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{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[42 BC]] &ndash; Roman civil wars: [[Battle of Philippi|Second Battle of Philippi]] – [[Mark Antony]] and [[Augustus|Octavian]] defeat the [[army]] of [[Marcus Junius Brutus]], who commits suicide shortly after. * [[425]] &ndash; [[Valentinian III]] becomes Roman Emperor, at the age of 6. * [[1086]] &ndash; [[Battle of az-Zallaqah]]: The [[army]] of [[Yusuf ibn Tashfa]] defeats forces of King [[Alfonso VI of Castile]]. * [[1157]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Grathe-Heath]] ends the civil war in [[Denmark]]. King [[Sweyn III]] is killed and [[Valdemar I of Denmark]] takes over. * [[1295]] &ndash; [[Scotland]] and [[France]] sign the first treaty of the '[[Auld Alliance]]' in [[Paris]], against [[England]]. * [[1520]] &ndash; [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor]] is crowned in [[Aachen]]. * [[1642]] &ndash; [[English Civil War]]: The [[Battle of Edgehill]] * [[1707]] &ndash; The first [[parliament]] of [[Great Britain]] meets. * [[1739]] &ndash; [[War of Jenkins' Ear]]: British Prime Minister [[Robert Walpole]] reluctantly declares war on [[Spain]]. * [[1812]] &ndash; [[Charles Francois de Malet]], a French general, begins a conspiracy to overthrow then-Emperor [[Napoleon Bonaparte]], by falsely claiming that he (Napoleon) had died in his attempt to conquer [[Russia]]. * [[1850]] &ndash; The first National [[Women's Rights]] Convention begins in [[Worcester, Massachusetts]]. * [[1864]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: Union forces defeat the Confederates in the [[Battle of Westport]]. * [[1870]] &ndash; [[Franco-Prussian War]]: The [[Siege of Metz]] concludes with a decisive [[Prussia]]n victory. === 1901 &ndash; 2000 === * [[1906]] &ndash; [[Alberto Santos-Dumont]] flies an [[aircraft]] in the first heavier-than-air flight, in [[Paris]]. * [[1912]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Kumanovo]] between [[Russia]]n and [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] forces begins. * [[1915]] &ndash; 25,000 to 33,000 women march on [[Fifth Avenue]] in [[New York City]] to advocate their right to [[vo