    ==events== * 557 &ndash; constantinople is severely damaged by an earthquake. * 835 &ndash; sweet dew incident: emperor wenzong of the tang dynasty conspires to kill the powerful eunuchs of the tang court, but the plot is foiled. *1287 &ndash; st. lucia's flood: the zuiderzee sea wall in the netherlands collapses, killing over 50,000 people. *1542 &ndash; princess mary stuart becomes mary, queen of scots. *1751 &ndash; the theresian military academy is founded as the first military academy in the world. *1782 &ndash; the montgolfier brothers' first balloon lifts off on its first test flight. *1812 &ndash; the french invasion of russia comes to an end as the remnants of the grande armÃ©e are expelled from russia. *1814 &ndash; war of 1812: the royal navy seizes control of lake borgne, louisiana. *1819 &ndash; alabama becomes the 22nd u.s. state. *1836 &ndash; the toledo war unofficially ends. *1896 &ndash; the glasgow underground railway is opened by the glasgow district subway company. *1900 &ndash; quantum mechanics: max planck presents a theoretical derivation of his black-body radiation law. *1902 &ndash; the commercial pacific cable company lays the first pacific telegraph cable, from san francisco to honolulu. *1903 &ndash; the wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the wright flyer at kitty hawk, north carolina. *1907 &ndash; the schooner runs aground and founders near the hellweather's reef within the isles of scilly in a gale. the pilot and 15 seamen die. *1909 &ndash; new south wales premier charles wade signs the seat of government surrender act 1909, formally completing the transfer of state land to the commonwealth to create the australian capital territory. *1911 &ndash; roald amundsens team, comprising himself, olav bjaaland, helmer hanssen, sverre hassel, and oscar wisting, becomes the first to reach the south pole. *1913 &ndash; , the fourth and last  ship, launches, eventually becoming one of the japanese workhorses during world war i and world war ii. *1914 &ndash; lisandro de la torre and others found the democratic progressive party (partido demÃ³crata progresista, pdp) at the hotel savoy, buenos aires, argentina. *1918 &ndash; friedrich karl von hessen, a germ
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