Anniversaries

Henry VIII of England was born.

The Coronation of Queen Victoria, crowned in Westminster Abbey.

The Paris Opera Ballet premièred Giselle in the Salle Le Peletier.

Antoine-Joseph "Adolphe" Sax, a Belgian musical instrument designer and musician, patented the saxophone.

Luigi Pirandello, Italian writer and recipient of the 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature, is born.

Assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, prompting war to spread throughout Europe.

The Treaty of Versailles is signed, bringing about the end of hostilities between Germany and the Allied Powers, thereby ending World War I.

The Treaty of Versailles that ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers was signed.

Mercedes-Benz was formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging their two companies.

The Coronation of Queen Victoria, crowned in Westminster Abbey.

Pan American Airways launches the first transatlantic passenger service.

Shakespeare's Globe Theatre burns down.

The Irish Nationalist and British diplomat Sir Roger Casement is sentenced to death for his part in the Easter Rising.

Paul Klee, Swiss-German artist whose style was influenced by movements that included Expressionism, Cubism, and Surrealism, died.

Jayne Mansfield, American actress in film, theatre, and television, died.

Sir Stanley Spencer CBE RA, one of Britain's most renowned 20th century painters, was born.

Nancy Mitford, British novelist and biographer, died.

Margaret Thatcher takes her place in the House of Lords as Baroness Thatcher.

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