October 8
Selected anniversaries
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October 8: Navy Day in Peru (1821); Independence Day in Croatia (1991)
1600 – San Marino, the world's oldest constitutional republic, adopted its written constitution.
1856 – Officials of the Chinese Qing Dynasty arrested and imprisoned twelve people aboard the Hong Kong-registered ship Arrow for suspected piracy and smuggling, sparking the Second Opium War.
1871 – The Great Chicago Fire (pictured) broke ...
June 11
June 11: Kamehameha Day in Hawaii
1345 – Inspecting a new prison without being escorted by his bodyguard, Byzantine megas doux Alexios Apokaukos was lynched and killed by the prisoners.
1770 – The Great Barrier Reef (pictured) first became known to Europeans when the HM Bark Endeavour, captained by English explorer James Cook, ran aground there, sustaining considerable damage.
1938 – The Battle ...
October 16
Selected anniversaries
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October 16: World Food Day
456 – Magister militum Ricimer defeated Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and became master of the Western Roman Empire.
1813 – The Sixth Coalition attacked Napoleon and the First French Empire in the Battle of Leipzig, the largest conflict in the Napoleonic Wars with over 500,000 troops involved.
1843 – William Rowan Hamilton first wrote down the fundamental ...
October 22
Selected anniversaries
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October 22: International Stuttering Awareness Day
1836 – Sam Houston became the first president of the Republic of Texas.
1844 – Millerites, including future members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, were greatly disappointed that Jesus did not return as predicted by American preacher William Miller (pictured).
1934 – Pretty Boy Floyd, an American bank robber and alleged killer who was later romanticized ...
May 9
May 9: Mother's Day in several countries (2010); Victory Day in various Eastern European countries; Europe Day/Schuman Day in the European Union
328 – Athanasius became the Patriarch of Alexandria.
1671 – Irish-born Colonel Thomas Blood was caught trying to steal the English Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.
1901 – The first Parliament of Australia opened in the Royal Exhibition Building ...
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