (b. 1973)
2019 – S. Rajasekar, Indian cinematographer, film director, and actor (b. 1957)
2022 – Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms (b. 1926)
2022 – Gwyneth Powell, English actress (b. 1946)