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{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[331 BC]] &ndash; [[Alexander the Great]] crosses the [[Tigris]] on his way to conquering the [[Persia]]ns. * [[1058]] &ndash; [[Agnes de Poitou]] and [[Andrew I of Hungary]] meet to talk about the [[border]] zone in present–day [[Burgenland]]. * [[1187]] &ndash; [[Saladin]] begins the [[Siege of Jerusalem]]. * [[1260]] &ndash; The Great [[Prussia]]n Uprising among the old [[Prussia]]ns begins against the [[Teutonic Knights]]. * [[1459]] &ndash; First documented mention of [[Bucharest]]. * [[1498]] &ndash; An [[earthquake]] and [[tsunami]] washes away the [[building]] housing the [[Great Buddha]] at Kotoku–in in Kamagura, [[Kanagawa]], [[Japan]]. Since then, the [[Buddha]] statue has sat in open–air. * [[1519]] &ndash; [[Ferdinand Magellan]] sets sail from [[Spain]] with 270 crew members, of whom only 18 return home in [[1522]]. Magellan is killed in the [[Philippines]] in [[1521]]. * [[1596]] &ndash; [[Diego de Montemayor]] founds the city of [[Monterrey]], [[Mexico]]. * [[1697]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Rijswijk]] is signed by [[France]], [[England]], [[Spain]] and the [[Holy Roman Empire]], ending the [[Nine Years' War]]. * [[1848]] &ndash; The [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]] is created. * [[1854]] &ndash; [[Crimean War]]: British and French troops defeat the [[Russia]]ns in the [[Battle]] of Alma. * [[1859]] &ndash; For the electric [[oven]], American [[George B. Simpson]] is given a US [[patent]]. * [[1860]] &ndash; Future King [[Edward VII of the United Kingdom]] (then the [[Prince of Wales]]), visits the [[United States]]. * [[1863]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The [[Battle of Chickamauga]] ends in [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] victory. * [[1870]] &ndash; The Unification of [[Italy]] is completed. * [[1881]] &ndash; [[Chester A. Arthur]] is inaugurated as the 21st [[President of the United States]]. This is after the death of [[James Garfield]] the previous day, as a result of injuries from being shot on [[J