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1736 Riots
Events January–March * January 12 – George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, becomes the first Field Marshal of Great Britain. * January 23 – The Civil Code of 1734 is passed in Sweden. * January 26 – Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates his throne. * February 12 – Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor marries Maria Theresa of Austria, ruler of the Habsburg Empire. * March 8 – Nader Shah, founder of the Afsharid dynasty, is crowned Shah of Iran on a date selected by court astrologers. * March 31 – Bellevue Hospital is founded in New York. April–June * April 14 – The Porteous Riots erupt in Edinburgh (Scotland), after the execution of smuggler Andrew Wilson, when town guard Captain John Porteous orders his men to fire at the crowd. Porteous is arrested later. * April 14 – German adventurer Theodor Stephan Freiherr von Neuhoff is crowned King Theodore of Corsica, 25 days after his arrival on Corsica on March 20. His reign ends o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
March 31
Events Pre-1600 * 307 – After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine the Great, Constantine marries Fausta, daughter of the retired Roman emperor Maximian. *1146 – Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at Vézelay, urging the necessity of a Second Crusade. Louis VII of France, Louis VII is present, and joins the Crusade. *1492 – Queen Isabella I of Castile, Isabella of Castile issues the Alhambra Decree, ordering her 150,000 Spanish and Portuguese Jews, Jewish and Moors, Muslim subjects to convert to Christianity or face expulsion. *1521 – Ferdinand Magellan and Magellan's circumnavigation, fifty of his men came ashore to present-day Limasawa to participate in the First Mass in the Philippines, first Catholic mass in the Philippines. 1601–1900 *1657 – The Long Parliament presents the Humble Petition and Advice offering Oliver Cromwell the British throne, which he eventually declines. *1717 – A sermon on "The Nature of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
May 8
Events Pre-1600 * 453 BC – Spring and Autumn period: The house of Zhao defeats the house of Zhi, ending the Battle of Jinyang, a military conflict between the elite families of the State of Jin. * 413 – Emperor Honorius signs an edict providing tax relief for the Italian provinces Tuscia, Campania, Picenum, Samnium, Apulia, Lucania and Calabria, which were plundered by the Visigoths. * 589 – Reccared I opens the Third Council of Toledo, marking the entry of Visigothic Spain into the Catholic Church. * 1360 – Treaty of Brétigny drafted between King Edward III of England and King John II of France (the Good).p118 Hersch Lauterpacht, "Volume 20 of International Law Reports, Cambridge University Press, 1957, * 1373 – Julian of Norwich, a Christian mystic and anchoress, experiences the deathbed visions described in her ''Revelations of Divine Love''. *1429 – Joan of Arc lifts the Siege of Orléans, turning the tide of the Hundred Years' W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
