1453 - Died Constantine XI Palaeologus - the last Roman (Byzantine) emperor. Legend has it that when the Ottomans entered Constantinople, an angel saved the emperor and placed him in a cave under the Golden Gate, where he waits to be brought back to life when Constantinople will again become a Christian city. Constantinople, the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire falls under the authority of Muhammad II, which marked the end of the Byzantine Empire.
1721 - South Carolina was formally incorporated as a Crown Colony.
1727 - Peter II becomes King of the age of two.
1848 - Wisconsin becomes the 30th state of the United States.
1851 - In Akron is taken first Convention on the Rights of the black woman.
1922 - Ecuador becomes independent state.
