• 215 av. J. - C.: Dedication of the temple with Venus Érycine with Rome.

1 to 1900

• 858 : Beginning of the reign of Nicolas Ier like Pope.

• 1014 : Battle of Clontarf: the king d' Irlande Brian Boru stops the Viking S and the hunting of the island, putting an end to the Danish domination in Ireland.
• 1516 : Decree on the purity of beer, in Germany (Reinheitsgebot).
• 1563 : pose first stone of the palate of the Escurial in Spain.
• 1685 : Crown Jacques II of England.
• 1702 : Crown Anne Ire of Great Britain.
• 1718 : Foundation with Rome, by the Pope Clement XI of the pontifical Academy of theology.
• 1728 : Jean-Jacques Rousseau, then sixteen years old, which has just abjured the Protestantisme is baptized Catholique.
• 1759 : The Britanniques occupy the Guadeloupe.
• 1848 : First election with the Vote for all male in France: election of the constituent Assembly.
• 1856 : Publication of the poem “Contemplations” of Victor Hugo.
• 1858 : Li Naosuke is named Tairo with the Japan
• 1860: popular Referendum with Nice and in Savoy, which approves the Traité of Turin by which Savoy and Nice passed from the Maison of Savoy to France (referendum for Savoy the April 15th).
• 1863 : Establishment of a Protectorate French with the Kampuchea by signature of a treaty with the king Norodom Ier.
• 1896 : Projection by Thomas Edison of 12 short films using its Vitascope, which marks the birth in America of a new form of art which will become an big industry.

20th century

• 1905 : Creation of the French section of the International IIe worker (SFIO).

• 1919 : Vote law instituting the 8 hours day's work in France and making of May 1st one bank holiday.
• 1920: Foundation of the Large National Assembly of Turkey.
• 1933 : Creation of the Gestapo by Hermann Goering.
• 1941 :
• France: The General security takes the name of “National police force”, name given to an administration for the first time under the Régime of Vichy by the law of this day.
• Countryside of North Africa - king Georges of Greece and his government take refuge on the Island of Crete.
• 1945 : Release of the concentration camp of Ravensbrück.
• 1949 : Catch of Nankin by the Chinese Communists.
• 1952 : Explosion of the first atomic bomb with Hydrogen, on the American Atoll of Bikini.
• 1961 : Putsch of the generals with Algiers.
• 1965 : Presentation of the Peugeot 204.
• 1967 :
• Colonel Vladimir Komarov is placed in orbit on board the Soviet vessel Soyuz 1.
• First of Soyuz 1, 3rd generation in-flight test of the Soviet spaceships.
• 1972 : Referendum on the widening of the EEC: 40% of abstentions and 66,7% from yes.
• 1988 : One of the terrorist attacks most fatal with the Lebanon makes 50 dead and 88 wounded with Tripoli.
• 1990 :
• Adhesion of the Namibia to UNO;
• Chemnitz, in the ex- East Germany, ex Karl-Marx-Stadt for the communist period, finds its old name by Référendum.
• Launching of the Space telescope Hubble.
• 1992 :
• Than Shwe becomes Head of State of Burma.
• an astrophysicist of Berkeley, in California, reveals that a satellite of NASA discovered, with the borders of the universe, of gigantic waves of matter produced by the fast expansion which followed the Big Bang.
• 1993 : The Belgium becomes a Federal state.
• 1995 :
• In France, first turn of the presidential election.
• With Seville (Spain), alternate of Francisco Will rivet Ordóñez, Spanish Matador.
• 2000 : With Madrid (Spain), alternate of Handbook Jesús Cid known as “El Cid”, Spanish Matador.

21e century

• 2002 : Meeting with the the Vatican between the pope and of the cardinal states-unien, in connection with the multiplication of the businesses implying of the bishop S and priests catholic paedophiles.

• 2003 :
• a cargo liner coming from Egypt, chartered by Alcan, is escorted by the Canadian coastal guard until Halifax, where it will be quarantined because of the bacillus of coal (Carbuncle).
• In unison, of the members of the governments, the medical community and the Canadian mediums of businesses rises to denounce the decision of WHO to diffuse an opinion disadvising to the travellers going to Toronto.
• Reopening of the “Green line” which separated since 1974 the communities Greek and Turkish from Cyprus.
• 2004 :
• Closing with Creutzwald of the last French mine of coal, Houve.
• North Korea: Rail crash in the town of Ryongchon making 161 died in an explosion destroying part of the city.
• 2005 : Silvio Berlusconi is charged by the president Carlo Azeglio Ciampi with forming a new Italian government. It is the Berlusconi '' (a) '' or Berlusconi III. It obtained the confidence of the Italian Parliament April 27th and 28th.

Doctor and anatomist French († 1794, 46 years).

1753

• François Joseph Grooving plane of Précourt, marine French.
• Louis Trotry of the Key, French personality of the French revolution.

1775 : Joseph Mallord William Turner, British painter († December 19th 1851).

1791 : James Buchanan, 15th US president of 1857 to 1861 († 1868, 77 years).

1813 :

• Stephen A. Politicking Douglas, American.
• Frederic Ozanam, historian and essay writer French, founder of the Company of Saint-Vincent-of-Paul († 1853, 40 years).

1823 : Abdülmecit Ier Othoman sultan.

1857 : Ruggero Leoncavallo, type-setter Italy N.

1858 : max Planck, German physicist. Nobel Prize 1918.

