1533 | Frederick I, Danish-Norwegian king (f. 1471) died. |
1755 | Samuel Friedrich Christian Hahnemann, German physician (d. 1843) was born. |
1807 | Anna Amalie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, German composer and Duchess (b. 1739) died. |
1813 | Joseph Louis Lagrange, French mathematician (b. 1736) died. |
1815 | Mount Tambora erupts and covers several islands in Indonesia with ashes. |
1829 | William Booth, the Salvation Army founder (d. 1912) was born. |
1912 | RMS "Titanic" leave the dock in Southampton, England. |
1913 | Stefan Heym, German writer and politician (d. 2001) was born. |
1916 | Professional Golfers Association of America (PGA) is founded in New York. |
1919 | Emiliano Zapata, Mexican revolutionary (b. 1879) died. |
1926 | Bryne FK is established. |
1929 | Max von Sydow, Swedish actor was born. |
1935 | Percival Patterson, Jamaican president was born. |
1938 | Édouard Daladier becomes Prime Minister of France. |
1940 | World War II: Battle of Midtskogen farm. |
1941 | Croatia declare their autonomy under a fascist Ustasa regime. |
1946 | Erling Kittelsen, Norwegian poet, playwright and author was born. |
1953 | Motor chopper "Judith", interest in the sinking of the British trawler "Barnett" in Magerøy strait in Finnmark. 1 killed. . |
1954 | Auguste Lumière French inventor (b. 1862), died. |
1954 | Oscar Mathisen, Norwegian skater (b. 1888) died. |