0306 St Marcellus I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1016 England's Ethelred II dies at age 48 after a 38-year reign and is succeeded by his son Edmund Ironside, who is chosen king by Londoners, while Canute is chosen by the witan at Southampton
1292 Coronation of John Balliol, the last recorded inauguration of a King of Scots on the Stone of Destiny
1652 Dutch defeat English fleet off Dungeness, England.
1700 Eight thousand Swedish troops under King Charles XII defeat a force of at least 50,000 Russians at the Battle of Narva.
1718 Sweden's "warrior king" Charles XII dies at Fredrikshald in Norway after being hit by a bullet in the head.
1782 Britain signs agreement recognizing US independence
1783 In New Jersey a 5.3 earthquake was the largest historical earthquake in the state
1803 Spain cedes her claims to Louisiana Territory to France
1804 Impeachment trial of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase begins
1864 Battle of Franklin, Tennessee
1866 Work begins on first US underwater highway tunnel, Chicago
1866 Work on the first underwater highway tunnel in the United States began on this day in Chicago, Illinois. Over a three-year period, workers and engineers tunneled underneath the Chicago River, finally completing the 1,500-foot tunnel at a cost of over $500,000
1874 Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was born (prematurely) on this day
1885 The opera "Le Cid" is produced (Paris)
1886 First commercially successful AC electric power plant opens, Buffalo
1886 The Folies Bergere originated as a hall for operettas, pantomime, and even political meetings before it introduced an elaborate review featuring women in sensational costumes Several years later, the Folies followed the Parisian taste for striptease and quickly gained a reputation for spectacular nudie shows
1887 First indoor softball game (Chicago)
1900 Irish author Oscar Wilde dies in Paris.
1901 Death of Australian explorer Edward John Eyre.
1907 Pike Place Market dedicated in Seattle
1922 Actress Sarah Bernhardt made her last appearance on the stage
1924 First photo facsimile transmitted across Atlantic by radio
1936 Abbie Hoffman (activist 1960s cultural revolutionary [Yippie]; one of the Chicago Eight) was born
1936 London's Crystal Palace (built 1851), destroyed by fire
