3746 results for “War of the First Coalition: Napoleon Bonaparte conquers Venice” — type: events (563 ms)
Great Britain defeats France to capture the first ever Rugby League World Cup in Paris in front of around 30,000 spectators.
The Soviet Union completes development of the AK-47, one of the first proper assault rifles.
The Holland Tunnel opens to traffic as the first Hudson River vehicle tunnel linking New Jersey to New York City.
James Braid first sees a demonstration of animal magnetism by Charles Lafontaine, which leads to his study of the subject he eventually calls hypnotism.
The first G-20 economic summit opens in Washington, D.C.
Reverend Caesar "Butch" Conde leads first worship service of the Bread of Life Ministries International in the Philippines.
American physicist Theodore Maiman is given a patent for his ruby laser systems, the world's first laser.
Ruby Bridges becomes the first black child to attend an all-white elementary school in Louisiana.
The New Musical Express publishes the first regular UK Singles Chart.
The Communist Party of Spain is founded, and issues the first edition of Mundo obrero.
Pesäpallo, the Finnish version of baseball developed by Lauri Pihkala, is played for the first time at Kaisaniemi Park in Helsinki.
Aviator Eugene Burton Ely performs the first takeoff from a ship in Hampton Roads, Virginia, taking off from a makeshift deck on the USS Birmingham in a Curtiss pusher.
German astronomer Gottfried Kirch discovers the Great Comet of 1680, the first comet to be discovered by telescope.
The first day of the 2003 Istanbul bombings, in which two car bombs, targeting two synagogues, explode, kill 25 people and wound 300 more.
The first Fairtrade label, Max Havelaar, is launched in the Netherlands.
René Lévesque and the Parti Québécois take power to become the first Quebec government of the 20th century clearly in favor of independence.
Intel releases the world's first commercial single-chip microprocessor, the 4004.
The Cleveland Transit System becomes the first transit system in the western hemisphere to provide direct rapid transit service from a city's downtown to its major airport.
The first part of the Saint Petersburg Metro is opened.
