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Historical Events
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1457-05-09 BC - Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC) between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Kadesh. It is the first battle to have been recorded in what is accepted as relatively reliable detail.
0781-06-04 BC - The first historic solar eclipse is recorded in China.
0763-06-15 BC - Assyrians record a solar eclipse that will be used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history.
0240-03-30 BC - 1st recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.
0066-01-26 - 5th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
0141-03-20 - 6th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
0180-07-17 - Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa are executed for being Christians. This is the earliest record of Christianity in that part of the world.
0218-05-17 - 7th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
0295-04-20 - 8th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
0311-04-30 - Emperor Galerius legal recognizes Christians in the Roman Empire
0374-02-16 - 9th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
0451-06-24 - 10th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
0512-06-29 - A solar eclipse is recorded by a monastic chronicler in Ireland.
0607-03-13 - 12th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
0760-05-22 - 14th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
0781-07-31 - The oldest recorded eruption of Mt. Fuji (Traditional Japanese date: July 6, 781).
0787-10-23 - Byzantine empress Irene recovers Iconclastic cult at Nicaea
0837-02-27 - 15th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
0879-05-21 - Pope John VIII gives blessings to duke Branimir and to Croatian people, considered to be international recognition of Croatian state.
0921-11-07 - Treaty of Bonn: East France & West France recognize each other
0962-12-23 - Byzantine-Arab Wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops stormed the city of Aleppo, recovering the tattered tunic of John the Baptist.
1066-03-23 - 18th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
1135-12-22 - Norman nobles recognize Stefanus van Blois as English king
1143-10-05 - The king Alfonso VII of Leon recognises Portugal as a Kingdom.
1145-04-22 - 19th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
1291-05-10 - Scottish nobles recognize authority of English king Edward I
1291-06-17 - Akko reconquered after 200 years by French crusaders, & destroyed
1309-07-26 - Henry VII is recognized King of the Romans by Pope Clement V.
1328-05-01 - Wars of Scottish Independence end: Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton - the Kingdom of England recognises the Kingdom of Scotland as an independent state.
1333-11-04 - Flood of the Arno River, causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani.
1342-06-22 - Bilbo Baggins returns to his home at Bag End, (Shire Reconning)
1456-06-09 - 23rd recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
1461-03-04 - Battle at Towton: Duke Edward of York beats English queen Margaretha Edward IV recognized as king of England
1479-09-04 - King Alfonso I of Portugal recognizes Isabella as queen of Castile
1485-06-28 - Gent/Brugge/Ieper recognize Maximilian of Austria as regent of Neth
1492-11-15 - Christopher Columbus notes 1st recorded reference to tobacco
1495-06-01 - 1st written record of Scotch Whiskey appears in Exchequer Rolls of Scotland, Friar John Cor is the distiller
1497-02-25 - Italians troops reconquer Taranto on France
1497-03-09 - Nicolaus Copernicus 1st recorded astronomical observation
1500-01-05 - Duke Ludovico Sforza's troops reconquer Milan
1516-08-13 - The Treaty of Noyon between France and Spain is signed. Francis recognises Charles's claim to Naples, and Charles recognises Francis's claim to Milan.
1531-02-11 - Henry VIII recognized as supreme head of Church in England
1534-03-23 - Aragonese legal code formally recognised
1540-02-09 - The 1st recorded race meet in England (Roodee Fields, Chester)
1540-07-23 - Turkey recognizes Janos Sigismund Zapolyai as vassal-king of Hungary
1540-09-27 - Pope Paul III recognizes Society of Jesus/Order of the Jesuits
1541-03-18 - Hernan de Soto observes 1st recorded flood in America (Mississippi R)
1544-05-23 - German emperor Charles V recognizes king Christian III of Denmark
1551-07-19 - Treaty of Karlsburg: arch duke Ferdinand of Austria recognized as king of Hungary/Transsylvania
1554-11-30 - England reconciles with Pope Julius III
1555-10-21 - English parliament refuses to recognize Philip of Spain as king
1562-01-17 - Edict of St Germain recognizes Huguenots in France
1569-01-11 - 1st recorded lottery in England is drawn in St Paul's Cathedral
1572-07-18 - Willem van Orange recognized as viceroy of Holland/Friesland/Utrecht
1578-08-13 - Duke French van Anjou recognized as protector of Netherlands
1579-05-17 - Artois/Henegouwen/French-Flanders sign Treaty/Peace of Parma recognizing Spanish duke van Parma as land guardian
1581-07-24 - States of Holland/Zealand recognized by Willem van Orange
1591-09-21 - French bishops recognize Henri IV as king of France
1594-06-11 - Philip II recognized the rights and privileges of the local nobles and chieftains in the Philippines, which paves way to the creation of the Principalía (i.e., elite ruling class of native nobility in Spanish Philippines).