1861 : Edmund Allenby, British general .

1873 : Arnold Van Gennep, folklorist and ethnologist French of German-Dutch origin († 1957, 84 years).

1876 : Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, historian and German writer

1889: Edward Harrison Taylor, American herpetologist († 1978, 89 years).

1891 : Sergueï Prokofiev, Russian type-setter († 1953, 62 years).

1893 :

• Frank Borzage, American realizer .
• Mahmoud Chaltout, Egyptian monk , vice-chancellor of the Mosque Al-Azhar.

1896 : Charlie Rivel, celebrates Spanish clown .

1897 : To ballast Bowles Pearson, Canadian politician. Nobel Prize of peace in 1957.

1899 :

• Bertil Ohlin, economist Swedish.
• Vladimir Nabokov, American writer of Russian origin.

1900 : Henry Barraud, Type-setter French. († December 28th 1997).

1902 : Halldór Laxness, writer Icelandic, Nobel Prize in 1955

1910: Simone Simon, French actress .

1911 : Ronald Neame, British realizer .

1918 : Maurice Druon, French writer. Price Goncourt in 1948.

1923 : Manual Mejía Vallejo, Colombian writer.

1928 : Shirley Temple, actress and politicking American.

1929 : George Steiner, American Philosopher of Austrian origin.

1930 : Silvana Mangano Italian actress of cinema († 1989, 59 years).

1936 :

• Víctor Pacheco, Mexican politician , governor of the Yucatan.
• Roy Orbison, singer and type-setter states-unien.

1937 : Rene Bouin, French politician.

1939 : Lee Majors, actor and producing states-unien.

1941 : Paavo Lipponen, politician Finnish, Prime Minister of 1995 with 2003.

1943 :

• Frans Koppelaar, painter Dutch.
• Herve Villechaize, French actor of Filipino origin.

1944 :

• Christine Ockrent, Belgian journalist.
• Jean-François Stevenin, French actor

1947: Michel Leeb, French humorist.

1953 : Kim Gordon, American musician, bass player of Sonic Youth.

1954 : Michael Moore, American, writer and realizer of documentary committed.

1955 : Judy Davis, actress Australia.

1957 : Kenji Kawai, Type-setter Japan board of Film music.

1960 : Valerie Bertinelli, Actress states-unienne.

1961 : Andrei Kourkov, Ukrainian writer of Russian language.

1963 : Paul Belmondo, French racing driver.

1967 :

• Melina Kanakaredes, actress states-unienne of Greek origin.
• Marie-Angel Amiand, celebrates dancer of the dancing school " Colorythme" , Languedoc Roussillon.

1968 : Timothy McVeigh, terrorist states-unien at the origin of the attack of Oklahoma City in 1995.

1972 : Pierre Labrie, Québécois poet.

1974 :

• Gerald Genty, singer French.
• Virginia Desarnauts French actress (sight in the series " First kisses ").

1979 :

• Lauri Ylönen, singer Finnish of The Rasmus.
• Jaime King, actress states-unienne.

1983 : Daniela Hantuchová, Slovak player of Tennis .

1985 : Angel Locsin, actress and model originating in Philippines

1986: Sven Kramer, Skater speed Dutch.

1989 : Nicole Vaidišová, Czech player of Tennis

•     871: Ethelred de Wessex.
• 1014 : Brian Boru, king d' Irlande, with the Battle of Clontarf.
• 1616 : William Shakespeare and Miguel de Cervantes, two geniuses died at the same date.
• 1625 : Maurice de Nassau, Prince d' Orange. (° November 14th 1567)
• 1691: Jean-Henri d' Anglebert, Harpsichord ist and type-setter French.
• 1712 : Lambert Chaumont, Walloon musician.
• 1794 : Malesherbes, lawyer and French statesman.
• 1843 : Joseph-Antoine-Rene Joubert, military General French, in the armies of the First Empire (° November 11th 1772).
• 1850 : William Wordsworth, British poet .
• 1889 : Jules Barbey d' Aurevilly, writer and journalist French.
• 1907 : Andre Theuriet, poet, novelist and dramatic author French. (° October 8th 1833)
• 1918: Paul Sébillot, French ethnologist.
• 1931 : Jean-Victor Augagneur, doctor and politician French (° May 16th 1855).
• 1951 : Jules Berry, actor and realizer French.
• 1959 : Egon Reinert, German politician, president of the Land of the Saar, in an car accident.
• 1978 : Jacques Rueff, Politician French, economist.
• 1986 : Otto Preminger, realizer of cinema austro - American.
• 1990 : Paulette Goddard, actress, at the 78 years age, its residence of Oporto Ronco, in Switzerland.
• 1992 : Satyajit Ray, Indian realizer .
• 1996 : Pamela Lyndon, at the 96 years age, creative in 1934, of Mary Poppins.
• 1996 : Jean-Victor Allard, first Canadian-French with becoming the chief of staff of the Canadian Armed forces.
• 1998 : Catherine Langeais, French presenter of television (° August 9th 1923).
• 1998 : James Earl Ray (° March 10th 1928), condemned to 99 years of prison for the assassination, in 1968, of Martin Luther King.
• 2001 : David Walker, American astronaut (° May 20th 1944)
• 2004: Marie-Emile Boismard, French Theology.
• 2005 :
• John Millets, British actor .
• Romano Scarpa, draftsman of cartoons Disney.
• 2007 : Boris Ieltsine, former president of the Russia