1848
Oct 8
| 1848 • Pope Pius IX publishes an allocution announcing his refusal to support Piedmont-Sardinia in its war with Austria and dispelling hopes that he might serve as ruler of a pan-Italian republic. The allocution, by which Pius is seen to withdraw his moral support for the Italian unification movement, is a key first step in the soon-to-be crushing reaction against the revolutions of 1848. |
1878
Jul 10
Age: 29y
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| 1878 • Lester Allan Pelton produces the first operational Pelton wheel. |
1885
Age: 36y
| 1885 • The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madrid is founded. |
1910
Age: 61y
| 1910 • Vajiravudh (Rama VI) is crowned King of Siam, after the death of his father, King Chulalongkorn (Rama V). |
1915
Age: 66y
| 1915 • WWI: Start of the Gallipoli Campaign (lasting until January 1916): Landing at Anzac Cove by Australian and New Zealand Army Corps and landing at Cape Helles by British and French troops to begin the Allied invasion of the Gallipoli peninsula in the Ottoman Empire. |
1922
Jun 30
Age: 73y
| 1922 • The British government releases the remaining Irish prisoners captured in the War of Independence. |