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1648
Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Munster and Osnabruck is signed, ending ending the
conflict between the Netherlands and Spain
1649
King Charles I of England is beheaded
1661
Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England is ritually executed
two years after his death, on the anniversary of the execution of the monarch ho himself
deposed
1790
The first boat specializing as a lifeboat is tested on the River Tyne
1806
The original Lower Trenton Bridge, which spans the Delaware River between Morrisville,
Pennsylvania and Trenton, New Jersey, is opened
1820
Edward Bransfield sights the Trinity Peninsula and claims the discovery of Antarctica
1826
The Menai Suspension Bridge, considered the world's first modern suspension bridge,
connecting the Isle of Anglesey to north West coast of Wales, is opened
1835
In the first assassination attempt against the President of the United States, Richard
Lawrence attempts to shoot president Andrew Jackson, but fails and is subdued by a
crowd, including several congressman
1841
Yerba Buena, California is renamed San Francisco
1858
The first Halle concert is given in Manchester, England, marking the official founding of
the Halle Orchestra as a full-time, professional orchestra
1862
The first American ironclad warship, the Monitor is launched
1889
Archduke Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown, is found
dead with his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera in Mayerling
1911
The Canadian Naval Service becomes the Royal Canadian Navy
1913
The United Kingdom's House of Lords rejects the Irish Home Rule Bill
1925
The Government of Turkey throws Patriarch Constantine VI out of Instambul
1930
The world's second radiosonde is launched in Pavlovsk, USSR
1933
Adolph Hitler is sworn in as Chancellor of Germany
1943
CA-29 is sunk and a U.S. destroyer is heavily damaged by Japanese torpedoes
1944
World War II: United States troops land on Majuro
1945
World War II: Hitler gives his last ever public address, a radio address on the 12th
anniversary of his coming to power
1948
Indian pacifist and leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is assassinated by Nathuram
1989
The American embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan closes
1994
Peter Leko becomes the youngest chess grand master
1995
Workers from the National Institutes of Health announce the success of clinical trials
testing the first preventive treatment for sickle cell disease
1996
Comet Hyakutate is discovered by Japanese amateur astronomer Yuji Hyakutake
2000
Off the coast of Ivory Coast, Kenya Airways Flight 431 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean,
killing 169
2003
Belgium becomes the second country in the world to legally recognize same-sex
marriage