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[edit] Events

• 338 BC - A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea, securing Macedonian hegemony in Greece and the Aegean.
• 216 BC - Second Punic War: Battle of Cannae - The Carthaginian army lead by Hannibal defeats a numerically superior Roman army under command of consuls Lucius Aemilius Paullus and Gaius Terentius Varro.
• 1610 - Henry Hudson sails into what it is now known as Hudson Bay, thinking he had made it through the Northwest Passage and reached the Pacific Ocean.
• 1776 - Delegates to the Continental Congress begin signing the United States Declaration of Independence.
• 1790 - The first US Census is conducted.
• 1798 - French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile (Battle of Aboukir Bay) concludes in a British victory
• 1869 - Japan's samurai, farmer, artisan, merchant class system (Shinōkōshō) is abolished as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms. (Traditional Japanese date: June 25, 1869).
• 1870 - Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London.
• 1903 - Fall of the Ottoman Empire: Unsuccessful uprising of Macedonians led by the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization against Ottoman Turkey, also known as the Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising.
• 1916 - World War I: Austrian sabotage causes the sinking of the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Taranto.
• 1918 - Japan announces that it is deploying troops to Siberia in the aftermath of World War I.
• 1931 - Einstein urges all scientists to refuse military work.
• 1932 - The positron (antiparticle of the electron) is discovered by Carl D. Anderson.
• 1934 - Gleichschaltung: Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany.
• 1937 - The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 is passed in America, essentially rendering marijuana and all its by-products illegal.
• 1939 - Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd write a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt urging him to begin the Manhattan project to develop a nuclear weapon.
• 1943 - Rebellion in the Nazi death camp of Treblinka.
• 1943 - World War II: PT-109 rammed by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri and sinks. Lt. John F. Kennedy, future US President, saves all but two of his crew.
• 1945 - World War II: Potsdam Conference, in which the Allied Powers discuss the future of defeated Germany, concludes.
• 1964 - Vietnam War: Gulf of Tonkin Incident - North Vietnamese gunboats allegedly fires on U.S. destroyers, USS Maddox and the USS Turner Joy.
• 1967 - The second Blackwall Tunnel opens in Greenwich, London.
• 1968 - The 1968 Casiguran Earthquake hits Casiguran, Aurora, Philippines killing more than 270 people and wounding 261.
• 1973 - A flash fire kills 51 at the Summerland amusement centre at Douglas, Isle of Man.
• 1980 - A bomb explodes at the railway station in Bologna, Italy, killing 85 people and wounding more than 200.
• 1985 - Delta Air Lines Flight 191, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar crashes at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport killing 137.
• 1990 - Iraq invades Kuwait, eventually leading to conflict with coalition forces in the Gulf War.

Centuries: 5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC Decades: 380s BC 370s BC 360s BC 350s BC 340s BC - 330s BC - 320s BC 310s BC 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC 343 BC 342 BC 341 BC 340 BC 339 BC - 338 BC - 337 BC 336 BC 335... Roman mosaic of the Battle of Issus The army of ancient Macedon is considered to be among the greatest military forces of the ancient world. ... Philip II of Macedon: victory medal (niketerion) struck in Tarsus, 2nd c. ... This article is about the capital of Greece. ... Thebes (Demotic Greek: Θήβα — Thíva; Katharevousa: — Thêbai or Thívai) is a city in Greece, situated to the north of the Cithaeron range, which divides Boeotia from Attica, and on the southern edge of the Boeotian plain. ... Combatants Macedon Athens, Thebes Commanders Philip II of Macedon, Alexander the Great Chares of Athens, Lysicles of Athens, Theagenes of Boeotia Strength 22,000 infantry, 2,000 cavalry 35,000 Casualties 3,800 killed 5,000 Athenians killed, 254+ Boeotians killed, 3,000 captured The Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC... Aegean civilization is a general term for the Bronze Age civilizations of Greece and the Aegean. ... Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC Decades: 260s BC 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC - 210s BC - 200s BC 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC 160s BC Years: 221 BC 220 BC 219 BC 218 BC 217 BC - 216 BC - 215 BC 214 BC... Combatants Roman Republic Carthage Commanders Publius Cornelius Scipio†, Tiberius Sempronius Longus Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus, Gaius Flaminius†, Fabius Maximus, Claudius Marcellus†, Lucius Aemilius Paullus†, Gaius Terentius Varro, Marcus Livius Salinator, Gaius Claudius Nero, Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus†, Masinissa, Minucius†, Servilius Geminus† Hannibal Barca, Hasdrubal Barca†, Mago Barca†, Hasdrubal Gisco†, Syphax... For the 11th century battle in the Byzantine conquest of the Mezzogiorno, see Battle of Cannae (1018). ... For other uses, see Carthage (disambiguation). ... Hannibal, the son of Hamilcar Barca, (247 BC – c. ... This article is about the state which existed from the 6th century BC to the 1st century BC. For the state which existed in the 18th century, see Roman Republic (18th century). ... This article is about the Roman rank. ... Lucius Aemilius Paullus 216 BC was a Roman Republic Roman general. ... Gaius Terentius Varro was a Roman consul and commander. ... // Events January 7 - Galileo Galilei discovers the Galilean moons of Jupiter. ... No portrait of Hudson is known to be in existence. ... New York Harbor, the outflow for Hudson River, is sometimes called Hudsons Bay. Hudson Bay, Canada. ... For other uses, see Northwest Passage (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see 1776 (disambiguation). ... The Continental Congress resulted from the American Revolution and was the de facto first national government of the United States. ... The United States Declaration of Independence was an act of the Second Continental Congress, adopted on July 4, 1776, which declared that the Thirteen Colonies in North America were Free and Independent States and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to... 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Combatants Britain France Commanders Horatio Nelson François-Paul Brueys DAigalliers† Strength 14 ships of the line: * 13 x 74-gun, * 1 x 50-gun, 1 sloop 13 ships of the line: * 1 x 120-gun, * 3 x 80-gun, * 9 x 74gun, 4 frigates, some smaller Casualties 218... Year 1869 (MDCCCLXIX) is a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... For other uses, see Samurai (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Farmer (disambiguation). ... An artisan, also called a craftsman,[1] is a skilled manual worker who uses tools and machinery in a particular craft. ... A merchant making up the account by Shiatsus Hokusai Merchants function as professionals who deal with trade, dealing in commodities that they do not produce themselves, in order to produce profit. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Meiji Restoration ), also known as the Meiji Ishin, Revolution, or Renewal, was a chain of events that led to enormous changes in Japans political and social structure. ... Koinobori, flags decorated like koi, are popular decorations around Childrens Day This mural on the wall of a Tokyo subway station celebrates Hazuki, the eighth month. ... is the 176th day of the year (177th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1869 (MDCCCLXIX) is a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1870 (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... The Tower Subway is a tunnel beneath the River Thames in central London, close — as the name suggests — to the Tower of London. ... A rapid transit, underground, subway, tube, elevated, or metro(politan) system is a railway — usually in an urban area — with a high capacity and frequency of service, and grade separation from other traffic. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Year 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... Fall of the Ottoman Empire summarizes why the empire could not avert the events that lead to its dissolution. ... For a novel by a similar name, see Imaro (novel). ... Motto دولت ابد مدت Devlet-i Ebed-müddet (The Eternal State) Anthem Ottoman imperial anthem Borders in 1683, see: list of territories Capital Söğüt (1299–1326) Bursa (1326–1365) Edirne (1365–1453) Ä°stanbul (1453–1922) Government Monarchy Sultans  - 1281–1326 (first) Osman I  - 1918–22 (last) Mehmed VI Grand Viziers  - 1320... Ethnic map of the Balkans prior to the Upspring. ... Year 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Friday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... “The Great War ” redirects here. ... The Leonardo Da Vinci in 1914. ... Taranto is a coastal city in Apulia, southern Italy. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... This article is about Siberia as a whole. ... “The Great War ” redirects here. ... Year 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Einstein redirects here. ... Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1932 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The first detection of the positron in 1932 by Carl D. Anderson The positron is the antiparticle or the antimatter counterpart of the electron. ... Corresponding to most kinds of particle, there is an associated antiparticle with the same mass and opposite charges. ... For other uses, see Electron (disambiguation). ... Carl David Anderson (3 September 1905 – 11 January 1991) was a U.S. experimental physicist. ... Year 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The German word Gleichschaltung â’½ â’¾ (literally synchronising, synchronization) is used in a political sense to describe the process by which the Nazi regime successively established a system of totalitarian control over the individual, and tight coordination over all aspects of society and commerce. ... Hitler redirects here. ... Nazi propaganda poster. ... Year 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... In the United States, the 1937 Marijuana Tax Act was one of the cornerstone bills that led to the criminalization of cannabis. ... Cannabis, also known as marijuana[1] or ganja (Hindi: गांजा),[2] is a psychoactive product of the plant Cannabis sativa. ... Year 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... “Einstein” redirects here. ... Leó Szilárd (February 11, 1898 – May 30, 1964 Originally Szilárd Leó) was a Jewish Hungarian-American physicist who conceived the nuclear chain reaction and worked on the Manhattan Project. ... FDR redirects here. ... This article is about the World War II nuclear project. ... Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... PT-109 redirects here. ... The Amagiri (天霧 Misty Rain), one of 20 Fubuki class destroyers, was laid down at the Ishikawajima dockyard at Tokyo, Japan on 28 November 1928, launched 27 February 1930, and commissioned 10 November 1930. ... John Kennedy and JFK redirect here. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... Harry S. Truman and Joseph Stalin meeting at the Potsdam Conference on July 18, 1945. ... In general, allies are people or groups that have joined an alliance and are working together to achieve some common purpose. ... Also Nintendo emulator: 1964 (emulator). ... Combatants Republic of Vietnam United States Republic of Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand The Philippines National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam People’s Republic of China Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Strength US 1,000,000 South Korea 300,000 Australia 48,000... Chart showing the U.S. Navys interpretation of the events of the first part of the Gulf of Tonkin incident The Gulf of Tonkin Incident was an alleged pair of attacks by naval forces of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (commonly referred to as North Vietnam) against two American... Anthem Tiến Quân Ca (Army March) Location of North Vietnam Capital Hanoi Language(s) Vietnamese Government Socialist republic First president Ho Chi Minh Historical era Cold War  - Independence proclaimed (from Japan) September 2, 1945  - Recognized 1954  - Disestablished July 2, 1976 Area 157,880 km² Population  -  est. ... For other uses of terms redirecting here, see US (disambiguation), USA (disambiguation), and United States (disambiguation) Motto In God We Trust(since 1956) (From Many, One; Latin, traditional) Anthem The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City National language English (de facto)1 Demonym American... USS Maddox (DD-731), an -class destroyer was named for Captain William A. T. Maddox, USMC. She was laid down by the Bath Iron Works Corporation at Bath in Maine on 28 October 1943, launched on 19 March 1944 by Mrs. ... USS Turner Joy (DD-951) was a Forrest Sherman-class destroyer in the United States Navy. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... The Blackwall Tunnel is the name given to a pair of road tunnels underneath the River Thames in east London, linking the London Borough of Greenwich with the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. ... This page is about Greenwich in England. ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Casiguran is a 3rd class municipality in the northern part of the province of Aurora, Philippines. ... For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ... The Summerland Disaster occurred on the night of August 2, 1973. ... Location within the British Isles Douglas (Doolish in Manx) is the capital of the Isle of Man (Ellan Vannin) and its largest town. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... Rescue teams making their way through the rubble The Bologna massacre, also known in Italy as the Strage di Bologna, was a terrorist bombing against the Central Station of Bologna, Italy on the morning of 2 August 1980, which killed 85 people and wounded more than 200. ... History The first Bologna Centrale station was constructed in 1864, however there are sketchy and unclear testimonies regarding its life. ... For the food product, see Bologna sausage. ... This article is about the year. ... This article is about a crash in 1985. ... The Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, commonly referred to as just L-1011 (pronounced ell-ten-eleven), was the third widebody passenger jet airliner to enter operation, following the Boeing 747 and the McDonnell Douglas DC-10. ... Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, located between the cities of Dallas and Fort Worth, is the busiest airport in Texas and third busiest airport in the world in terms of operations. ... This article is about the year. ... For other uses, see Iraq war (disambiguation). ...