1595-09-17 - Pope Clemens VIII recognizes Henri IV as king of France
1600-02-19 - The Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina explodes in the most violent eruption in the recorded history of South America.
1613-01-29 - Galileo observes Neptune but fails to recognize what he sees
1615-06-02 - First Récollet missionaries arrive at Quebec City, from Rouen, France.
1635-08-15 - 1st recorded US hurricane hit the Plymouth Colony
1636-12-13 - The Massachusetts Bay Colony organizes three militia regiments to defend the colony against the Pequot Indians. This organization is recognized today as the founding of the United States National Guard.
1638-06-01 - 1st earthquake recorded in US, at Plymouth, Mass
1638-06-25 - Lunar eclipse is 1st astronomical event recorded in US
1639-11-24 - 1st observation of transit of Venus occured (only 2, record event)
1641-12-01 - Mass becomes 1st colony to give statutory recognition to slavery
1643-07-05 - 1st recorded tornado in US (Essex County, Massachusetts)
1648-10-24 - Switzerland's independence recognized
1657-09-24 - 1st autopsy & coroner's jury verdict is recorded in state of Maryland
1667-08-27 - Earliest recorded hurricane in US (Jamestown Virginia)
1668-02-13 - Treaty of Lisbon: Spain recognizes Portugal
1669-05-31 - Citing poor eyesight, Samuel Pepys records the last event in his diary.
1672-06-25 - 1st recorded monthly Quaker meeting in US held, Sandwich, Mass
1672-09-06 - Willem III's troops reconquer Naarden on France
1673-02-20 - 1st recorded wine auction held (London)
1674-02-09 - English reconquer NY from Netherlands
1681-01-06 - 1st recorded boxing match (Duke of Albemarle's butler vs his butcher)
1700-01-26 - The magnitude 9 Cascadia Earthquake took place off the west coast of the North America, as evidenced by Japanese records.
1703-02-04 - In Edo (now Tokyo), 46 of the Forty-Seven Ronin commit seppuku (ritual suicide) as recompense for avenging their master's death.
1703-11-25 - The Great Storm of 1703, the greatest windstorm ever recorded in the southern part of Great Britain, reaches its peak intensity which it maintains through November 27. Winds gust up to 120 mph, and 9,000 people perish in the mighty gale.
1707-12-16 - Last recorded eruption of Mount Fuji in Japan.
1719-12-11 - 1st recorded display of Aurora Borealis in US (New England)
1743-08-10 - Earliest recorded prize fighting rules formulated
1759-03-13 - 27th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
1773-10-14 - The first recorded Ministry of Education, the Komisja Edukacji Narodowej (Polish for Commission of National Education), is formed in Poland.
1774-01-30 - Capt Cook reaches 71°10' south, 1820km from south pole (record)
1777-12-17 - France recognizes independence of English colonies in America
1778-02-06 - France recognizes US, signs treaty of aid in Paris; 1st US treaty
1778-08-26 - The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia.
1782-04-19 - Netherlands recognizes US
1782-04-19 - John Adams secured the Dutch Republic's recognition of the United States as an independent government and the house that he purchased in The Hague, Netherlands became the first American embassy.
1782-11-30 - Britain signs agreement recognizing US independence
1783-02-03 - Spain recognizes US independence
1783-02-05 - Sweden recognizes US independence
1786-10-15 - Earliest 32°F (0°C) recorded temp in NYC
1794-06-30 - Battle of Fort Recovery, Ohio
1804-04-05 - High Possil Meteorite: The first recorded meteorite in Scotland falls in Possil.
