A look back at history on this date
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Transit of Venus, second and last of the 19th century.
Georgia ratifies the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Five French warships attempting to escape the Royal Naval blockade of Saint-Domingue are all seized by British warships, signifying the end of the Haitian Revolution.
The U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia.
Charles Edward Stuart's army begins retreat during the second Jacobite Rising.
Pride's Purge removes royalist sympathizers from Parliament so that the High Court of Justice could put the King on trial.
The city of Quito in Ecuador is founded by Spanish settlers led by Sebastián de Belalcázar.
After exploring the island of Cuba (which he had mistaken for Japan) for gold, Christopher Columbus lands on an island he names Hispaniola.
Mongol invasion of Rus': Kyiv, defended by Voivode Dmytro, falls to the Mongols under Batu Khan.
Béla I is crowned king of Hungary.
Hasan al-Askari
Arabian 11th of the Twelve Imams (died 874)
Born 846Ferdinand IV of Castile (died 1312)
Ferdinand IV of Castile (died 1312)
Born 1285Henry VI of England (died 1471)
Henry VI of England (died 1471)
Born 1421Baldassare Castiglione
Italian courtier, diplomat, and author (died 1529)
Born 1478Barbara Radziwiłł
queen of Poland (died 1551)
Born 1520Janus Dousa
Dutch historian and noble (died 1604)
Born 1545Niccolò Zucchi
Italian astronomer and physicist (died 1670)
Born 1586William Cavendish
1st Duke of Newcastle (died 1676)
Born 1592Saint Nicholas
Greek bishop and saint (born 270)
343Prince Toneri of Japan (born 676)
Prince Toneri of Japan (born 676)
735Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya
Arab rebel leader (born 710)
762Afonso I of Portugal (born 1109)
Afonso I of Portugal (born 1109)
1185Maximus
Metropolitan of Kyiv
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