Born
| 1191 | | Grand Prince Yaroslav II of Vladimir (1238-1246) | | 1405 | | Byzantine Emperor Constantine XI Palaiologos (1449-1453), kia - The Last Emperor | | 1960 | | Benigno Aquino III, President of the Philippines (2010-) | | 1487 | | Duke Ulrich of Württemberg (1498-1550) | | 412 | | St Proclus, Patriarch of Constantinople, d. c. 446 | | 1291 | | King Afonso IV of Portugal (1325-57) | | 1577 | | Beatrice Cenci, noblewoman, executed 1599 for murdering her rapist father | | 1712 | | Joseph de Montcalm, French general, KIA, Quebec, 1759 | | 1788 | | Robert Peel, Prime Minister of the UK, d. 1850 | | 1811 | | Edwin Denison Morgan, Gov of NY, Maj Gen, US, d. 1883 | | 1817 | | Richard Stoddert Ewell, Lt Gen, C.S.A., d. 1872 | | 1820 | | William Tecumseh Sherman, d. 1891 | | 1824 | | Barnard Elliot Bee, Brig Gen, C.S.A., kia 1861 | | 1828 | | Jules Verne, visionary author ("20,000 Leagues Under the Sea", etc.), d. 1905 | | 1892 | | Fritz Todt, head of Hitler's construction service, d. at 50, air crash, this date in 1942 |
Died
| 1204 | | Emperor Alexius IV Angelus of Byzantium (1203-04), 22, murdered | | 1250 | | Fakhr ad-Din, Ayyubid commander, & Robert of Artois, Crusader leader, kia, Mansura | | 1296 | | King Przemys II of Poland (June 26, 1295- Feb 8, 1296), murdered at 38 | | 1529 | | Baldassare Castiglione, diplomat, soldier, "the finest gentleman in the world," b. 1478 | | 1587 | | Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-1567), beheaded by her cousin Elizabeth of England | | 1676 | | Alexei Mikhailovich Romanov, 44, the first Romanov Tsar (1636-1676) | | 1725 | | Tsar Peter I the Great of Russia (1682-1725), at 52 | | 1740 | | Pope Clement XII - Lorenzo Corsini - (1730-40), at 87 | | 1897 | | Premier Antonio Cánovas del Castillo of Spain, murdered at 69 | | 1921 | | Prince Peter Kropotkin, anarchist, at 78 | | 1932 | | Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll, 23, killed by the Dutch Schultz mob to protect the NYC DA | | 1959 | | William J. Donovan, MoH, of the Fighting 69th, OSS in WW II, at 76 | | 1963 | | Abdul Karim Kassem, PM of Iraq (1958-63), assassinated in Baghdad at 48 |
Event
| 421 | | Constantius III becomes Co-Roman Emperor in the West (Feb 8-Sep 2, 421), d. natural causes | | 1250 | | Battle of Mansura: Crusader crossbowmen defeat Mamluke cavalry, but lose to Baibars anyway | | 1676 | | Fyodor II Romanov becomes Tsar of Russia (1676-1682) | | 1690 | | French troops burn Indian settlement at Schenectady | | 1743 | | Battle of Campo Santa: Austrians block Spanish from reinforcing the French in northern Italy | | 1799 | | Cardinal Ruffo & 5,000 troops land in Calabria to free Naples from the French | | 1807 | | Battle of Eylau, Day 2: Napoleon defeats the Russo-Prussians | | 1849 | | Italian liberals proclaim a "Republic of Rome" | | 1862 | | Battle of Roanoke Is: US gains control of Pamlico Sound | | 1865 | | Martin Delany becomes first black major in the US Army: | | 1904 | | Japanese surprise attack on the Russian Fleet at Port Arthur, initiating the Russo-Japanese War | | 1918 | | "The Stars and Stripes" begins publication in France | | 1923 | | Nazi Party newspaper, "Volkischer Beobachter" becomes a daily | | 1942 | | Bataan: Philippine troops clear Japanese troops holding Quinauan Point. | | 1942 | | Celebes: Japanese land at Makassar. | | 1942 | | Malaya: Japanese begin crossing the Strait of Johore, land on Singapore Island. | | 1942 | | NY's Mayor La Guardia forms the paramilitary "City Patrol Corps" to improve wartime security | | 1943 | | Burma: Orde Wingate's Chindits begin raid against the Japanese | | 1943 | | Red Army liberates Kursk | | 1944 | | Burma: Stilwell reports a major Japanese offensive is imminent. | | 1945 | | Philippines: Japanese resistance in Manila stiffens. | | 1949 | | Communists give Hungarian Cardinal Mindszenty a life sentence | | 1955 | | USSR Premier Georgy Malenkov (1953-1955) is replaced by Nikolai Bulganin (1955-1958) | | 1968 | | State Troopers open fire on a civil rights demonstratioin at South Carolina State University Orangeburg, three students die | | 1974 | | Military coup is crushed in Upper Volta. |
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