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{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[450]] &ndash; [[Pulcheria]] becomes Empress of the [[Byzantine Empire]] after her brother [[Theodosius II]] is killed during a hunting accident. * [[1248]] &ndash; The [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[city]] of [[Ommen]] receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III, [[Archbishop]] of [[Diocese of Utrecht|Utrecht]]. * [[1537]] &ndash; The Honourable Artillery Company, the oldest surviving [[regiment]] in the British [[Army]], and second most senior, is founded. * [[1580]] &ndash; [[Battle of Alcantara]]: [[Spain]] defeats [[Portugal]]. * [[1609]] &ndash; [[Galileo Galilei]] demonstrates his first [[telescope]] to [[Venice|Venetian]] [[law]]makers. * [[1718]] &ndash; [[New Orleans]] is founded by French settlers. * [[1758]] &ndash; [[Seven Years' War]]: [[Frederick II of Prussia]] defeats the [[Russia]]n [[Army]] at the [[Battle of Zorndorf]]. * [[1768]] &ndash; [[James Cook]] begins his first voyage. * [[1778]] &ndash; [[Triglav]] in the Julian [[Alps]], which is [[Slovenia]]'s highest peak, is successfully climbed for the first time, by Lovrenc Willomitzer. * [[1810]] &ndash; [[United Kingdom|Briton]] [[Paul Durand]] receives a [[patent]] for the [[tin can]]. * [[1825]] &ndash; [[Uruguay]] declares independence from [[Brazil]]. * [[1830]] &ndash; The [[Belgium|Belgian]] [[Revolution]] begins. * [[1835]] &ndash; The [[New York Sun]] carries out the [[Great Moon Hoax]]. * [[1844]] &ndash; [[Australia]]'s first [[synagogue]] is started in [[Melbourne]]. * [[1856]] &ndash; The [[Teatro Solis]] [[theatre]] opens in [[Montevideo]], [[Uruguay]]. * [[1861]] &ndash; The Clayton [[Tunnel]] [[train]] crash in the [[UK]] kills 23 people and injures 176. * [[1875]] &ndash; [[Captain]] [[Matthew Webb]] becomes the first person to successfully swim across the [[English Channel]], from [[Dover]], [[England]], [[UK]] to [[Calais]], [[France]]. * [[1894]] &ndash; [[Kitasato Shibasaburo]] discovers the infectious agent of the [[bubonic plague]]. * [[1898]] &ndash; 700