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{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[8]] &ndash; [[Roman Empire|Roman]] general [[Tiberius]] defeats [[Dalmatae]] on the River Balthinus. * [[435]] &ndash; Deposed [[Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople]], [[Nestorius]], considered the founder of [[Nestorianism]], is [[exile]]d by Roman Emperor [[Theodosius II]] to a [[monastery]] in [[Egypt]]. * [[881]] &ndash; [[Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu]]: King [[Louis III of France]] defeats the [[Viking]]s. * [[1031]] &ndash; [[Olaf II of Norway]] is made a saint, by Grimtekel, the [[England|English]] [[bishop]] of Selsey. * [[1492]] &ndash; [[Christopher Columbus]] sets sail for the voyage that took him to the [[Caribbean]]. * [[1492]] &ndash; All Jews in [[Spain]] are expelled by the country's [[Catholic Monarchs]]. * [[1527]] &ndash; The first known [[Letter (message)|letter]] from [[North America]] is sent from [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's, Newfoundland]]. * [[1601]] &ndash; [[Long War]]: [[Austria]] captures [[Transylvania]] in the [[Battle of Gorozso]]. * [[1645]] &ndash; [[Thirty Years' War]]: [[Second Battle of Nordlingen]]. * [[1678]] &ndash; Robert LaSalle builds the ''Le Griffon'', the first known [[ship]] built on the [[Great Lakes]]. * [[1778]] &ndash; The [[La Scala]] theater in [[Milan]] is opened. * [[1783]] &ndash; In [[Japan]], [[Mount Asama]] erupts, killing around 1,000 people. * [[1787]] &ndash; Mesaurements by [[Geneva]]'s Horace–Benedict de Saussure conclude that [[Mont Blanc]] is the highest [[mountain]] in the [[Alps]]. * [[1811]] &ndash; First ascent of the [[Jungfrau]], in the [[Switzerland|Swiss]] [[Alps]] by Johann Rudolf and Hieronymus Meyer. * [[1818]] &ndash; The [[Russia]]n Rurik expedition ends after 3 years, led by Adelbert von Chamisso. * [[1852]] &ndash; The first [[boat]] [[racing|race]] between [[Harvard University]] and [[Yale University]] is held. Harvard wins. * [[1858]] &ndash; John Hanning Speke becomes the first known [[Europe]]an to reach [[Lake Victoria]] in [[Africa]]'s Great Rift