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• 27 BC - Octavian Caesar given the title Augustus by the Roman Senate.
• 1362 - One of the North Sea's greatest stormtides ever destroys the island of Strand with the city of Rungholt.
• 1547 - Ivan the Terrible becomes Tsar of Russia.
• 1556 - Philip II becomes King of SpainThe 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.
• 1572Events January 16 The Duke of Norfolk is tried for treason for his part in the Ridolfi plot to restore Catholicism in England. April 1 The Sea Beggars, Netherlandish Calvinist rebels, capture the port city of Brielle. This leads to a wave of uprisings in - The Duke of NorfolkThe Duke of Norfolk is the Premier Duke in the peerage of England, and also, as Earl of Arundel, the Premier Earl. He also holds the hereditary position of Earl Marshal, which has the duty of organizing state openings of parliament. For the last five cent is tried for treason for his part in the Ridolfi plotThe Ridolfi plot was a Roman Catholic plot of 1570 to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I of England and replace her with Mary I of Scotland. The conspirators were led by Roberto di Ridolfo, who, posing as an international banker, was able to travel between Bru to restore CatholicismThis article considers Catholicism in the broadest ecclesiastical sense. See Catholicism (disambiguation) for alternative meanings Catholicism has two main ecclesiastical meanings, described in Webster's Dictionary as: a) "the whole orthodox Christian chu in EnglandEngland is the largest, the most populous, and the most densely populated of the four " Home Nations" which make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK). Occupying the south-eastern portion of the island of Great Britain, England.
• 1581Events January 16 English Parliament outlaws Roman Catholicism April 4 Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. The Northern Netherlands proclaim their independence from Spain in the Oath of Abjuration. They - EnglishEngland is the largest, the most populous, and the most densely populated of the four " Home Nations" which make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK). Occupying the south-eastern portion of the island of Great Britain, England ParliamentAlternative meanings: Parliamentary system, Parliament (band), Parliament (cigarette). A parliament is a legislative body, especially in those countries whose system of government is based on the Westminster system derived from that of the United Kingdom. outlaws Roman Catholicism.
• 1761 - British capture Pondicherry, India from the French.
• 1777 - Vermont declares its independence from New York.
• 1780 - American Revolution: Battle of Cape St. Vincent.
• 1795 - French occupy Utrecht, Netherlands.
• 1809 - Peninsular War: The British defeat the French at the Battle of Corunna.
• 1847 - John C. Fremont is appointed Governor of the new California Territory.
• 1883 - The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States Civil service, is passed.
• 1900 - The United States Senate accepts the Anglo- German treaty of 1899 in which the United Kingdom renounced its claims to the Samoan islands.
• 1909 - Ernest Shackleton's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole.
• 1919 - The 18th Amendment, authorizing Prohibition, is passed by the US Congress. It goes into effect one year later, on 16 January 1920.
• 1938 - Benny Goodman plays Carnegie Hall.
• 1945 - Adolf Hitler moves into his underground bunker, the so-called Führerbunker.
• 1956 - President Gamal Abdal Nasser of Egypt vows to reconquer Palestine.
• 1957 - The Cavern Club opens in Liverpool.
• 1961 - Mickey Mantle becomes the highest paid baseball player by signing a $75,000 contract.
• 1964 - The first musical version of Hello, Dolly! opens at New York City's St. James Theatre.
• 1966 - The Metropolitan Opera House opens at Lincoln Center in New York City.
• 1970 - Buckminster Fuller receives the Gold Medal award from the American Institute of Architects.
• 1970 - Curt Flood files suit, stating that major league baseball had violated the American anti-trust laws.
• 1977 - The Marx Brothers were inducted into the Motion Picture Hall of Fame .
• 1979 - The Shah of Iran flees Iran with his family and relocates to Egypt.
• 1988 - Sports commentator Jimmy 'the Greek' Snyder is fired by CBS a day after publicly stating that African Americans had been bred to produce stronger offspring during slavery.
• 1991 - Gulf War: Operation Desert Storm begins.
• 1992 - El Salvador officials and rebel leaders sign the Chapultepec Peace Accords in Mexico City that ends a 12-year civil war that claimed at least 75,000.
• 1997 - Ennis Cosby, the only son of actor Bill Cosby, is killed by a gunman while changing a flat tire in Los Angeles, California.
• 1998 - NASA announces that John Glenn will return to space when Space Shuttle Discovery blasts off in October 1998.
• 2000 - In Sacramento, California a commercial truck carrying evaporated milk is driven into the state capitol building killing the driver.
• 2002 - A student shoots 6 people at the Appalachian School of Law . Three of those shot die.
• 2002 - John Ashcroft announces that so-called "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh would be tried in the United States.
• 2002 - The UN Security Council unanimously establishes an arms embargo and the freezing of assets of Osama bin Laden, Al-Qaida, and the remaining Taliban.
• 2003 - Space Shuttle Columbia takes off for mission STS-107 which will be its final one. Columbia disintegrates 16 days later on re-entry.
• 2004 - Goatse.cx is shut down by the Christmas Island Registry