[edit] Births

• 1533 - Theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (d. 1588)
• 1672 - Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733)
• 1674 - Philip II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France (d. 1723)
• 1696 - Mahmud I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1754)
• 1703 - Lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775)
• 1788 - Leopold Gmelin, German chemist (d. 1853)
• 1815 - Adolf Friedrich von Schack, German writer (d. 1894)
• 1828 - Manuel Pavía y Rodríguez de Alburquerque, Spanish general (d. 1895)
• 1834 - Frédéric Bartholdi, French sculptor (d. 1904)
• 1835 - Elisha Gray, American inventor and entrepreneur (d. 1901)
• 1858 - Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont, queen of the Netherlands (d. 1934)
• 1865 - Irving Babbitt, American literary critic (d. 1933)
• 1865 - John Radecki, Australian stained glass artist (d. 1955)
• 1868 - King Constantine I of Greece (d. 1923)
• 1871 - John French Sloan, American artist (d. 1951)
• 1875 - Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, Russian artist (d. 1957)
• 1878 - Georg Hackenschmidt, Estonian wrestler (d. 1968)
• 1878 - Aino Kallas, Finnish - Estonian author (d. 1956)
• 1882 - Red Ames, baseball player (d. 1936)
• 1884 - Rómulo Gallegos, President of Venezuela (d. 1969)
• 1886 - John Alexander Douglas McCurdy Canadian Aviator ( d. 1961)
• 1890 - Marin Sais, American actress (d. 1971)
• 1891 - Viktor Maksimovich Zhirmunsky, Russian literary historian, linguist (d. 1971)
• 1892 - Jack Warner, Canadian film producer (d. 1978)
• 1896 - Lorenzo Herrera, Venezuelan singer and composer (d. 1960)
• 1897 - Karl Otto Koch, German SS-officer (d. 1945)
• 1897 - Max Weber, Swiss Federal Councilor (d. 1974)
• 1899 - Charles Bennett, British screenwriter (d. 1995)
• 1902 - Helen Morgan, American actress (d. 1941)
• 1905 - Karl Amadeus Hartmann, German composer (d. 1963)
• 1905 - Myrna Loy, American actress (d. 1993)
• 1907 - Mary Hamman, American writer (d. 1984)
• 1910 - Roger MacDougall, writer (d. 1993)
• 1912 - Ann Dvorak, American actress (d. 1979)
• 1912 - Vladimir Zerjavic, Croatian statistician (d. 2001)
• 1914 - Félix Leclerc, Quebec singer, songwriter and writer (d. 1988)
• 1914 - Beatrice Straight, American actress (d. 2001)
• 1915 - Gary Merrill, American actor (d. 1990)
• 1920 - Louis Pauwels, French journalist and writer (d. 1997)
• 1923 - Shimon Peres, Israeli politician.
• 1924 - James Baldwin, American author (d. 1987)
• 1924 - Carroll O'Connor, American actor (d. 2001)
• 1925 - John Dexter, English stage and film director
• 1925 - Jorge Rafael Videla, Argentinian dictator
• 1925 - Alan Whicker, British journalist and broadcaster
• 1926 - Betsy Bloomingdale, American socialite and namesake of the Bloomingdale department store chain
• 1930 - Vali Myers (artist), Australian painter (d. 2003)
• 1931 - Pierre DuMaine, Catholic bishop
• 1931 - Viliam Schrojf, Slovak footballer (d. 2007)
• 1932 - Lamar Hunt, American sports executive (d. 2006)
• 1932 - Peter O'Toole, Irish-born actor
• 1934 - Valery Bykovsky, Soviet cosmonaut
• 1935 - Hank Cochran, American country music singer and songwriter
• 1937 - Billy Cannon, American football player
• 1937 - Garth Hudson, Canadian musician (The Band)
• 1938 - Pierre de Bané, French Canadian politician
• 1938 - Terry Peck, Falkland Islander (d. 2006) who acted as a scout for 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment in the Falklands War
• 1939 - Wes Craven, American film director
• 1939 - John W. Snow, American 73rd United States Secretary of the Treasury
• 1941 - Doris Coley, American singer (Shirelles) (d. 2000)
• 1942 - Isabel Allende, Chilean author
• 1943 - Tom Burgmeier, American baseball player
• 1943 - Max Wright, American actor
• 1944 - Jim Capaldi, British musician and songwriter (Traffic) (d. 2005)
• 1944 - Naná Vasconcelos, Brazilian jazz musician
• 1945 - Joanna Cassidy, American actress
• 1945 - Alex Jesaulenko, Australian rules footballer
• 1947 - Massiel, Spanish singer
• 1948 - Andy Fairweather Low, British guitarist
• 1948 - Dennis Prager, American radio talk show host and author
• 1949 - James Fallows, American journalist
• 1950 - Lance Ito, American judge
• 1950 - Sue Rodriguez, Canadian assisted suicide advocate (d. 1994)
• 1951 - Andrew Gold, American musician and songwriter
• 1951 - Joe Lynn Turner, American singer (Deep Purple and Rainbow
• 1951 - Freddie Wadling, Swedish actor and musician (The Leather Nun, Fleshquartet)
