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{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[70]] &ndash; [[Siege of Jerusalem]]: [[Titus]], son of [[Vespasian]], storms the fortress of Antonia north of the [[Temple Mount]]. The Roman [[army]] is drawn into street fights with the [[Zealots]]. * [[1189]] &ndash; [[Richard I of England]] is invested as [[Duke]] of [[Normandy]]. * [[1304]] &ndash; [[Wars of Scottish Independence]]: King [[Edward I of England]] takes control of [[Stirling Castle]]. * [[1402]] &ndash; [[Ottoman-Timurid Wars]]: [[Battle of Ankara]] – [[Timur]], ruler of the [[Timurid Empire]], defeats the forces of [[Ottoman Empire]] [[Sultan]], [[Bayezid I]]. * [[1592]] &ndash; [[Japan]]ese forces under [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] capture [[Pyongyang]] during their invasion of [[Korea]], but ultimately fail to hold on to it. * [[1738]] &ndash; Canadian explorer [[Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de la Vérendrye]] reaches the western shore of [[Lake Michigan]]. * [[1799]] &ndash; [[Tekle Giyorgis I]] starts the first of his five reigns as [[Emperor]] of [[Ethiopia]]. * [[1807]] &ndash; [[Nicéphore Niépce]] is given a [[patent]] by [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] for the [[Pyreolophore]], the first internal combustion [[engine]]. * [[1810]] &ndash; Citizens of Bogota, [[New Granada]] (in present–day [[Colombia]]), declare independence from [[Spain]]. * [[1864]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle of Peachtree Creek]]. * [[1866]] &ndash; [[Austro-Prussian War]]: [[Battle of Lissa]] – The [[Austria]]n [[Navy]], led by [[Wilhelm von Tegetthof]], defeats the [[Italy|Italian]] [[Navy]] near the [[island]] of [[Vis]] in the [[Adriatic Sea]]. * [[1871]] &ndash; [[British Columbia]] joins the [[Confederation]] of [[Canada]]. * [[1885]] &ndash; The English [[Football Association]] allows professionalism in [[association football]]. * [[1898]] &ndash; [[Spanish-American War]]: A boiler explodes on the USS ''Iowa'', off the coast of [[Santiago de Cuba]]. === 1901 &ndash; 2000 === * [[1903]] &ndash; The [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] Motor company ships its fir