    ==events== *756 &ndash; an lushan rebellion: emperor xuanzong of tang is ordered by his imperial guards to execute chancellor [yang guozhong]] by forcing him to commit suicide or face a mutiny. he permits his consort yang guifei to be strangled by his chief eunuch. general an lushan has other members of the emperor's family killed. *1099 &ndash; first crusade: christian soldiers take the church of the holy sepulchre in jerusalem after the final assault of a difficult siege. *1149 &ndash; the reconstructed church of the holy sepulchre is consecrated in jerusalem. *1207 &ndash; king john of england expels canterbury monks for supporting archbishop stephen langton. *1240 &ndash; swedishânovgorodian wars: a novgorodian army led by alexander nevsky defeats the swedes in the battle of the neva. *1381 &ndash; john ball, a leader in the peasants' revolt, is hanged, drawn and quartered in the presence of king richard ii of england. *1410 &ndash; polishâlithuanianâteutonic war: battle of grunwald &ndash; the allied forces of the kingdom of poland and the grand duchy of lithuania defeat the army of the teutonic order. *1482 &ndash; muhammad xii is crowned the twenty-second and last nasrid king of granada. *1685 &ndash; monmouth rebellion: james scott, 1st duke of monmouth is executed at tower hill, england after his defeat at the battle of sedgemoor on 6 july 1685. *1741 &ndash; aleksei chirikov sights land in southeast alaska. he sends men ashore in a longboat, making them the first europeans to visit alaska. *1789 &ndash; gilbert du motier, marquis de lafayette, is named by acclamation colonel general of the new national guard of paris. *1799 &ndash; the rosetta stone is found in the egyptian village of rosetta by french captain pierre-franÃ§ois bouchard during napoleon's egyptian campaign. *1806 &ndash; pike expedition: united states army lieutenant zebulon pike begins an expedition from fort bellefontaine near st. louis, missouri, to explore the west. *1815 &ndash; napoleonic wars: napoleon bonaparte surrenders aboard . *1823 &ndash; a fire destroys the ancient basilica of saint paul outside the walls in [[rome|rome, i
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