A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History

• Berengar I is elected as king of Italy by the lords of Lombardy. He is crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy at Pavia.
• Battle of Westbroek: An army of 4,000 to 5,000 soldiers raised by David of Burgundy, Bishop of Utrecht, attacks an armed mob of people from nearby Utrecht who were trying to avenge the massacre of the inhabitants of Westbroek.
• Second Battle of Anandpur: In the Second Battle of Anandpur, Aurangzeb's two generals, Wazir Khan and Zaberdast Khan executed two children of Guru Gobind Singh, Zorawar Singh aged eight and Fateh Singh aged five, by burying them alive into a wall.
• American Revolutionary War: In the Battle of Trenton, the Continental Army attacks and successfully defeats a garrison of Hessian forces.
• Louis XVI of France gives his public assent to Civil Constitution of the Clergy during the French Revolution.
• Henry Lee III's eulogy to George Washington in congress declares him as "first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen".
• Austria and France sign the Treaty of Pressburg.
• Battles of Pultusk and Golymin: Russian forces hold French forces under Napoleon.
• Advocates of liberalism in Russia rise up against Czar Nicholas I in the Decembrist revolt, but are later suppressed.
• First Rules derby is held between Sheffield F.C. and Hallam F.C., the oldest football fixture in the world.

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• A temple to Sol Invictus is dedicated in Rome by Emperor Aurelian.
• First documentary sign of Christmas celebration in Rome.
• The foundation of the Kingdom of Hungary: Hungary is established as a Christian kingdom by Stephen I of Hungary.
• Sweyn Forkbeard takes control of the Danelaw and is proclaimed king of England.
• Coronation of Mieszko II Lambert as king of Poland.
• Henry III is crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Clement II.
• William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy is crowned king of England, at Westminster Abbey, London.
• Coronation of Bolesław II the Generous as king of Poland.

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• Pope John IV is elected, several months after his predecessor's death.
• The capital of the crusader County of Edessa falls to Imad ad-Din Zengi, the atabeg of Mosul and Aleppo.
• Pope Boniface VIII is elected, replacing St. Celestine V, who had resigned.
• The Plot of the rue Saint-Nicaise fails to kill Napoleon Bonaparte.
• Representatives of the United Kingdom and the United States sign the Treaty of Ghent, ending the War of 1812.
• The first performance of "Silent Night" takes place in the church of St. Nikolaus in Oberndorf, Austria.
• The Eggnog Riot at the United States Military Academy begins that night, wrapping up the following morning.
• British acquired Labuan from the Sultanate of Brunei for Great Britain.
• The Greek Presidential Guard is established as the royal escort by King George I.

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• Chlothar I is crowned King of the Franks.
• Maya queen Yohl Ik'nal is crowned ruler of Palenque.
• The Sack of Aleppo as part of the Arab-Byzantine wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops storm the city of Aleppo.
• Arauco War: Governor of Chile Martín García Óñez de Loyola is killed in the Battle of Curalaba by Mapuches led by Pelantaru.
• As part of the Glorious Revolution, King James II of England flees from England to Paris, France after being deposed in favor of his son-in-law and nephew, William of Orange and his daughter Mary.
• George Washington resigns as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army at the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Maryland.
• The Battle of Savenay: A decisive defeat of the royalist counter-revolutionaries in War in the Vendée during the French Revolution.
• The novel Emma by Jane Austen is first published.
• First day of the Constantinople Conference which resulted in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.
• The opera Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck is first performed.

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• Vespasian is proclaimed Emperor of Rome; his predecessor, Vitellius, attempts to abdicate but is captured and killed at the Gemonian stairs.
• Damghan earthquake: An earthquake near the Persian city of Damghan kills an estimated 200,000 people, the sixth deadliest earthquake in recorded history.
• Luoyang, eastern capital of the Tang dynasty, is captured by rebel leader Huang Chao during the reign of Emperor Xizong.
• Three weeks after the death of King Henry I of England, Stephen of Blois claims the throne and is privately crowned King of England, beginning the English Anarchy.
• Pope Honorius III approves the Dominican Order through the papal bull of confirmation Religiosam vitam.
• The forces of the Catholic Monarchs, Ferdinand and Isabella, take control of Almería from the Nasrid ruler of Granada, Muhammad XIII.
• Nguyễn Huệ proclaims himself Emperor Quang Trung, in effect abolishing on his own the Lê dynasty.
• The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Alexander Suvorov and his Russian armies.
• The Embargo Act, forbidding trade with all foreign countries, is passed by the U.S. Congress at the urging of President Thomas Jefferson.
• Ludwig van Beethoven conducts and performs in concert at the Theater an der Wien, Vienna, with the premiere of his Fifth Symphony, Sixth Symphony, Fourth Piano Concerto and Choral Fantasy.

