| Year |
event |
| 27 BCE |
Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus is granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate, marking the beginning of the Roman Empire. |
| 1547 |
Grand Duke Ivan IV of Muscovy becomes the first Tsar of Russia, replacing the 264-year-old Grand Duchy of Moscow with the Tsardom of Russia. |
| 1605 |
The first edition of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha (Book One of Don Quixote) by Miguel de Cervantes is published in Madrid, Spain. |
| 1909 |
Ernest Shackleton's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole. |
| 1969 |
Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 perform the first-ever docking of manned spacecraft in orbit, the first-ever transfer of crew from one space vehicle to another, and the only time such a transfer was accomplished with a space walk. |
| 1979 |
Iranian Revolution: The last Iranian Shah flees Iran with his family for good and relocates to Egypt. |
| 2006 |
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is sworn in as Liberia's new president. She becomes Africa's first female elected head of state. |
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