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Events
- 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title princeps iuventutis (head of the youth).
- 1152 - Frederick I Barbarossa is elected King of the Germans.
- 1461 - Wars of the Roses in England: Lancastrian King Henry VI is deposed by his Yorkist cousin, who then becomes King Edward IV.
- 1493 - Explorer Christopher Columbus arrives back in Lisbon, Portugal aboard his ship Niña from his discovery voyage to America. He returned to Spain on March 15.
- 1519 - Hernan Cortes arrives in Mexico in search of the Aztec civilization and their wealth.
- 1789 - The US Constitution replaces the Articles of Confederation.
- 1791 - Vermont is admitted as the 14th U.S. state.
- 1813 - Russian troops fighting the army of Napoleon reach Berlin in Germany and the French garrison evacuate the city without a fight.
- 1837 - Chicago becomes incorporated as a city.
- 1861 - First national flag of the Confederate States of America is adopted.
- 1861 - Abraham Lincoln inaugurated as the 16th president of the United States.
- 1882 - Britain's first electric trams run in East London.
- 1887 - Gottlieb Daimler unveils his first automobile which he test runs in Esslingen and Cannstatt, Germany.
- 1944 - First U.S. daylight bombing of Berlin
- 1945 - Lapland War: Finland declares war on Germany.
- 1980 - Robert Mugabe wins election in Zimbabwe becoming prime minister.
Births
- 1394 - Henry the Navigator (d. 1460)
- 1889 - Georges Dumézil, French scholar (d. 1986)
- 1898 - Hans Krebs, German general (d. 1945)
- 1916 - Hans Eysenck, German-born psychologist (d. 1997)
Deaths
- 1193 - Saladin, Kurdish sultan (b. 1137)