• 1951 - Per Westerberg, Swedish politician
• 1953 - Marjo, Quebec singer
• 1953 - Butch Patrick, American actor
• 1954 - James Charles Kopp, American citizen who murdered Barnett Slepian
• 1954 - Sammy McIlroy, Northern Irish footballer and manager
• 1955 - Caleb Carr, American novelist and military historian
• 1955 - Tim Dunigan, American Actor
• 1956 - Fulvio Melia, Italian-American physicist/astrophysicist and author
• 1956 - Jim Neidhart, American professional wrestler
• 1956 - Isabel Pantoja, Spanish singer
• 1957 - Mojo Nixon, American musician and actor
• 1959 - Victoria Jackson, American comedian
• 1959 - Apollonia Kotero, American singer and actress
• 1960 - Neal Morse, American musician (Spock's Beard and Transatlantic)
• 1960 - David Yow, American musician (Scratch Acid, The Jesus Lizard)
• 1961 - Linda Fratianne, American figure skater
• 1961 - Cold 187um, American rapper (Above the Law)
• 1964 - Frank Biela, German race car driver
• 1964 - Mary-Louise Parker, American actress
• 1965 - Hisanobu Watanabe, Japanese baseball player and coach
• 1966 - Tim Wakefield, American baseball player
• 1967 - Aaron Krickstein, American tennis player
• 1967 - Aline Brosh McKenna, American screenwriter
• 1968 - Stefan Effenberg, German footballer
• 1969 - Fernando Couto, Portuguese footballer
• 1969 - Jan Axel Blomberg (Hellhammer), drummer for the bands Dimmu Borgir, Winds, Mayhem, and many others
• 1969 - Richard Hallebeek, Dutch guitarist
• 1970 - Tony Amonte, American ice hockey player
• 1970 - Kevin Smith, American director and screenwriter
• 1971 - Michael Hughes, Irish footballer
• 1972 - Mohamed Al-Deayea, Saudi Arabian footballer
• 1972 - Jacinda Barrett, Australian model and actress
• 1972 - Daniele Nardello, Italian professional road racing cyclist
• 1972 - Jimmy Pop, American musician (The Bloodhound Gang)
• 1972 - Justyna Steczkowska, Polish singer
• 1973 - Hiroyuki Goto, Japanese game designer
• 1974 - Angie Cepeda, Colombian actress
• 1975 - Mineiro, Brazilian footballer
• 1975 - Xu Huaiwen, Chinese-born badminton player
• 1975 - Ingrid Rubio, Spanish actress
• 1976 - Reyes Estévez, Spanish athlete
• 1976 - Sam Worthington, Australian actor
• 1977 - Edward Furlong, American actor
• 1978 - Goran Gavrančić, Serbian footballer
• 1978 - Matt Guerrier, American baseball player
• 1979 - Reuben Kosgei, Kenyan athlete
• 1980 - Ivica Banović, Croatian footballer
• 1982 - Hélder Postiga, Portuguese footballer
• 1982 - Grady Sizemore, American baseball player
• 1983 - Nick Diaz, American MMA fighter
• 1984 - Chiara Mastalli, Italian actress
• 1984 - Giampaolo Pazzini, Italian footballer
• 1985 - Harry Smith, Canadian professional wrestler
• 1986 - Mathieu Razanakolona, Malagasy skier
• 1988 - Brittany Hargest, American singer (Jump5)
• 1992 - Hallie Kate Eisenberg, American actress

Events January 25 - King Henry VIII of England marries Anne Boleyn, his second Queen consort. ... Theodor Zwinger (August 2, 1533 - March 10, 1588), was a Swiss scholar. ... Year 1588 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... Events England, France, Munster and Cologne invade the United Provinces, therefore this name is know as ´het rampjaar´ (the disaster year) in the Netherlands. ... Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (August 2, 1672 – June 23, 1733) was a Swiss scholar born at Zürich. ... Events February 12 - British colonist James Oglethorpe founds Savannah, Georgia. ... Events February 19 - England and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster. ... Philippe of Orléans Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, Philippe Charles (August 2, 1674 – December 2, 1723) called Duke of Chartres (1674–1701), and then Duke of Orléans (1701–1723) was Regent of France from 1715 to 1723. ... Regent, from the Latin, a person selected to administer a state because the ruler is a minor or is not present or debilitated. ... Events February 16 - Louis XV of France attains his majority Births February 24 - John Burgoyne, British general (d. ... The year 1696 had the earliest equinoxes and solstices for 400 years in the Gregorian calendar, because this year is a leap year and the Gregorian calendar would have behaved like the Julian calendar since March 1500 had it have been in use that long. ... Sultan Mahmud I Mahmud I (August 2, 1696 – December 13, 1754) was the sultan of the Ottoman empire from 1730 to 1754. ... The Osmanli Dynasty, also the House of Osman, ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1281 to 1923, beginning with Osman I (not counting his father, Ertuğrul), though the dynasty was not proclaimed until 1383 when Murad I declared himself sultan. ... 