Historical Events
451 Battle of the Catalaunian Plains: Roman and Visigoths forces defeat Attila the Hun in north east France
1214 The University of Oxford receives its charter
1789 Tennis Court Oath (for a new constitution) in France made at Versailles
1840 Samuel Morse patents his telegraph
1895 1st female PhD from an American University, earned by Caroline Willard Baldwin (in Science) at Cornell University
451 Battle of the Catalaunian Plains: Roman and Visigoths forces defeat Attila the Hun in north east France
1212 French and Spanish crusaders unite against the Almohaden at Toledo
1214 The University of Oxford receives its charter
1530 German Parliament joins to Augsburg together
1547 Count Philip van Hessen captured
1567 Jews are expelled from Brazil by order of regent Don Henrique
1582 Bishop Domingo de Salazar of Manila suppresses the Philippines
1591 Mauritius and Willem van Nassau occupy Devente
1631 The sack of Baltimore: the Irish village of Baltimore is attacked by Algerian pirates
1632 Britain grants 2nd Lord Baltimore rights to Chesapeake Bay area
1633 Charter for Maryland is given to Lord Cecil Baltimore
1656 Polish King Jan II Casimir recaptures Warsaw
1675 Abenaki, Massachusetts, Mohegan and Wampanoag Native Americans form anti-English front under Metacom
1756 Black Hole of Calcutta - 146 British soldiers imprisoned in small dungeon in Calcutta, India where most die
1756 Siraj ud-Daulah Nawab of Bengal takes Calcutta from the British
1779 Battle of Stono Ferry fought near Charleston, South Carolina (American Revolutionary War)
1782 Congress approves Great Seal of the United States of America and the bald eagle as its symbol
1787 Oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the United States
1789 Tennis Court Oath (for a new constitution) in France made at Versailles
1895 1st female PhD from an American University, earned by Caroline Willard Baldwin (in Science) at Cornell University
1895 Nicaragua, El Salvador and Honduras form a short-lived confederation
1896 10th U.S. Women's National Championship: Elisabeth Moore beats Juliette Atkinson (6-4, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2)
1900 In China, most foreigners in the Peking legations now accept that they are under siege by Boxers
1900 Baron Von Ketteler, German Minister, decides to go to the Chinese authorities to demand more guards for European protection from Boxers and is killed by Boxers en route
1901 Charlotte Maxeke becomes the first native African to graduate from a US college (Wilberforce University in Ohio)
1907 1st Portland Rose festival held in Portland, Oregon
1909 1st balloon honeymoon (Roger Burham & Eleanor Waring)
1911 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) incorporates (NY)
1912 NY Giant Josh Devore steals 4 bases in an inning (2nd & 3rd twice)
1912 NY Giants lead Bost Braves 14-2 into 9th, Giants win 21-12
1913 3 of 1st 4 Yankees hit-by-pitch en route to a record 6 hit batsman
1913 Bert Daniels set AL mark, being hit-by-pitch 3 times in a doubleheader
1915 German offensive in Argonne
1919 Treaty of Versailles: Germany ends incorporation of Austria
1919 150 die at the Teatro Yaguez fire, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
1919 Philipp Scheidemann resigns as chancellor of the new German Republic, which he helped establish, refusing to sign the Treaty of Versailles
1919 33rd U.S. Women's National Championship: Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman beats Marion Zinderstein (6-1, 6-2)
1920 Yanks win protest of 1-0 White Sox win & game is replayed
1921 11.5" (29.2 cm) of rainfall, Circle, Montana (state record)
1921 At the Imperial Conference in London, V.S. Srinivasa Sastri puts forward a case for the granting of full citizenship rights to Indians in South Africa and other British colonies
1926 Mordecai W Johnson becomes 1st black president of Howard University
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