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• Pope Honorius II is consecrated, having been elected after the controversial dethroning of Pope Celestine II.
• After a siege of several weeks, the city of Weinsberg and its castle surrender to Conrad III of Germany.
• The city of Ryazan is sacked by the Mongol army of Batu Khan.
• The Battle of Linuesa is fought in the context of the Spanish Reconquista between the forces of the Emirate of Granada and the combined army of the Kingdom of Castile and of Jaén resulting in a Castilian victory.
• Battle of Curalaba: The revolting Mapuche, led by cacique Pelentaru, inflict a major defeat on Spanish troops in southern Chile.
• Plymouth Colony: William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims land on what is now known as Plymouth Rock in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
• The Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers commences business at its cooperative in Rochdale, England, starting the Cooperative movement.
• Challenger expedition: HMS Challenger, commanded by Captain George Nares, sails from Portsmouth, England.
• World premiere of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark.
• The Royal Canadian Dragoons and The Royal Canadian Regiment, the first Permanent Force cavalry and infantry regiments of the Canadian Army, are formed.

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• Richard I of England is captured and imprisoned by Leopold V of Austria on his way home to England after the Third Crusade.
• The Louisiana Purchase is completed at a ceremony in New Orleans.
• Peninsular War: The Siege of Zaragoza begins.
• HMS Clio under the command of Captain Onslow arrives at Port Egmont under orders to take possession of the Falkland Islands.
• South Carolina becomes the first state to attempt to secede from the United States.
• World War I: The last Australian troops are evacuated from Gallipoli.
• Cheka, the first Soviet secret police force, is founded.
• World War II: First battle of the American Volunteer Group, better known as the "Flying Tigers", in Kunming, China.
• World War II: Japanese air forces bomb Calcutta, India.

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• Henry II of England is crowned at Westminster Abbey.
• Pope Clement III is elected.
• Anne, Duchess of Brittany, is married to Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor by proxy.
• The Battle of Dreux takes place during the French Wars of Religion.
• The ships Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery depart England carrying settlers who founded, at Jamestown, Virginia, the first of the thirteen colonies that became the United States.
• Thomas Paine publishes one of a series of pamphlets in The Pennsylvania Journal entitled "The American Crisis".
• French Revolutionary Wars: Two British frigates under Commodore Horatio Nelson and two Spanish frigates under Commodore Don Jacobo Stuart engage in battle off the coast of Murcia.
• French parliament votes amnesty for all involved in scandalous army treason trial known as Dreyfus affair.
• Two hundred thirty-nine coal miners die in the Darr Mine Disaster in Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania.

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• Kublai Khan renames his empire "Yuan" (元 yuán), officially marking the start of the Yuan dynasty of Mongolia and China.
• Portuguese forces score a military victory over the Kingdom of Kongo at the Battle of Mbumbi in present-day Angola.
• New Jersey becomes the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
• The Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada abolishes the seigneurial system.
• US Secretary of State William Seward proclaims the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment, prohibiting slavery throughout the USA.
• The Al-Thani family become the rulers of the state of Qatar.
• Premiere performance of The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
• Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat sets the first officially recognized land speed record of 63.159 km/h (39.245 mph) in a Jeantaud electric car.
• World War I: The Battle of Verdun ends when the second French offensive pushes the Germans back two or three kilometres, causing them to cease their attacks.

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• Romanos I Lekapenos is crowned co-emperor of the underage Constantine VII.
• Sultan Nasir-u Din Mehmud's armies in Delhi are defeated by Timur.
• Cologne War: Forces under Ernest of Bavaria defeat troops under Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg at the Siege of Godesberg.
• Go-Yōzei becomes Emperor of Japan.
• War of the Quadruple Alliance: Great Britain declares war on Spain.

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