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 100 of 186
1290-09-22 - Bilbo Baggins, (in Shire Reconning)
1486-07-14 - Andrea del Sarto, Italy, painter (Recollets)
1688-06-10 - James III Edward, Old Pretender, recognized as King of Britain by Pope
1811-01-06 - Charles Sumner, leading Reconstruction senator, died in 1874
1815-08-29 - Anna Ella Carroll, US, civil war writer (Reconstruction)
1829-05-08 - Louis Moreau Gottschalk, 1st internationally recognized US pianist
1851-05-20 - Emile Berliner, Germany, inventor (flat phonograph record)
1855-01-28 - William Seward Burroughs, NY, inventor (recording adding machine)
1857-01-17 - Eugene Augustin Lauste, developer (1st sound-on-film recording)
1857-02-26 - Emile Coué, French pharmacist (recovery by auto suggestion)
1863-12-25 - Charles Pathé, French pioneer of film and record industries (d. 1957)
1872-04-25 - Charles Burgess Fry, cricketer/world record long jumper
1895-07-04 - Walderman Marx, cricketer (S Af, 240 on FC debut (then world record))
1901-04-14 - Alfred West, champion cyclist/record hair splitter (17 splits)
1906-12-02 - Peter Carl Goldmark, developed color TV & LP records
1910-08-05 - Nan Gindele, US javelin thrower (World Record 1932-38)
1911-02-12 - Stephen H. Sholes, American recording executive (d. 1968)
1911-04-05 - Goddard Lieberson, Hanley Staffordshire England, recording exec
1914-08-14 - Sydney Wooderson, miler (world record 1937)
1914-10-17 - John Mosely, recording expert/entrepreneur
1916-02-25 - Ralph Baldwin, harness driver (set 11 major world records)
1916-03-10 - Manuel A "Manny" Greenhill, record producer
1916-12-06 - Hugo Peretti, American songwriter and record producer (d. 1986)
1918-01-13 - Lester Sill, pioneer music publisher/record producer
1918-08-06 - Norman Granz, American record producer (d. 2001)
1919-09-15 - Fausto Coppi, Italian bicylist (world record 45,798 km)
1921-01-26 - Eddie Barclay, French producer (Barclay Records) (d. 2005)
1921-03-23 - Donald Malcome Campbell, Surrey UK, boat racer (1955 speed records)
1922-05-05 - Jay D Miller, record producer
1922-07-27 - Bob Thiele, record producer
1923-01-05 - Sam Phillips, musician/record founder (Sun)
1923-05-12 - Ewart G Abner, record company executive
1923-07-31 - Ahmet Ertegun, CEO (Atlantic Records)
1923-11-23 - Angelo John Novarese, record company founder
1924-11-02 - Rudy Van Gelder, American recording engineer
1925-03-11 - James Miskin, QC/recorder of London
1925-03-26 - Lord Hooson QC, crown court recorder
1925-08-12 - Norris McWhirter, author (Guinness Book of World Records)
1925-08-12 - Ross McWhirter, author (Guinness Book of World Records)
1925-10-20 - Tom Dowd, American recording engineer (d. 2002)
1926-01-03 - George Martin, record producer (The Beatles)
1927-10-10 - Clairmonte Depeiaza, cricketer (world record partnership v Aust 1955)
1928-05-23 - Nina Otkalenko, USSR, 800m runner (9 world records)
1928-09-27 - G H Martin, British keeper of Public Records
1929-04-05 - Joe Meek, English record producer
1929-11-28 - Berry Gordy Jr, Detroit, record company owner (Motown)
1931-01-22 - Galina Zybina, USSR, discus thrower (15 world records between 1952-58)
1931-01-31 - Christopher Chataway, British MP/athlete (world record 5k)
1932-01-26 - Coxsone Dodd, Jamaican record producer
1932-02-03 - Maria Itkina, USSR, sprinter (9 world records)
1932-04-04 - Clive Davis, American record producer
1934-02-05 - Hank Aaron, baseball player (record 755 HRs, 1957 NL MVP)
1934-04-05 - Tina Maria Stone, runner (1 year distance record of 15,472 miles)
1935-04-18 - Paul A Rothchild, record producer
1935-06-06 - Misja Mengelberg, Dutch jazz pianist/composer (Reconstruction)
1935-11-15 - Peter John Welding, record producer
1936-01-29 - James Jamerson, American bass guitarist for Motown Records (d. 1983)
1937-02-21 - Ron Clarke, Australia, runner (held 19 world records)
1937-03-26 - Wayne Embry, holder of 7 basketball records (Miami of Ohio)
1937-05-12 - Beryl Burton, UK, won record (7) women's cycling titles
