1. Blōtmōnðes

1 Blōtmōnaþ is se 305a dæg þæs gēares (306a in hlēapgēarum) in þǣre Gregoriscan Gerīmbēc, mid 60 belīfendra daga.

Belimpas

• 79 - Pompeii biþ gebyrged fram Munte Vesuvio.
• 996 - Otto III Cāsere issues a deed to Gottschalk, Bishop of Freising, þe is þæt ieldeste cūðe geƿrit mid naman Ostarrîchi (Ēastrīce in Ealdum Hēam Þēodisce).
• 1512 - The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo, is exhibited to the public for the first time.
• 1520 - The Strait of Magellan, the passage immediately south of mainland Sūþ America, connecting the Stillehæf and the Atlantic Gārsecg, is first navigated by Ferdinand Magellan during his global circumnavigation voyage.
• 1530 - An approximated 400,000 die after the Niðerland' dikes fail.
• 1592 - At the Battle of Busan, the outnumbered Korean navy defeats a larger Japanese army.
• 1604 - Willelm Shakespeare's tragedy Othello is presented for the first time, at Whitehall Palace in Lundene.
• 1611 - Willelm Shakespeare's romantic comedy The Tempest is presented for the first time, at Whitehall Palace in Lundene.
• 1683 - Sēo Engliscu cynelicu landbūnes be naman Nīƿe Eoforƿīc is bedæled in tƿelf scīra.
• 1755 - Olisipo earthquake: In Portugal, Olisipo is adiglod be miclum eorðstyre and ȳðe, killing between sixty and ninety thousand people.
• 1765 - The British Parliament enacts the Stamp Act on the 13 colonies in order to help pay for Bryttisc military operations in North America.
• 1790 - Edmund Burke publishes Reflections on the Revolution in France, in which he predicts that the French Revolution will end in disaster.
• 1800 - US President John Adams becomes the first President of the United States tō ƿunienne in þǣm Executive Mansion (later renamed þæt Hƿīte Hūs).
• 1848 - In Boston, Massachusetts, the first medical school for women, The Boston Female Medical School (which will later merge with Boston University School of Medicine), opens.
• 1859 - The current Cape Lookout, North Carolina, lighthouse is lighted for the first time. Its first-order Fresnel lens can be seen for 19 miles (30 kilometers).
• 1861 - Americanisc Ingefeoht: US President Abraham Lincoln appoints George McClellan as commander of the Union Army, replacing the aged General Winfield Scott.
• 1870 - In þǣm Geānlǣhtum Rīcum, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast.
• 1871 - The Stamford to Bourne, Lincolnshire turnpike road was freed from tolls.
• 1876 - Nīƿes Sǣlandes provincial government system is dissolved.
• 1894 - Nicholas II becomes the new Tsar of Russia after his father, Alexander III, dies.
• 1896 - Biliþ showing the naked breasts of a woman appears in National Geographic magazine for the first time.
• 1914 - Ǣrest Ƿoruldgūþ: the first British naval defeat of the war, the Battle of Coronel is fought off of the coast of Chile.
• 1918 - Malbone Street Wreck: the worst rapid transit accident in world history occurs under the intersection of Malbone Street and Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, New York City, with at least 93 dead.
• 1922 - The last sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Mehmed VI, abdicates.
• 1939 - The first rabbit born after artificial insemination is shown to the world.
• 1943 - Ōðru Ƿoruldgūþ: Operation Goodtime launched - United States Marines invade Bougainville in the Solomon Islands.
• 1944 - Ōðru Ƿoruldgūþ: Operation Infatuate launched - The British Army land at Walcheren in the Niðerland.
• 1948 - Off southern Manchuria, 6,000 are killed as a Chinese merchant ship explodes and sinks.
• 1950 - Puerto Rican nationalists Griselio Torresola and Oscar Collazo attempt to assassinate US President Harry S. Truman.
• 1950 - Pope Pius XII claims Papal Infallibility when he formally defines the dogma of the Assumption of Mary.
• 1951 - US soldiers are exposed to an atomic explosion for training purposes in Desert Rock, Nevada; participation was not voluntary.
• 1952 - Operation Ivy - The Geānlǣht Rīcu American successfully detonates the first hydrogen bomb, codenamed "Mike" ["m" for megaton], at Eniwetok island in the Bikini atoll located in the Pacific Ocean.
• 1954 - The Front de Libération Nationale fires the first shots of the Algerian War of Independence.
• 1955 - A United Airlines DC-6B explodes in mid-air and crashes near Longmont, Colorado, killing 44 people
• 1956 - Formation of Kerala state in India.
• 1960 - While campaigning for Forestittend þāra Geānlǣhtra Rīca, John F. Kennedy announces his idea of the Peace Corps.
• 1963 - The Arecibo Observatory in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, with the largest radio telescope ever constructed, officially opens.
• 1963 - President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam is overthrown and executed in a coup d'état led by General Duong Van Minh.
• 1969 - After seven years off the top of the charts, Elvis Presley hits No. 1 on the Billboard Music charts with his song "Suspicious Minds."
• 1973 - Watergate Scandal: Leon Jaworski is appointed as the new Watergate Special Prosecutor.
• 1973 - Formation of Karnataka state in India.
• 1980 - Wayanad district formed in the state of Kerala, India.
• 1981 - Antigua and Barbuda gain independence from the Geānlǣht Cynerīce.
• 1990 - A Nīƿeoforƿicburg civil jury awards Sandra Miller $100 for battery after an incident in which Mike Tyson grabbed her breasts and insulted her; the jury found Tyson's behavior "not outrageous".
• 1993 - The Maastricht Treaty takes effect, formally establishing the Europisc Gesamnung.
• 1994 - George Lucas leaves the day-to-day operations of his filmmaking business and starts a sabbatical. While on sabbatical, he writes the prequel section of the Star Wars movies.
• 1994 - The Chijon Family is sentenced to death in South Korea for murdering and eating five people.
• 1998 - The European Court of Human Rights is instituted.
• 2004 - The Bank of Japan issues a new series of 1000, 5000, and 10,000 yen notes. Both old and the new series will circulate together.

