▶ events
In 1713 the Great War of Spain ended with the Treaty of Utrackt.
In 1774 the posts of post master general were created in Calcutta on this day.
In 1807, the first steamy British-Indian ship from Khidirpur was floated in the water on this day.
In the year 1824 the foundation stone of the first Indian mint was established in 1824.
In 1882, the first telephone exchange was introduced in Calcutta on this day.
In 1889 the Eiffel Tower in Paris was inaugurated on this day.
In 1921, Mongolia declared independence on this day.
On this day in 1954, the Vietnam Legion, known as Viet Mien under the leadership of General Gyap, initiated the siege of Diane Been Fuze, the French Forces.
On this day in 1966, the former Soviet Union launched a spacecraft circling the first moon called the Lun Tien.
In 1979, members of the Arab League rejected Egypt's membership in this organization.
The Warsaw coalition was officially abolished in midnight on this day in 1991.
▶ Date of birth
Constantus Chalchus, who was born on this day in 1920, was a Roman emperor.
He was born on this day in 1596, by the French philosopist Rene Descartes, he was a mathematician.
He was born on this day in 1685 by Johann Jebastian Bach, a German organist and musician.
Joseph Hyden, who was born on this day in 1732, was an Austrian pianist and musician.
Konrad Jacob Teminke was born on this day in 1778, he was a Dutch zoologist and ornithologist.
William Lawrence Bragg was born on this day in 1890, was a Nobel laureate Australian physicist.
In 1906 he was born on this day Sin-Hitro Tomonaga, a Japanese physicist who won the Nobel Prize.
Was born on this day in 1914, Wasabio Paz Ljano, was the Nobel Prize winner Mexican writer, poet and diplomat.
In 1926 John Fowles was born on this day, he was an English writer.
Carlo Rubia, who was born on this day in 1934, is a Nobel Prize winning Italian physicist and educationist.
Albert Arnold Gore was born on this day in 1948, he is the Nobel Prize winner.
American politician and 45th Deputy President
Angus Young was born on this day in 1955, a Scottish-born Australian guitarist and lyricist.
Oli Rehne was born on this day in 1962, he is a former Finnish footballer and politician.
Parvin Sultana Diti was born on this day in 1965, she was a Bangladeshi actress.
In 1970, Alejandra Beatusk was born on this day, she is a Slovenian politician and 7th Prime Minister.
Hashim Amla was born on this day in 1983, he is a South African cricketer.
In 1992, Adam Jampa was born on this day, he is an Australian cricketer.
▶ death
On this day in 1631 John Dunn died, he was an English lawyer and poet.
John Constable died in 1837 on this day, he was an English painter and educator.
In 1855 he died on this day in Brontë, an English writer and poet.
In 1913, J. died on this day. P. Morgan, he was an American banker.
Emil von Behring, who died on this day in 1917, was the Nobel laureate German biologist.
Hans Fischer, who died this day in 1945, was a Nobel laureate, German chemist.
Meena Kumari, who died on this day in 1972, was an Indian actress.
In 1979, the MP of the Conservative Party of England A bomb explodes in a motor vehicle outside Ariyigh Commonsassa.
On this day in 1983, Christina benefited from the death, she was an Australian writer.
Industrialist AK Khan died on this day in 1991.
Clifford Glennood Shawl died on this day in 2001, he was the Nobel Prize winning American physicist.
Ronny Ray Smith died on this day in 2013, he was a American printer.