322 BC | Aristotle, Greek philosopher and biologist (b. 384 BC) died. |
189 | Publius Septimius geta, Roman Emperor (d. 211) was born. |
1274 | St. Thomas Aquinas, Italian philosopher and scholar (b. 1225) died. |
1693 | Clement XIII (d. 1769) was born. |
1746 | André Michaux, French botanist (d. 1802) was born. |
1792 | John Herschel, English mathematician and astronomer (d. 1871) was born. |
1798 | The French army enters Rome. This is referred to as the beginning of the Roman Republic. . |
1799 | Napoleon I of France captures Jaffa in Palestine and kill more than 2,000 Albanian prisoners. |
1837 | Henry Draper, American physician and astronomer (d. 1882) was born. |
1849 | Luther Burbank, American biologist and botanists (d. 1926) was born. |
1872 | Piet Mondrian, Dutch templates (d. 1944) was born. |
1875 | Maurice Ravel, French composer (d. 1937) was born. |
1876 | Alexander Graham Bell get a patent on an invention he calls the "phone". |
1904 | Ivar Ballangrud, Norwegian skater (d. 1969) was born. |
1904 | Reinhard Heydrich, German officer SS (d. 1942) was born. |
1908 | Anna Magnani, Italian actress (d. 1973) was born. |
1911 | Revolution breaks out in Mexico. |
1912 | Roald Amundsen announces that his expedition reached the South Pole, although they had actually reached the Pole on 14 December 1911. |
1918 | First World War: Finland allied with Germany. |
1936 | World War II: Germany occupies the Rhineland and violates both Locarnopakten and the Treaty of Versailles. |