Carnation Revolution: A leftist military coup in Portugal overthrows the authoritarian-conservative Estado…
Carnation Revolution: A leftist military coup in Portugal overthrows the authoritarian-conservative Estado Novo regime.
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1961
Robert Noyce is granted a patent for an integrated circuit.
Robert Noyce is granted a patent for an integrated circuit.
1945
World War II: United States and Soviet reconnaissance troops meet in Torgau and Strehla along the River…
World War II: United States and Soviet reconnaissance troops meet in Torgau and Strehla along the River Elbe, cutting the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany in two. This would be later known as Elbe Day.
1849
The Governor General of Canada, Lord Elgin, signs the Rebellion Losses Bill, outraging Montreal's English…
The Governor General of Canada, Lord Elgin, signs the Rebellion Losses Bill, outraging Montreal's English population and triggering the Montreal Riots.
1214
Birth of Louis IX of France
Born: Louis IX of France (died 1270).
1074
Death of Herman I
Died: Herman I, Margrave of Baden.
775
The Battle of Bagrevand puts an end to an Armenian rebellion against the Abbasid Caliphate. Muslim control…
The Battle of Bagrevand puts an end to an Armenian rebellion against the Abbasid Caliphate. Muslim control over the South Caucasus is solidified and its Islamization begins, while several major Armenian nakharar families lose power and their remnants flee to the Byzantine Empire.
404 BCE
Admiral Lysander and King Pausanias of Sparta blockade Athens and bring the Peloponnesian War to a…
Admiral Lysander and King Pausanias of Sparta blockade Athens and bring the Peloponnesian War to a successful conclusion.
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