1297 - Monaco gains its independence.
1642 - Галилео Галилеј — италијански астроном и физичар.
1679 - French explorer Rene-Robert de La Salle Kavelje discovered Niagara Falls
1780 - An earthquake of estimated magnitude 7.7 hits the city of Tabriz, Iran killing about 80,000 people and causing major damage.
1806 - Cape Colony becomes a British colony.
1994 - Russian cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov on Soyuz TM-18 leaves for Mir. He would stay on the space station until March 22, 1995, for a record 437 days in space.
