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[edit] Events
- 55 - Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman Emperorship, dies under mysterious circumstances in Rome. This clears the way for Nero to become Emperor.
- 1502 – Vasco da Gama sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal, on his second voyage to India.
- 1541 - Santiago, Chile is founded by Pedro de Valdivia.
- 1733 - Englishman James Oglethorpe founds the 13th United States colony of Georgia, and its first city at Savannah.
- 1771 - Gustav III becomes the King of Sweden when his father Adolf Frederick "[eats] himself to death".
- 1832 - Ecuador annexes the Galápagos Islands.
- 1909 - The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.
- 1934 - The start of the four day Austrian Civil War.
[edit] Births
- 1074 - Conrad, King of Germany and Italy (d. 1101)
- 1809 - Charles Darwin, English naturalist (d. 1882)
- 1809 - Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States (d. 1865)
- 1885 - Julius Streicher, National Socialist and publisher Der Stürmer (d. 1946)
- 1893 - Omar Bradley, American general (d. 1981)
- 1909 - Sigmund Rascher, German doctor (d. 1945)
[edit] Deaths
- 1554 - Lady Jane Grey, claimant to the English throne (b. 1537)
- 1804 - Immanuel Kant, German philosopher (b. 1724)
