1/19/2023 0 Comments Us militaria forum1944 – World War II: Germany replaces the Hungarian government after it announces an armistice with the Soviet Union.1917 – World War I: Dutch dancer Mata Hari is executed by France for espionage.1864 – American Civil War: The Union garrison of Glasgow, Missouri surrenders to Confederate forces. Hunley, the first submarine to sink a ship, sinks, killing its inventor. 1815 – Napoleon begins his exile on Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean (refer to Napoleonic Wars).1809 – The Viceroy the Río de la Plata, Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros, opens the port of Buenos Aires to trade with nations other than Spain.1783 – The Montgolfier brothers' hot air balloon makes the first human ascent, piloted by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier.1582 – Adoption of the Gregorian calendar begins, eventually leading to near-universal adoption.1529 – The Siege of Vienna ends when Austria routs the invading Ottoman forces, ending its European expansion.1211 – Battle of the Rhyndacus: The Latin emperor Henry of Flanders defeats the Nicaean emperor Theodore I Laskaris.
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