![]() ![]() She is left bleeding and dies of an infection shortly after.Ħ18– Wang Shichong decisively defeats Li Mi at the Battle of Yanshi, during the transition from Sui to Tang civil war.ġ539 – Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto and his army enter the Apalachee capital of Anhaica (present-day Tallahassee, Florida) by force.ġ582 – Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day is skipped in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.ġ600 – Jacopo Peri's Euridice, the earliest surviving opera, receives its première performance in Florence, signifying the beginning of the Baroque periodġ683 – German immigrant families found Germantown in the colony of Pennsylvania, marking the first major immigration of German people to America.ġ723 – Benjamin Franklin arrives in Philadelphia at the age of 17.ġ762 – Seven Years' War: Conclusion of the Battle of Manila between Britain and Spain, which resulted in the British occupation of Manila for the rest of the war.ġ777 – American Revolutionary War: General Sir Henry Clinton leads British forces in the capture of Continental Army Hudson River defenses in the Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery.ġ789 – French Revolution: Louis XVI returns to Paris from Versailles after being confronted by the Parisian women on October 5.ġ849 – The execution of The 13 Martyrs of Arad after the Hungarian war of independence.ġ854 – In England the Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead starts shortly after midnight, leading to 53 deaths and hundreds injured.ġ876 – The American Library Association was founded.ġ884 – The Naval War College of the United States Navy is founded in Newport, Rhode Island.ġ898 – Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the largest American music fraternity, is founded at the New England Conservatory of Music by Ossian Everett Mills.ġ903 – The High Court of Australia sits for the first time.ġ908 – Austria-Hungary annexes Bosnia-Herzegovina, sparking a crisis.ġ910 – Eleftherios Venizelos is elected Prime Minister of Greece for the first time (seven times in total).ġ923 – The Turkish National Movement enters Constantinople.ġ927 – Opening of The Jazz Singer, the first prominent "talkie" movie.ġ939 – World War II: Germany's invasion of Poland ends with the surrender of Independent Operational Group Polesie after the Battle of Kockġ942 – World War II: The October Matanikau action on Guadalcanal begins as United States Marine Corps forces attack Imperial Japanese Army units along the Matanikau River.ġ943 – World War II: 13 civilians are burnt alive by Friedrich Schubert's paramilitary group in Kali Sykia, Crete.ġ944 – World War II: Units of 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps crossed Czechoslovak borders during Battle of the Dukla Pass.ġ973 – Egypt launches a coordinated attack with Syria against Israel leading to the Yom Kippur War.ġ976 – Cubana de Aviación Flight 455 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean shortly after taking off from Bridgetown, Barbados, after two bombs, placed on board by terrorists with connections to the CIA, exploded. 105 BC – Battle of Arausio: The Cimbri inflict the heaviest defeat on the Roman army of Gnaeus Mallius Maximus.Ħ9 BC – Battle of Tigranocerta: Forces of the Roman Republic led by Lucullus defeat the army of the Kingdom of Armenia led by King Tigranes the Great.ĪD 23 – Rebels kill and decapitate the Xin dynasty emperor Wang Mang two days after the capital Chang'an is sacked during a peasant rebellion.Ĥ04 – Byzantine Empress Eudoxia has her seventh and last pregnancy which ends in a miscarriage. ![]()
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