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1312 BC
Mursili II launches a campaign against the Kingdom of Azzi-Hayasa.
217 BC
The Romans, led by Gaius Flaminius, are ambushed and defeated by Hannibal at the Battle of Lake Trasimene.
109
Roman emperor Trajan inaugurates the Aqua Traiana, an aqueduct that channels water from Lake Bracciano, 40 kilometres (25 miles) north-west of Rome.
474
Julius Nepos forces Roman usurper Glycerius to abdicate the throne and proclaims himself Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
637
The Battle of Moira is fought between the High King of Ireland and the Kings of Ulster and Dál Riata. It is claimed to be the largest battle in the history of Ireland.
972
Battle of Cedynia, the first documented victory of Polish forces, takes place.
1128
Battle of São Mamede, near Guimarães: Forces led by Afonso I defeat forces led by his mother Teresa of León and her lover Fernando Pérez de Traba.
1230
The Siege of Jaén started in the context of the Spanish Reconquista.
1314
First War of Scottish Independence: The Battle of Bannockburn concludes with a decisive victory by Scottish forces led by Robert the Bruce.
1340
Hundred Years' War: Battle of Sluys: The French fleet is almost completely destroyed by the English fleet commanded in person by King Edward III.
1374
A sudden outbreak of St. John's Dance causes people in the streets of Aachen, Germany, to experience hallucinations and begin to jump and twitch uncontrollably until they collapse from exhaustion.
1497
John Cabot lands in North America at Newfoundland leading the first European exploration of the region since the Vikings.
1509
Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon are crowned King and Queen of England.
1535
The Anabaptist state of Münster is conquered and disbanded.
1571
Miguel López de Legazpi founds Manila, the capital of the Republic of the Philippines.
1597
The first Dutch voyage to the East Indies reaches Banten, Java.[citation needed]
1604
Samuel de Champlain discovers the mouth of the Saint John River, site of Reversing Falls and the present day city of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
1622
Battle of Macau: The Dutch attempt but fail to capture Macau.
1717
The Premier Grand Lodge of England, the first Masonic Grand Lodge in the world (now the United Grand Lodge of England), is founded in London.
1762
Battle of Wilhelmsthal: The British-Hanoverian army of Ferdinand of Brunswick defeats French forces in Westphalia.
1779
American Revolutionary War: The Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
1793
The first Republican constitution in France is adopted.
1812
Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon's Grande Armée crosses the Neman river beginning the invasion of Russia.
1813
Battle of Beaver Dams: A British and Indian combined force defeats the United States Army.
1821
The Battle of Carabobo takes place. It is the decisive battle in the war of independence of Venezuela from Spain.
1859
Battle of Solferino (Battle of the Three Sovereigns): Sardinia and France defeat Austria in Solferino, northern Italy.
1866
Battle of Custoza: An Austrian army defeats the Italian army during the Austro-Prussian War.
1880
First performance of O Canada, the song that would become the national anthem of Canada, at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français.
1894
Marie François Sadi Carnot is assassinated by Sante Geronimo Caserio.
1902
King Edward VII of the United Kingdom develops appendicitis, delaying his coronation.
1913
Greece and Serbia annul their alliance with Bulgaria.
1916
Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million-dollar contract.
1918
First airmail service in Canada from Montreal to Toronto.
1922
The American Professional Football Association is renamed the National Football League.
1932
A bloodless revolution instigated by the People's Party ends the absolute power of King Prajadhipok of Siam (now Thailand).
1938
Pieces of a meteorite, estimated to have weighed 450 metric tons when it hit the Earth's atmosphere and exploded, land near Chicora, Pennsylvania.
1939
Siam is renamed Thailand by Plaek Phibunsongkhram, the country's third prime minister.
1940
World War II: Operation Collar, the first British Commando raid on occupied France, by No 11 Independent Company.
1943
US military police attempt to arrest a black soldier in Bamber Bridge, England, sparking the Battle of Bamber Bridge mutiny that leaves one dead and seven wounded.
1947
Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington.
1948
Start of the Berlin Blockade: The Soviet Union makes overland travel between West Germany and West Berlin impossible.
1949
The first television western, Hopalong Cassidy, is aired on NBC starring William Boyd.
1950
Apartheid: In South Africa, the Group Areas Act formally segregating races is passed.
1954
First Indochina War: Battle of Mang Yang Pass: Viet Minh troops belonging to the 803rd Regiment ambush G.M. 100 of France in An Khê.
1957
In Roth v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment.
1963
The United Kingdom grants Zanzibar internal self-government.
1973
The UpStairs Lounge arson attack takes place at a gay bar located on the second floor of the three-story building at 141 Chartres Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Thirty-two people die as a result of fire or smoke inhalation.
1981
The Humber Bridge opens to traffic, connecting Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. It would be the world's longest bridge span for 17 years.
1982
"The Jakarta Incident": British Airways Flight 9 flies into a cloud of volcanic ash thrown up by the eruption of Mount Galunggung, resulting in the failure of all four engines.
1989
Jiang Zemin succeeds Zhao Ziyang to become the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
1995
"Rugby World Cup final": South Africa defeats New Zealand, Nelson Mandela presents Francois Pienaar with the Webb-Ellis trophy in an iconic post-apartheid moment.
2002
The Igandu train disaster in Tanzania kills 281, the worst train accident in African history.
2004
In New York, capital punishment is declared unconstitutional.
2010
John Isner of the United States defeats Nicolas Mahut of France at Wimbledon, in the longest match in professional tennis history.
2010
Julia Gillard assumes office as the first female Prime Minister of Australia.
2012
Lonesome George, the last known individual of Chelonoidis nigra abingdonii, a subspecies of the Galápagos tortoise, dies.
2013
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is found guilty of abusing his power and having sex with an underage prostitute, and is sentenced to seven years in prison.

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