1938-04-29 - Klaus Voormann, German musician, artist, and record producer
1938-07-03 - Shin Geum Dan, North Korea, 400m/800m runner (1962 world record)
1939-06-06 - Louis Andriessen, Dutch composer (Reconstruction)
1939-11-29 - Domenico Monardo, American record producer
1939-12-26 - [Harvey] Phil Spector, record producer (Wall of Sound)
1940-05-03 - Konrad "Conny" Plank, German record producer and musician
1940-12-23 - Eugene Record, US singer (Chi Lites-Give it Away)
1941-02-03 - Neil Bogart, American record executive (d. 1982)
1941-06-30 - Mike Leander Farr, record producer
1942-04-03 - Rick Sylvester, parachute ski jumper (world record 3,300')
1943-02-21 - David Geffin, Brooklyn NY, record producer (Geffin, Asylum)
1944-02-29 - David Briggs, record producer
1944-06-09 - 23 puppies, (record litter) born to Lena, a foxhound, Ambler Penn
1944-06-09 - record litter of 23 puppies is born to Lena, a foxhound, Ambler Penn
1944-12-17 - Ference Bene, Hungary, record 12 soccer goals (Olympic-gold-1964)
1945-09-29 - Sarah Tyacke, Keeper of British Public Records
1946-03-10 - Gaylord Birch, drummer (Reconstruction, Honey Dripper)
1947-01-12 - Tom Dempsey, NFL record-holder (longest field goal, 63 yards)
1947-08-16 - John Howard, (US), speed record (152.284 mph at Bonneville Flats, UT)
1948-01-03 - Manfred Kokot, East German runner (world record 50 m indoor)
1948-07-14 - Tommy Matola, rock manager/CEO (CBS records)
1949-07-10 - John Whitehead, American singer and record producer
1950-05-01 - Marina Stepanova, Russian hurdler (world record 1986)
1950-07-29 - Maricica Puica, Romania, 2K runner (world record)
1951-09-19 - Daniel Lanois, Canadian record producer
1952-01-18 - R. Stevie Moore, American singer, songwriter, and home recording pioneer
1952-02-29 - Raul Gonzalez, Mexican 50K speed walker (world record)
1952-06-28 - Pietro Mennea, Italian runner (200m world record)
1953-02-13 - Suleiman Nyambui, Tanzanian runner (world record 5k indoor)
1953-03-26 - Tatyana Providokhina, Russian 1K runner (world record)
1953-05-01 - Glen Ballard, American songwriter and record producer
1955-02-12 - Bill Laswell, American bassist and record producer
1956-07-15 - Toshihiko Seko, Japanese runner (world record 25/30 km)
1956-11-08 - Steven Miller, American record producer
1956-12-27 - Doina Melinte, Romanian running star (world record 1500 m/mile indoor)
1957-04-06 - Maurizio Damilano, Italian speed walker (30K World Record)
1957-06-09 - Elly van Holly, running star (3k indoor world record)
1957-11-27 - Kevin O'Connell, American sound re-recording mixer
1957-12-27 - James Sanford, US runner (world record 50m indoor)
1958-08-04 - Mary Decker Tabb Slaney, NJ, olympic track star (mile record 4:16.71)
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 73 of 73
1535-07-10 - Jacob Van Campen, Reconstruction bishop, beheaded
1868-08-11 - Thaddeus Stevens, architect of Radical Reconstruction, dies at 76
1906-04-08 - Auguste D, First recorded Alzheimer's victim (b. 1950)
1915-02-23 - Robert Smalls, Reconstruction congressman, dies at 75 in SC
1918-12-28 - George H White, last post Reconstruction congressman (Penn), dies
1921-12-21 - P B S Pinchback, major Reconstruction politician, dies at 84
1926-07-02 - Emile Coué, French pharmacist (recovery by auto suggestion), dies
1929-08-03 - Emil Berliner, German-born telephone and recording pioneer (b. 1851)
1930-06-13 - Henry Segrave, British racing driver who held land speed records and the water speed record (b. 1896)
1949-01-01 - Malcolm Campbell, English cyclist (world speed-record), dies at 63
1950-03-04 - Adam Rainer, the only man in recorded human history ever to have been both a dwarf and a giant (b. 1899)
1960-01-02 - Fausto Coppi, Italian, ran world record 45,798 km, dies at 40
1966-02-01 - Nicholas Piantanida, sets balloon flight record & dies in descent
1968-04-22 - Stephen H. Sholes, American recording executive (b. 1911)
1975-11-27 - Ross McWhirter, Guinness Book of Records keeper, murdered
1978-09-06 - Tom Wilson, American record producer (b. 1931)
