| Year |
event |
| 1639 |
The "Fundamental Orders", the first written constitution that created a government, is adopted in Connecticut (now a state in USA) |
| 1761 |
The Third Battle of Panipat is fought in India between the Afghans under Ahmad Shah Durrani and the Marathas. |
| 1814 |
Treaty of Kiel: Frederick VI of Denmark cedes the Kingdom of Norway to Charles XIII of Sweden in return for Pomerania. |
| 1911 |
Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition makes landfall on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf. |
| 1972 |
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark ascends the throne, the first Queen of Denmark since 1412 and the first Danish monarch not named Frederick or Christian since 1513. |
| 2004 |
The national flag of the Republic of Georgia, the so-called "five cross flag", is restored to official use after a hiatus of some 500 years. |
| 2011 |
President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali of Tunisia seeks refuge in Saudi Arabia after a series of demonstrations against his regime, considered to be the birth of the Arab Spring. |
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