1. Blōtmōnðes

1 Blōtmōnaþ is se 305a dæg þæs gēares (306a in hlēapgēarum) in þǣre Gregoriscan Gerīmbēc, mid 60 belīfendra daga.

 Belimpas 

  79 - Pompeii biþ gebyrged fram Munte Vesuvio.
 996 - Otto III Cāsere issues a deed to Gottschalk, Bishop of Freising, þe is þæt ieldeste cūðe geƿrit mid naman Ostarrîchi (Ēastrīce in Ealdum Hēam Þēodisce).
 1512 - The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo, is exhibited to the public for the first time.
 1520 - The Strait of Magellan, the passage immediately south of mainland Sūþ America, connecting the Stillehæf and the Atlantic Gārsecg, is first navigated by Ferdinand Magellan during his global circumnavigation voyage.
 1530 - An approximated 400,000 die after the Niðerland' dikes fail.
 1592 - At the Battle of Busan, the outnumbered Korean navy defeats a larger Japanese army.
 1604 - Willelm Shakespeare's tragedy Othello is presented for the first time, at Whitehall Palace in Lundene.
 1611 - Willelm Shakespeare's romantic comedy The Tempest is presented for the first time, at Whitehall Palace in Lundene. 
 1683 - Sēo Engliscu cynelicu landbūnes be naman Nīƿe Eoforƿīc is bedæled in tƿelf scīra.
 1755 - Olisipo earthquake: In Portugal, Olisipo is adiglod be miclum eorðstyre and ȳðe, killing between sixty and ninety thousand people. 
 1765 - The British Parliament enacts the Stamp Act on the 13 colonies in order to help pay for Bryttisc military operations in North America.
 1790 - Edmund Burke publishes Reflections on the Revolution in France, in which he predicts that the French Revolution will end in disaster.
 1800 - US President John Adams becomes the first President of the United States tō ƿunienne in þǣm Executive Mansion (later renamed þæt Hƿīte Hūs).
 1848 - In Boston, Massachusetts, the first medical school for women, The Boston Female Medical School (which will later merge with Boston University School of Medicine), opens. 
 1859 - The current Cape Lookout, North Carolina, lighthouse is lighted for the first time. Its first-order Fresnel lens can be seen for 19 miles (30 kilometers).
 1861 - Americanisc Ingefeoht: US President Abraham Lincoln appoints George McClellan as commander of the Union Army, replacing the aged General Winfield Scott.
 1870 - In þǣm Geānlǣhtum Rīcum, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast.
 1871 - The Stamford to Bourne, Lincolnshire turnpike road was freed from tolls.
 1876 - Nīƿes Sǣlandes provincial government system is dissolved.
 1894 - Nicholas II becomes the new Tsar of Russia after his father, Alexander III, dies.
 1896 - Biliþ showing the naked breasts of a woman appears in National Geographic magazine for the first time.
 1914 - Ǣrest Ƿoruldgūþ: the first British naval defeat of the war, the Battle of Coronel is fought off of the coast of Chile.
 1918 - Malbone Street Wreck: the worst rapid transit accident in world history occurs under the intersection of Malbone Street and Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, New York City, with at least 93 dead.
 1922 - The last sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Mehmed VI, abdicates.
 1939 - The first rabbit born after artificial insemination is shown to the world.
 1943 - Ōðru Ƿoruldgūþ: Operation Goodtime launched - United States Marines invade Bougainville in the Solomon Islands.
 1944 - Ōðru Ƿoruldgūþ: Operation Infatuate launched - The British Army land at Walcheren in the Niðerland.
 1948 -  Off southern Manchuria, 6,000 are killed as a Chinese merchant ship explodes and sinks.
 1950 - Puerto Rican nationalists Griselio Torresola and Oscar Collazo attempt to assassinate US President Harry S. Truman.
 1950 - Pope Pius XII claims Papal Infallibility when he formally defines the dogma of the Assumption of Mary. 
 1951 - US soldiers are exposed to an atomic explosion for training purposes in Desert Rock, Nevada; participation was not voluntary.
 1952 - Operation Ivy - The Geānlǣht Rīcu American successfully detonates the first hydrogen bomb, codenamed "Mike" ["m" for megaton], at Eniwetok island in the Bikini atoll located in the Pacific Ocean. 
 1954 - The Front de Libération Nationale fires the first shots of the Algerian War of Independence.
 1955 - A United Airlines DC-6B explodes in mid-air and crashes near Longmont, Colorado, killing 44 people
 1956 - Formation of Kerala state in India.
 1960 - While campaigning for Forestittend þāra Geānlǣhtra Rīca, John F. Kennedy announces his idea of the Peace Corps.
 1963 - The Arecibo Observatory in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, with the largest radio telescope ever constructed, officially opens.
 1963 - President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam is overthrown and executed in a coup d'état led by General Duong Van Minh.
 1969 - After seven years off the top of the charts, Elvis Presley hits No. 1 on the Billboard Music charts with his song "Suspicious Minds."
 1973 - Watergate Scandal: Leon Jaworski is appointed as the new Watergate Special Prosecutor. 
 1973 - Formation of Karnataka state in India.
 1980 - Wayanad district formed in the state of Kerala, India.
 1981 - Antigua and Barbuda gain independence from the Geānlǣht Cynerīce.
 1990 - A Nīƿeoforƿicburg civil jury awards Sandra Miller $100 for battery after an incident in which Mike Tyson grabbed her breasts and insulted her; the jury found Tyson's behavior "not outrageous".
 1993 - The Maastricht Treaty takes effect, formally establishing the Europisc Gesamnung.
 1994 - George Lucas leaves the day-to-day operations of his filmmaking business and starts a sabbatical. While on sabbatical, he writes the prequel section of the Star Wars movies.
 1994 - The Chijon Family is sentenced to death in South Korea for murdering and eating five people.
 1998 - The European Court of Human Rights is instituted.
 2004 - The Bank of Japan issues a new series of 1000, 5000, and 10,000 yen notes. Both old and the new series will circulate together.

