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{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[275]] &ndash; In [[Rome]], the [[Roman Senate|Senate]] proclaims [[Marcus Claudius Tacitus]] Roman Emperor. * [[303]] &ndash; On a voyage preaching the [[gospel]], [[Saint Fermin]] of [[Pamplona]] is [[Execution|beheaded]] in [[Amiens]], northern [[France]]. * [[1066]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Stamford Bridge]] marks the end of the [[Viking]] invasions of [[England]]. * [[1237]] &ndash; [[Scotland]] and [[England]] sign the [[Treaty of York]], marking their common border. * [[1396]] &ndash; [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman Sultan]] [[Bayezid I]] defeats a Christian army at the [[Battle of Nicopolis]]. * [[1493]] &ndash; From [[Cadiz]], [[Spain]], [[Christopher Columbus]] sets sail on his second voyage. * [[1513]] &ndash; Spanish explorers become the first [[Europe]]ans to sight the [[Pacific Ocean]]. * [[1621]] &ndash; [[Sweden|Swedish]] troops take [[Riga]] in the Polish–Swedish [[War]]. * [[1775]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Ethan Allen]] surrenders to British forces after attempting to capture [[Montreal]] during the [[Battle of Longue-Pointe]]. [[Benedict Arnold]] and his expeditionary company set off from Fort Western, bound for [[Quebec City]]. * [[1789]] &ndash; The [[United States Congress]] passes twelve amendments (changes) to the [[United States]] [[Constitution]]. * [[1790]] &ndash; [[Peking opera]] begins, to celebrate the birthday of [[Qianlong Emperor]] of [[China]]. * [[1804]] &ndash; The Teton [[Sioux]] (a subdivision of the [[Lakota]]) demand one of the boats from the [[Meriwether Lewis|Lewis]] and [[William Clark|Clark]] expedition as a toll for moving further up[[river]]. * [[1846]] &ndash; [[Mexican-American War]]: US forces under [[Zachary Taylor]] capture [[Monterrey]], [[Mexico]]. * [[1868]] &ndash; The [[Empire|Imperial]] [[Russia]]n [[steam]] frigate ''Alexander Neuski'' is shipwrecked off [[Jutland]] while carrying [[Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia]]. * [[1890]] &ndash; [[Sequoia National Park]] in [[California]]