1754 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Events February 2 - Earthquake in Aquila, Italy February 4 - In Japan, the 47 samurai commit seppuku (ritual suicide) February 14 - Earthquake in Norcia, Italy April 21 - Company of Quenching of Fire (ie. ... Lorenzo Ricci (August 2, 1703 – November 24, 1775) was the last general of the Jesuits. ... The Society of Jesus (Latin: Societas Iesu), commonly known as the Jesuits, is a Roman Catholic religious order. ... Year 1775 (MDCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1788 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Leopold Gmelin (August 2, 1788 - April 13, 1853) was a German chemist. ... 1853 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... April 5-12: Mount Tambora explodes, changing climate. ... Adolf Friedrich, Graf von Schack (2 August 1815 - 14 April 1894) was a German poet and historian of literature. ... 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1828 (MDCCCXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Manuel Pavia y Rodriguez de Alburquerque (August 2, 1828-January 4, 1895) was a Spanish general, born in Cadiz. ... Year 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1834 (MDCCCXXXIV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... The Statue of Liberty, his most famous work Bartholdi Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (August 2, 1834 – October 4, 1904) was a French sculptor. ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (see link for calendar). ... | Come and take it, slogan of the Texas Revolution 1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Elisha Gray (August 2, 1835 – January 21, 1901) was an electrical engineer and is best known for his development of a telephone prototype in 1876 in Highland Park, Illinois, U.S.A.. // Born into a Quaker family in Barnesville, Ohio, Gray was brought up on a farm. ... Year 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1858 (MDCCCLVIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Queen Emma of the Netherlands, born Her Serene Highness Princess Adelheid Emma Wilhelmina Theresia of Waldeck and Pyrmont (August 2, 1858 - March 20, 1934) was Queen consort of William III of the Netherlands of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg. ... Year 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1865 (MDCCLXV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Irving Babbitt (August 2, 1865 – July 15, 1933) was an American academic and literary critic, noted for his founding role in a movement that became known as the New Humanism, a significant influence on literary discussion and conservative thought in the period 1910 to 1930. ... Year 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... John Radecki (also known as Jan Radecki) (1865 - 1955) was a master stained glass artist working in Australia, considered to be the finest such artist of his time. ... Year 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Constantine I, King of the Hellenes (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος A, Βασιλεύς των Ελλήνων) (2 August 1868 - 11 January 1923) ruled Greece from 1913 to 1917 and from 1920 to 1922. ... Year 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1871 (MDCCCLXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Sixth Avenue Elevated at Third Street (New York City) by John Sloan. ... Year 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1875 (MDCCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Self-portrait. ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ... 1878 (MDCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Hackenschmidt in 1903 Georg Karl Julius Hackenschmidt (August 2, 1878 in Tartu, Estonia - February 19, 1968 in London, England) was an early 20th-century strongman and professional wrestler. ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Aino Kallas (nee Krohn in 1878) was the daughter of Julius Krohn, an outstanding Finnish national figure, scientist and writer. ... A car from 1956 Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Leon Kessling Red Ames (August 2, 1882, Warren, OH - October 8, 1936, Warren) was a professional baseball player for the New York Giants, Cincinnati Reds, St. ... Year 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Rómulo Gallegos Freire (2 August 1884 – 4 April 1969) was a Venezuelan novelist and politician. ... List of Presidents of Venezuela José Antonio Páez (1830-1835) José María Vargas (1835-1837) Carlos Soublette (1837-1839) José Antonio Páez (1839-1843) Carlos Soublette (1843-1847) José Tadeo Monagas (1847-1851) José Gregorio Monagas (1851-1855) José Tadeo Monagas (1855-1858) Julián Castro (1858... Also: 1969 (number) 1969 (movie) 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ... Year 1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... John Alexander Douglas McCurdy (August 2, 1886 – June 25, 1961) was a Canadian aviation pioneer and lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia from 1947 to 1952. ... Year 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar). ... Marin Sais in a circa 1915-1918 publicity photograph. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar, known as the year of cyclohexanol. ... Year 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Viktor Maksimovich Zhirmunsky (b. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar, known as the year of cyclohexanol. ... Year 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... This article is about Jack Warner, the head of Warner Brothers. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar). ... // Early career Lorenzo Esteban Herrera was born in Santa Rosalía, Caracas, August 2, 1896, and dies in 1960, is remembered like one of the greatest singers and composers of the first half of the XX century in Venezuela. ... Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Karl Otto Koch Karl Otto Koch (August 2, 1897 – April 5, 1945), a colonel in the German Schutzstaffel (SS), was the first commandant of the Nazi concentration camp at Buchenwald (from 1937 to 1941), and later at Lublin (Majdanek camp). ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... Max Weber (August 2, 1897 - December 2, 1974) was a Swiss politician. ... Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday [1] of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Charles Bennett (2nd August, 1899 - 15th June, 1995) was a British playwright and screenwriter, probably best known for his work with Alfred Hitchcock. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Year 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... For the beauty pageant winner, see Helen Morgan (Miss World). ... For other uses, see 1941 (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see 1905 (disambiguation). ... Karl Amadeus Hartmann (August 2, 1905 Munich – December 5, 1963 Munich) was a German composer. ... For other uses, see 1963 (disambiguation). ... Myrna Loy (August 2, 1905 – December 14, 1993) was an American motion picture actress. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Mary Hamman (2 August 1907 – 18 November 1984) was and American writer and editor. ... This article is about the year. ... Year 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Playwright Roger MacDougall (1910 - 1993) began writing the occasional screenplay in the late 30s, working both alone and in collaboration with others. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Ann Dvorak (born August 2, 1911; died December 10, 1979) was an American film actress. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... Vladimir Žerjavić (August 2, 1912 - September 5, 2001) was a Croatian economist and a United Nations specialist who published a series of articles and books during the 1980s and 1990s in which he argued that the scope of the Holocaust in World War II-era Croatia was exaggerated. ... This article is about the year. ... Year 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Félix Leclerc (July 1957) Félix Leclerc (August 2, 1914-August 8, 1988) was a French-Canadian folk singer, poet, writer, actor and Québécois political activist. ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... Beatrice Whitney Straight (August 2, 1914 – April 7, 2001) was an Academy Award and Tony Award-winning American theatre, film, and television actress. ... This article is about the year. ... Year 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday[1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Gary Merrill (August 2, 1915 - March 5, 1990) was a U. S. film and television actor whose credits included more than fifty feature films, a half-dozen mostly short-lived TV series, and dozens of TV guest appearances. ... This article is about the year. ... Year 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Louis Pauwels (born in Belgium, August 2, 1920 - January 28, 1997) was a French journalist and writer. ...