 Byrda 
 846 - Louis the Stammerer, Cyning of West Francia (d. 879)
 1339 - Rudolf IV of Austria (d. 1365)
 1351 - Duke Leopold III of Austria
 1530 - Étienne de La Boétie, French judge and writer (d. 1563)
 1539 - Pierre Pithou, Frencisc lawyer and scholar (d. 1596)
 1567 - Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, conde de Gondomar, Spanish diplomat (d. 1626)
 1578 - Dmitry Pozharsky, Russisc æðeling (d. 1642)
 1585 - Jan Brożek, Polish mathematician, physician, and astronomer (d. 1652)
 1607 - Georg Philipp Harsdorffer, German poet (d. 1658)
 1611 - François-Marie, comte de Broglie, Italian-born French commander (d. 1656)
 1636 - Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux, Frencisc poet and critic (d. 1711)
 1643 - John Strype, Englisc historian and biographer (d. 1737)
 1661 - Florent Carton Dancourt, French dramatist and actor (d. 1725)
 1762 - Spencer Perceval, Fyrmestscealc þæs Geānlǣhtan Cynerīces (d. 1812)
 1778 - Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (d. 1837)
 1808 - John Taylor, American religious leader
 1871 - Stephen Crane, American ƿrītere (d. 1900)
 1877 - Roger Quilter, British composer (d. 1953)
 1878 - Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter (d. 1925)
 1880 - Alfred Wegener, meteorologist and geophysicist (d. 1930)
  1880   - Sholom Asch, Polish-born American writer (d. 1957)
  1880   - Grantland Rice, American sports writer (d. 1954)
 1886 - Hermann Broch, Ēastrīcisc bōcere (d. 1951)
 1892 - Alexander Alekhine, Russian-born world chess champion (d. 1946)
 1902 - Eugen Jochum, German conductor (d. 1987)
 1923 - Gordon R. Dickson, science fiction author (d. 2001)
  1923   - Victoria de los Angeles, Catalan soprano (d. 2005)
 1929 - Betsy Palmer, American actress
 1934 - Umberto Agnelli, Swiss-born automobile executive (d. 2004)
 1934 - William Mathias, British composer (d. 1992)
 1935 - Gary Player, American golfer
 1935 - Edward Said, Palestinian-born literary critic (d. 2003)
 1939 - Barbara Bosson, American actress
 1940 - Ramesh Chandra Lahoti, Chief Justice of India
 1942 - Ralph Klein, Premier of Alberta
 1943 - Salvatore Adamo Belgian-Italian singer
 1950 - Robert B. Laughlin, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
 1952 - Larry Flynt, American magazine publisher
 1957 - Lyle Lovett, American singer
  1957   - Carlos Paião, Portuguese singer (d. 1988)
 1962 - Anthony Kiedis, American singer (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
 1963 - Rick Allen, British drummer (Def Leppard)
  1963   - Roddy Bottum, American musician (Faith No More, Imperial Teen)
 1967 - Sophie B. Hawkins, American musician
 1972 - Toni Collette, Australian actress 
 1976 - Matt Chapman, American creator of Homestar Runner

 Dēaðas 
 1399 - John V, Duke of Brittany (b. 1339)
 1596 - Pierre Pithou, French lawyer and scholar (b. 1539)
 1642 - Jean Nicolet, French explorer (b. 1598)
 1676 - Gisbertus Voetius, Dutch theologian (b. 1589)
 1678 - William Coddington, first Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1601)
 1700 - Charles II of Spain (b. 1661)
 1888 - Nikolai Mikhailovich Przhevalskiy, Russian explorer (b. 1838)
 1894 - Alexander III, Tsar of Russia
 1903 - Theodor Mommsen, German author and recipient of the Nobel Prize in literature
 1924 - William Tilghman, American frontier marshal, statesman
 1942 - Hugo Distler, German composer (b. 1908)
 1963 - Ngo Dinh Diem, President of South Vietnam
 1972 - Ezra Pound, American poet (b. 1885)
 1979 - Mamie Eisenhower, First Lady of the United States
 1982 - King Vidor, American film director
 1983 - Anthony van Hoboken, Dutch musicologist
 1985 - Phil Silvers, American actor and comedian
 1987 - René Lévesque, Premier of Quebec, Canada
 1993 - Severo Ochoa, Spanish–American biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905)
 1999 - Walter Payton, American football player

 Symbeldagas 
 World Vegan Day
 Catholicism - Holy Day of Obligation Ealra Hālgena Mæssedæg. Holiday in Germany, Austria, Belgium, Seychelles, Spain, Italy, Lithuania, The Philippines and Croatia.
 Algeria - National day
 Lá Samhna the traditional first day of Winter in modern Ireland, see also Samhain
 Mexico and Geānlǣht Rīcu - Se Dæg þāra Dēadra

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