1. In 537, during the Siege of Rome, the Ostrogoth army under King Vitiges began the siege of the capital.

2. In 986, Louis V became the last Carolingian king of West Francia.

3. In 1121, Dirk VI became Count of Holland.

4. In 1127, Charles the Good, Count of Flanders, was assassinated.

5. In 1331, Nicaea fell to the Ottoman Turks after a siege.

6. In 1444, Skanderbeg organized the League of Lezhë.

7. In 1458, George of Poděbrady was chosen King of Bohemia.

8. In 1476, in the Burgundian Wars, the Old Swiss Confederacy defeated Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, in the Battle of Grandson.

9. In 1484, the College of Arms was formally incorporated by a royal charter signed by King Richard III.

10. In 1498, Vasco da Gama's fleet visited Mozambique Island.

11. In 1629, King Charles I of England dissolved Parliament against opposition and imprisoned 9 members of Parliament.

12. In 1657, the Great Fire of Meireki destroyed 60 - 70% of the Japanese capital city of Edo, killing an estimated 100,000 people.

13. In 1675, Prince William III was installed as Governor of Overijssel.

14. In 1776, the Siege of Boston began during the American Revolutionary War.

15. In 1797, the Bank of England issued the first one - pound and two - pound banknotes.

16. In 1807, the U.S. Congress passed the Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves.

17. In 1836, the Republic of Texas declared independence from Mexico.

18. In 1855, Alexander II became Tsar of Russia.

19. In 1861, Alexander II promulgated the decree abolishing serfdom, and Russia began the serfdom reform.

20. In 1871, Bulgaria was liberated.

21. In 1876, the name "Peking Opera" was born in the "Shenbao" in Shanghai.

22. In 1895, Li Ruqi, a Chinese geneticist, was born.

23. In 1919, the Third International was founded.

24. In 1930, the British writer D.H. Lawrence died.

25. In 1930, the Chinese Left - wing Writers' League was established.

26. In 1931, Mikhail Gorbachev, the leader of the Soviet Union, was born.

27. In 1932, the Lindbergh baby was kidnapped.

28. In 1933, the Japanese army captured Lingyuan and Chifeng.

29. In 1934, the Legislative Yuan secretly discussed the matter of Puyi's accession to the throne.

30. In 1935, Hirota made a statement on Sino - Japanese amity in the Diet.

31. In 1936, three Japanese warships illegally entered Lianyungang.

32. In 1937, Japanese Ambassador to China Kawagoe Shigeru arrived in Nanjing from Shanghai.

33. In 1938, the Japanese army occupied Wuzhai County in Shanxi and invaded Fugu County, Shaanxi.

34. In 1939, the 21st Division of the Japanese Army occupied Huaiyin in northern Jiangsu.

35. In 1940, a part of the New Fourth Army launched a night attack on Tianmen, Hubei, annihilating and capturing more than 200 Japanese puppet troops.

36. In 1941, Mao Dun wrote "Ode to the White Poplar".

37. In 1941, the Japanese army occupied Guanghaizhai, Yangjiang, Dianbai, the Leizhou Peninsula and Beihai in southern Guangxi from March 2 to 16.

38. In 1942, more than 3,000 Japanese troops "mopped up" the area south of Juye, western Shandong.

39. In 1945, Canadian painter and writer Emily Carr died.

40. In 1946, Ho Chi Minh was elected President of North Vietnam.

41. In 1949, Sarojini Naidu, an Indian writer and political leader, died.

42. In 1949, the B - 50 completed the first non - stop flight around the world.

43. In 1956, Morocco declared independence.

44. In 1962, Chamberlain scored 100 points in a basketball tournament.

45. In 1966, a US B - 52 bomber had an accident over Spain.

46. In 1968, Daniel Craig was born.

47. In 1969, the Sino - Soviet Zhenbao Island Self - Defense Counterattack began.

48. In 1969, the Concorde made its first flight.

49. In 1972, the United States launched the Pioneer 10 spacecraft to explore Jupiter.

50. In 1978, the supertanker "Amoco Cadiz" ran aground, causing serious pollution.

51. In 1983, China established diplomatic relations with the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire.