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{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[55 BC]] &ndash; [[Julius Caesar]] attempts to conquer [[Great Britain|Britannia]]. * [[1071]] &ndash; [[Battle of Manzikert]]: Seljuk [[Turkey|Turks]] defeat the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine Army]] at Manzikert. * [[1278]] &ndash; [[Ladislaus IV of Hungary]] and [[Rudolph I of Germany]] defeat Premysl Ottokar I of [[Bohemia]] in the [[Battle of Marchfield]] near Durnkrut in then–[[Moravia]]. * [[1346]] &ndash; [[Cannon]]s are used for the first time in a [[Europe]]an battle, the [[Battle of Crecy]]. * [[1444]] &ndash; [[Battle of St. Jakob an der Birs]]: A vastly outnumbered forces of [[Switzerland|Swiss Confederates]] is defeated by Dauphin Louis (future King [[Louis IX of France]]) and his army near [[Basel]]. * [[1498]] &ndash; [[Michelangelo]] is commissioned to carve the Pieta. * [[1542]] &ndash; Spanish Conquistador [[Francisco de Orellana]] and his expedition reach the [[Amazon River|Amazon]] Delta. * [[1768]] &ndash; [[James Cook]] sets sail from [[England]] on the [[HMS Endeavour]]. * [[1789]] &ndash; The [[Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen]] is approved by the National Assembly at the [[Palace of Versailles]]. * [[1791]] &ndash; [[John Fitch]] is granted a US [[patent]] for the [[steam]] [[boat]]. * [[1810]] &ndash; Former viceroy [[Santiago de Liniers]] of the [[Viceroyalty]] of [[Rio de la Plata]] is executed after the defeat of his counter–[[revolution]]. * [[1813]] &ndash; [[War of the Sixth Coalition]]: An impromptu [[battle]] takes place when [[France|French]] and [[Russia]]n–[[Prussia]]n forces accidentally run into each other near what is now [[Legnica]], [[Poland]]. * [[1814]] &ndash; [[Chilean War of Independence]]: Infighting between rebel forces of [[José Miguel Carrera]] and [[Bernardo O'Higgins]] erupts in the [[Battle of Las Tres Acequias]]. * [[1821]] &ndash; The [[University of Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]], is founded. * [[1865]] &ndash; A [[monument]] to [[Albert, Prince Consort]] is unveiled in [[Coburg]], [[