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• 451 - Atilla, king of the Huns, invades Gaul, but is defeated by Aetius with the help of Roman Foederati in the Battle of Chalons
• 1378 - Papal Schism: Unhappy with the behavior of Pope Urban VI, a group of cardinals meet at Fondi and elect Pope Clement VII, who becomes an Antipope in AvignonThis article is about the city in France, for the Municipality in Quebec, see Avignon Regional County Municipality, Quebec. Avignon (pronounced [avin^O~] in SAMPA, Provencal: Avignoun is a commune in southern France with some 88,300 inhabitants in the cit, FranceThe French Republic or France ( French: Republique francaise or France is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents..
• 1519Events March 4 Hernan Cortes lands in Mexico. June 28 Charles I of Spain becomes Emperor of Holy Roman Empire as Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (ruled until 1556). September 20 Ferdinand Magellan leaves Europe to circumnavigate the world. November 8 Hernan - Ferdinand MagellanFerdinand Magellan (Spring 1480 April 27, 1521; Portuguese: Fernao de Magalhaes Spanish: Fernando de Magallanes was a Portuguese sea explorer who sailed for Spain. He was the first to sail from Europe westwards to Asia, the first European to sail the Paci begins his voyage around the world.
• 1565Events March 1 the city of Rio de Janeiro is founded April 27 Cebu City is established becoming the first Spanish settlement in the Philippines. August 28 St. Augustine, Florida (named after St. Augustine), established. It is the oldest remaining European - SpaniardsThe Kingdom of Spain is a country located in the southwest of Europe. It shares the Iberian Peninsula with Portugal, Gibraltar and Andorra. To the northeast, along the Pyrenees mountain range, it borders France and the tiny principality of Andorra. It inc capture FrenchThe French Republic or France ( French: Republique francaise or France is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. Fort CarolineFort Caroline was the first permanent French colony in North America, located near present-day Jacksonville, Florida. A Huguenot exploratory group led by French naval officer Jean Ribault had landed at the site on the River of May (now the St. Johns River, near present-day Jacksonville, FloridaJacksonville redirects here. Alternate meanings: Jacksonville (disambiguation Jacksonville is a city located in Duval County, Florida, USA. It is the county seat of Duval County 6. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 735,617. Geograp
• 1596 - Diego de Montemayor founded the city of Monterrey, Mexico.
• 1643 - English Civil War: Battle of Newbury - Parliamentarian Robert Devereux, the Earl of Essex defeats a Royalist army commanded by Charles I of England at Newbury, Berkshire.
• 1644 - Shunzhi Emperor of China moved the capital city from Shenyang to Beijing.
• 1697 - Treaty of Ryswick is signed, ending the War of the Grand Alliance.
• 1792 - Battle of Valmy - France defeats Prussia
• 1797 - The USS Constitution is launched in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1850 - Slave trading is abolished in the District of Columbia
• 1854 - Battle of Alma - British and French troops defeat Russians in the Crimea
• 1860 - The Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII of the United Kingdom) visits the United States
• 1863 - Battle of Chickamauga ends
• 1870 - Bersaglieri corps enters Rome at Porta Pia and completes the unification of Italy
• 1881 - Chester A. Arthur is inaugurated as the 21st President of the United States.
• 1937 - Spanish Civil War: Peña Blanca is taken; the end of the Battle of El Mazuco .
• 1946 - First Cannes Film Festival
• 1954 - First program compiled from FORTRAN runs
• 1962 - James Meredith, an African-American, is barred from entering the University of Mississippi
• 1973 - Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in battle-of-sexes tennis match
• 1979 - Lee Iacocca elected president of the Chrysler Corporation
• 1979 - Coup in Central African Empire overthrows Emperor Bokasa I
• 1981 - Coup in Central African Republic overthrows President David Dacko
• 1984 - Suicide bomber in a car attacks the United States embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing twelve people
• 1998 - After playing 2,632 consecutive games for the Baltimore Orioles, baseball player Cal Ripken, Jr takes a day off.
• 2003 - Referendum in Latvia over the joining of the European Union