1500 - Portuguese naval captain Diego Diaz is the first European to see Madagascar.
1519 - Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan with a Spanish expedition of 5 ships started a circular road around the Earth.
1675 - King Charles II and John Flemsted set up the cornerstone of the Royal Observatory Greenwich, the site where it passes through the zero meridian.
1809 - Ecuador declared independence from Spain (NATIONAL DAY).
1821 - Missouri is recognized as the 24 states of the United States.
1913 - The Bucharest Peace Treaty was signed, with catastrophic consequences for Macedonia and the Macedonian people. Macedonia is divided into three parts: Bulgaria, Serbia and Greece.
