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• 1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter.
• 1335 - Otto the Merry, Duke of Austria, becomes Duke of Carinthia
• 1568 - Mary I of Scotland escapes from Loch Leven Castle.
• 1670 - King Charles II of England grants a permanent charter to the Hudson's Bay CompanyThe Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) is the oldest corporation in Canada and is one of the oldest in the world still in existence. From its longtime headquarters at York Factory on Hudson Bay it controlled the fur trade throughout much of British-controlled Nor to open up the fur tradeThe fur trade was a huge part in the early economic development of North America. European traders and trappers explored the continent and established relationships with local Native American communities in order to obtain the best pelts. Beaver was espec in North AmericaNorth America is the third largest continent in area and the fourth ranked in population. It is bounded on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Caribbean Sea, and on the west by the North Pacific Ocea.
• 1672Events England, France, Munster and Cologne invade the United Provinces, therefore this name is know as ´het rampjaar´ (the disaster year) in the Netherlands. March 15 Charles II of England issues the Royal Declaration of Indulgence. June 28 William III o - John Maitland becomes Duke of Lauderdale and Earl of March.
• 1808Events January 1 Importation of slaves into the United States is banned February 11 Anthracite coal first burned as fuel, experimentally. February Russia issues an ultimatum to Sweden, to join France, Denmark and Russia and attacks Finland. March 26 Charl - Peninsular WarThe Peninsula War ( 1808- 1814) was a major conflict during the Napoleonic Wars. The war was fought in the Iberian Peninsula between Spain, Portugal and the British against the French. Progress of the War In November 1807 the Emperor Napoleon sent an army: The people of MadridThis article is about the Spanish capital. For other entries, see Madrid (disambiguation). Coat of arms Madrid the capital of Spain, is located in the center of the country at 40°25'N, 3°45'W. As of 2003 census, population of the city of Madrid proper was rise up in rebellion against French occupation.
• 1816 - Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Charlotte Augusta are wed.
• 1829 - After anchoring nearby, Captain Charles Fremantle of HMS Challenger, declared the Swan River Colony in Australia.
• 1863 - American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville ends, with a defeat of the Army of the Potomac under General Joseph Hooker by Confederate troops under Stonewall Jackson.
• 1874 - John B. Jones becomes Major in Texas Rangers.
• 1885 - Good Housekeeping magazine goes on sale for the first time.
• 1885 - The Congo Free State is established by King Leopold II of Belgium.
• 1889 - Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs a treaty of amity with Italy, which gives Ethiopia control over Eritrea.
• 1900 - Oscar II, King of Sweden, declares support for Britain at the time of the Boer War.
• 1918 - General Motors acquires the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware.
• 1920 - The first game of the Negro National League baseball is played in Indianapolis, Indiana.
• 1924 - Patrick Mahon is arrested as a murder suspect at Waterloo railway station, London.
• 1932 - Comedian Jack Benny's radio show is aired for the first time.
• 1933 - The first modern sighting of the Loch Ness monster is reported.
• 1933 - Adolf Hitler bans trade unions.
• 1939 - Lou Gehrig's streak of 2130 consecutive Major League Baseball games played comes to an end. The record will stand for 56 years before Cal Ripken, Jr. breaks it.
• 1940 - The British passenger liner City of Exeter encounters the German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis, but without incident.
• 1945 - World War II: Fall of Berlin - The Soviet Union announces the capture of Berlin and Soviet soldiers hoist their red flag over the Reichstag building. German forces surrender in Italy.
• 1945 - The last postage stamp utilized by Manzhouguo is issued.
• 1948 - Hour of Charm's last broadcast.
• 1952 - The first commercial jet plane, the BOAC's Comet, is put into service
• 1953 - Hussein is crowned King of Jordan.
• 1955 - Tennessee Williams wins the Pulitzer Prize in Drama for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
• 1964 - Vietnam War: An explosion sinks the USS Card while it was docked at Saigon. Viet Cong forces are suspected of placing a bomb on the ship.
• 1966 - Upper Hutt in New Zealand is proclaimed a city.
• 1969 - The British ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 departs on her maiden voyage to New York City.
• 1970 - The Ohio National Guard arrives at Kent State University in response to arson on an ROTC building.
• 1970 - Vietnam War: Joint forces continue attack into Cambodia
• 1972 - Buddy Baker became the first stock car driver to finish a 500-mile race in less than three hours en route to winning the Winston Select 500 at the Alabama International Motor Speedway in Talladega, Alabama.
• 1972 - Jaws production begins.
• 1982 - Falklands War: The British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror sinks the Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano.
• 1982 - The Weather Channel goes on the air.
• 1984 - Sunday in the Park with George opens on Broadway.
• 1986 - The 1986 World Exposition in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada opens.
• 1988 - The last B-1 Lancer is delivered.
• 1997 - The Labour Party's Tony Blair becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, ending 18 years of Conservative Party rule. At 44, he is the youngest prime minister for 185 years.
• 1998 - The European Central Bank is founded in Brussels in order to define and execute the EU's monetary policy.
• 1999 - Norman J. Sirnic and Karen Sirnic are murdered in their Weimar, Texas parsonage by Angel Maturino Resendiz. The couple are his fourth and fifth victims in his fourth incident.
• 2000 - Bill Clinton announces that GPS access equivalent to the U.S. military would be available for regular citizens.