Byrda

• 846 - Louis the Stammerer, Cyning of West Francia (d. 879)
• 1339 - Rudolf IV of Austria (d. 1365)
• 1351 - Duke Leopold III of Austria
• 1530 - Étienne de La Boétie, French judge and writer (d. 1563)
• 1539 - Pierre Pithou, Frencisc lawyer and scholar (d. 1596)
• 1567 - Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, conde de Gondomar, Spanish diplomat (d. 1626)
• 1578 - Dmitry Pozharsky, Russisc æðeling (d. 1642)
• 1585 - Jan Brożek, Polish mathematician, physician, and astronomer (d. 1652)
• 1607 - Georg Philipp Harsdorffer, German poet (d. 1658)
• 1611 - François-Marie, comte de Broglie, Italian-born French commander (d. 1656)
• 1636 - Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux, Frencisc poet and critic (d. 1711)
• 1643 - John Strype, Englisc historian and biographer (d. 1737)
• 1661 - Florent Carton Dancourt, French dramatist and actor (d. 1725)
• 1762 - Spencer Perceval, Fyrmestscealc þæs Geānlǣhtan Cynerīces (d. 1812)
• 1778 - Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (d. 1837)
• 1808 - John Taylor, American religious leader
• 1871 - Stephen Crane, American ƿrītere (d. 1900)
• 1877 - Roger Quilter, British composer (d. 1953)
• 1878 - Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter (d. 1925)
• 1880 - Alfred Wegener, meteorologist and geophysicist (d. 1930)
• 1880 - Sholom Asch, Polish-born American writer (d. 1957)
• 1880 - Grantland Rice, American sports writer (d. 1954)
• 1886 - Hermann Broch, Ēastrīcisc bōcere (d. 1951)
• 1892 - Alexander Alekhine, Russian-born world chess champion (d. 1946)
• 1902 - Eugen Jochum, German conductor (d. 1987)
• 1923 - Gordon R. Dickson, science fiction author (d. 2001)
• 1923 - Victoria de los Angeles, Catalan soprano (d. 2005)
• 1929 - Betsy Palmer, American actress
• 1934 - Umberto Agnelli, Swiss-born automobile executive (d. 2004)
• 1934 - William Mathias, British composer (d. 1992)
• 1935 - Gary Player, American golfer
• 1935 - Edward Said, Palestinian-born literary critic (d. 2003)
• 1939 - Barbara Bosson, American actress
• 1940 - Ramesh Chandra Lahoti, Chief Justice of India
• 1942 - Ralph Klein, Premier of Alberta
• 1943 - Salvatore Adamo Belgian-Italian singer
• 1950 - Robert B. Laughlin, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1952 - Larry Flynt, American magazine publisher
• 1957 - Lyle Lovett, American singer
• 1957 - Carlos Paião, Portuguese singer (d. 1988)
• 1962 - Anthony Kiedis, American singer (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
• 1963 - Rick Allen, British drummer (Def Leppard)
• 1963 - Roddy Bottum, American musician (Faith No More, Imperial Teen)
• 1967 - Sophie B. Hawkins, American musician
• 1972 - Toni Collette, Australian actress
• 1976 - Matt Chapman, American creator of Homestar Runner

Dēaðas

• 1399 - John V, Duke of Brittany (b. 1339)
• 1596 - Pierre Pithou, French lawyer and scholar (b. 1539)
• 1642 - Jean Nicolet, French explorer (b. 1598)
• 1676 - Gisbertus Voetius, Dutch theologian (b. 1589)
• 1678 - William Coddington, first Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1601)
• 1700 - Charles II of Spain (b. 1661)
• 1888 - Nikolai Mikhailovich Przhevalskiy, Russian explorer (b. 1838)
• 1894 - Alexander III, Tsar of Russia
• 1903 - Theodor Mommsen, German author and recipient of the Nobel Prize in literature
• 1924 - William Tilghman, American frontier marshal, statesman
• 1942 - Hugo Distler, German composer (b. 1908)
• 1963 - Ngo Dinh Diem, President of South Vietnam
• 1972 - Ezra Pound, American poet (b. 1885)
• 1979 - Mamie Eisenhower, First Lady of the United States
• 1982 - King Vidor, American film director
• 1983 - Anthony van Hoboken, Dutch musicologist
• 1985 - Phil Silvers, American actor and comedian
• 1987 - René Lévesque, Premier of Quebec, Canada
• 1993 - Severo Ochoa, Spanish–American biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905)
• 1999 - Walter Payton, American football player

Symbeldagas

• World Vegan Day
• Catholicism - Holy Day of Obligation Ealra Hālgena Mæssedæg. Holiday in Germany, Austria, Belgium, Seychelles, Spain, Italy, Lithuania, The Philippines and Croatia.
• Algeria - National day
• Lá Samhna the traditional first day of Winter in modern Ireland, see also Samhain
• Mexico and Geānlǣht Rīcu - Se Dæg þāra Dēadra

Ūtanƿearde bendas

• BBC: On This Day

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