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{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[69]] &ndash; [[Vitellius]], commander of the Rhine armies, defeats Roman Emperor [[Otho]] in the [[Battle of Bedriacum]] and seizes the throne. * [[70]] &ndash; [[Siege of Jerusalem]]: [[Titus]], son of [[Emperor]] [[Vespasian]], surrounds the [[Judaism|Jewish]] capital, with four Roman legions. * [[193]] &ndash; [[Septimius Severus]] is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum ([[Balkan peninsula]]). * [[966]] &ndash; [[Mieszko I of Poland]] converts to [[Christianity]]. * [[1028]] &ndash; [[Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor]] is elected [[King of Germany]]. * [[1205]] &ndash; [[Battle of Adrianople]] between [[Bulgaria]]ns and [[Crusade]]rs. * [[1434]] &ndash; The foundation stone is laid for [[St. Peter and Paul Cathedral]] in [[Nantes]], [[France]]. * [[1471]] &ndash; [[House of York|Yorkists]] under [[Edward IV of England|Edward IV]] defeat [[House of Lancaster|Lancastrians]] under [[Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick]] at the [[Battle of Barnet]]. The Earl of Warwick is killed and Edward IV becomes King. * [[1775]] &ndash; The first [[abolition]] society in [[North America]] is founded. * [[1828]] &ndash; [[Noah Webster]] copyrights the first edition of his [[dictionary]]. * [[1849]] &ndash; [[Hungary]] declares independence, with [[Lajos Kossuth]] as regent. * [[1860]] &ndash; The first [[Pony Express]] rider reaches [[Sacramento]], [[California]]. * [[1862]] &ndash; [[Australian]] [[bushranger]] [[Ben Hall]] takes part in his first [[robbery]]. * [[1865]] &ndash; [[President of the United States|US President]] [[Abraham Lincoln]] is shot at Ford's Theatre by [[John Wilkes Booth]]. Lincoln dies the next day, of his injuries. * [[1865]] &ndash; [[United States Secretary of State]] [[William H. Seward]] is attacked in his home by [[Lewis Powell]]. * [[1890]] &ndash; The [[Pan-American Union]] is founded by the first International Conference of American States in [[Washington, DC]]. * [[1894]] &ndash; The first–ever commercial [[movie]] house o