1542 – Portuguese Francis Xavier arrives in Goya, the capital of Portuguese India.
1682 - Louis XIV moved his court from the Louvre to Versailles.
1840 - Published the first postage stamp.
1848 - Otto Tank abolishes slavery in Suriname.
1868 - Born Nicholas II, Russian king.
1889 - In Paris the Universal World Exhibition was officially opened Eiffel Tower.
1937 - The blimp Hindenburg caught fire while landing near New York City, killing 36 people. This accident is the end Zeppelin as regular air transport.
1994 - The General Assembly of the Organization for the numbering of the articles (EAN) in Mexico, the Macedonian organization EAN MAK becomes a member.
1994 - Queen Elizabeth II and President Francois Mitterrand formally opened the Channel Tunnel.