1978-11-25 - Elaine Esposito, American woman who hold the record for longest coma (b. 1934)
1981-03-26 - Tim Wall, cricketer (SA v NSW 1933 is Sheffield Shield record), dies
1981-04-07 - Kit Lambert, British record producer and manager (The Who) (b. 1935)
1982-05-08 - Neil Bogart, American record executive (b. 1943)
1983-11-08 - Mordecai Kaplan, Rabbi, founded Reconstructionist Judaism (b. 1881)
1984-12-30 - Massa, oldest gorilla on record (b. 1930)
1985-11-13 - George Robert Vincent, American sound recording pioneer (b. 1898)
1986-05-01 - Hugo Peretti, American songwriter and record producer (b. 1916)
1986-09-07 - Ruth Polsky, record promoter, dies after being run over by a cab at 30
1986-10-19 - Moses Asch, record founder (Folkways), dies at 81
1986-12-17 - Ron Kass, record co pres (MGM), dies at 52 of cancer
1987-02-02 - Alfred Lion, record founder (Blue Note), dies at 78
1987-03-19 - Tony Stratton-Smith, journalist/record co CEO (Charisma), dies at 53
1987-12-18 - Conny Plank, German record producer and musician (b. 1940)
1988-03-10 - Glenn Cunningham, US world record miler, dies at 78
1989-04-15 - Nesuhi Ertegün, American record executive (b. 1917)
1989-11-06 - Dickie Goodman, creator of "break-in" records (b. 1934)
1991-04-09 - Martin Hannett, record producer (b. 1948)
1993-03-04 - Art Hodes, Russ/US jazz/blues pianist/editor (Jazz Record), dies
1994-09-12 - Major Bill Smith, record producer, dies at 72
1994-10-31 - Lester Sill, pioneer music publisher/record producer, dies at 76
1995-03-21 - Norman Schwartz, record Producer, dies at 66
1995-03-29 - Carl E Jefferson, record company owner, dies at 74
1995-03-30 - Paul A Rothchild, record producer, dies at 59
1995-10-10 - Jimmy Nash, record company owner, dies at 47
1995-10-10 - John Rodolph, wheelchair-race world record holder, hit by truck at 31
1995-11-02 - Florence Greenberg, record company founder, dies at 82
1995-11-15 - Kristian Lundin, record producer, dies at 22
1995-11-17 - Peter John Welding, record producer, dies at 60
1995-11-26 - David Briggs, record producer, dies at 51
1996-01-28 - John Mosely, recording expert/entrepreneur, dies at 81
1996-01-30 - Bob Thiele, record producer, dies at 73
1996-02-17 - Michael Raptis, writer/recolutionary, dies at 84
1996-03-23 - Jay D. Miller, record producer, dies at 73
1996-04-14 - Manuel A "Manny" Greenhill, record producer, dies at 80
1996-04-18 - Michael Leander Farr, record producer, dies at 55
1996-06-23 - Angelo John Novarese, record company founder, dies at 72
1997-10-08 - Brown Meggs, CEO (Capitol Records), dies of a brain hemorrhage at 66
1997-12-27 - Ewart G Abner Jr, president (Motown Records), dies at 74
1998-01-07 - Owen Bradley, American record producer (b. 1915)
1999-04-01 - Jesse Stone, American record producer (b. 1901)
1999-05-17 - Bruce Fairbairn, Canadian record producer and musician (b. 1949)
2000-08-25 - Jack Nitzsche, American record producer (b. 1937)
2002-10-27 - Tom Dowd, American recording engineer (b. 1925)
2003-05-30 - Mickie Most, English record producer (b. 1938)
2003-07-30 - Sam Phillips, American record producer (b. 1923)
2004-04-19 - Norris McWhirter, Scottish co-founder of the Guinness Book of Records (b. 1925)
2004-11-19 - Terry Melcher, American musician and record producer (b. 1942)
2005-05-13 - Eddie Barclay, French record producer (b. 1921)
2005-07-22 - Eugene Record American songwriter and singer (The Chi-Lites) (b. 1940)
2006-12-14 - Ahmet Ertegün, co-founder of Atlantic Records (b. 1923)
2007-07-23 - Ron Miller, American songwriter and record producer (b. 1933)
2008-03-24 - Neil Aspinall, British record producer (b. 1941)
2008-08-21 - Jerry Finn, American record producer (b. 1969)
2008-12-17 - Freddy Breck, German schlager singer, composer, record producer and news anchor (b. 1942)
2009-06-25 - Michael Jackson, American recording artist, entertainer and King of Pop music (The Jackson 5, Thriller, Dangerous) dies of cardiac arrest aged 50
2009-07-04 - Allen Klein, American record label executive (b. 1931)
