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Promulgated by the Manifesto of Alexander II to abolish serfdom.

1861 y.

The last day of carnival, on Forgiveness Sunday, for all the Church in Russia during the liturgy was read the Manifesto of Alexander II to abolish serfdom.This manifesto was signed by the Emperor on February 19, Old Style or March 3 - the new.However, despite this landmark event, the day passed quietly, and the news has not made much of an impression in the people, barely aware of it epoch-making significance.

However, some observations of liquor on that day was drunk significantly less t...

Washington opened National Art Gallery.

1941 y.

Today, the Washington National Gallery of Art is among the richest and also the youngest in the world of art museums.It is administered by the Smithsonian Institution.He founded the gallery in 1937, Andrew Mellon, and it was opened March 17, 1941, when President Franklin Roosevelt formally adopted it as a gift to the American people.The collection`s galleries were large private collection Mellon, Kress, Uaydenera, Chester Dale.

In these meetings are masterpieces of different ages - from P...

First voyage of Magellan opened three most southerly island of the Marianas group.

Archeologists in Crete have found the remains of the legendary Labyrinth - Palace Minotaur.

The Roman emperor Constantine I declared Sunday a day of rest.

It is believed that this day was founded Venice.

Irakli I returned to Jerusalem, the great Christian relic - the True Cross.

Germanischer King Frederick I was elected Staufen, surnamed Barbarossa.

The troops of Frederick I Barbarossa captured Milan.

In Florence after the coup d`etat "black Guelphs were sentenced in absentia to death of 15 leaders of the" white ", including Dante.

In the ancient Scottish capital of Skåne in the reign of Robert the Bruce.

Ivan I, in gratitude for his help in the brutal suppression of anti-Tatar uprising in Tver has received from the Khan Uzbek label on the great reign of Vladimir.

Nicolaus Copernicus made his first planetary observation.

A flotilla of 13 ships under the command of Don Pedro Alvares Cabral discovered land that is now called Brazil.

Five years after the death of Niccolo Machiavelli in Rome, published his "History of Florence".

In Russia was a monetary reform.

In Moscow, came the first Russian printed book "The Apostle".

A representation of the tragedy of Sophocles` "Oedipus Rex" in Vicenza has opened the theater "Olimpico".

Failed attempt to depose the king of the boyars Basil Shuisky.

Congregation of the Index has banned all texts, accepting the truth of Copernicus.

Isaac Newton was appointed director of the London mint with a huge salary for those days - 2000 pounds per year.

Johann Bottger handed the office of the court records of his experiments to obtain porcelain.

Published the first printed textbook on geography in Russian.

Decree of Peter I was set up by the Senate.

An "Boston Massacre".

In London, published a book by Adam Smith`s Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.

English astronomer William Herschel discovered Uranus.

Mozart gave horn Joseph Ignaz Leytgebu original manuscript of the score concerto in E flat major for horn and string orchestra.

Napoleon Bonaparte was appointed to operations in Italy, the commander of the French army.

Carl Gauss realized how to construct a regular 17-gon.

American, Eli Whitney received a patent for the invention of a machine for quick and effective for separating cotton fibers from seeds, husk and other impurities.

Franz Joseph Gall presented the book "Study of the nervous system in general and the brain in particular.".

Frederick William III established a military award for "Iron Cross".

In Moscow, the grand opening of the monument to Minin and Pozharsky.

The Englishman William Church patented the first printing typesetting machine.

Franz Liszt successful debut in Paris.

There was only one author`s concert of Franz Schubert.

France passed a law creating the Foreign Legion.

Saw the light of Hugo`s novel "Notre Dame".

In the ballet the first time used a dress called "pack".

It approved the Regulations on Civil uniforms.

First performed the Violin Concerto in E minor by Mendelssohn-Bartholdy.

Honore de Balzac was married to the countess Evelina Hanska.

The premiere of the opera by Giuseppe Verdi`s "Rigoletto.".

Textile workers in New York marched through the streets, protesting against low wages and poor working conditions.

Alexander II abolished serfdom in Russia, issuing a manifesto on the liberation of the peasants.

Promulgated by the Manifesto of Alexander II to abolish serfdom.

Signed an agreement on Russia`s sale of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands to the United States of America.

Naturalist Jean-Pierre Armand David in China gave the skin of an animal previously unknown to Europeans - the panda.

In Yellowstone National Park opened its first U.S..

Remington started production of the first typewriter.

Leo Tolstoy began work on the novel "Anna Karenina".

The premiere of the opera by Georges Bizet`s "Carmen".

Alexander Graham Bell patented his invention of the telephone.

Pavel Yablochkov received a patent for the invention of "electric candle".

American Emile Berliner created a microphone.

At the Bolshoi stage the premiere of Tchaikovsky`s ballet "Swan Lake".

At the meeting of the French Academy was held Europe`s first public demonstration of the phonograph by Thomas Edison.

Killed Alexander II, the Emperor of Russia since 1855.

Robert Koch spoke at the evening session of the Berlin Physiological Society with a sensational announcement: he was able to identify the bacteria that cause tuberculosis.

Created recipe world`s most popular drink - Coca-Cola.

Almon Stroudzher patented the first automatic telephone exchange.

In Paris the opening ceremony of the Eiffel Tower.

Businessman John Holding was founded in his hometown club Liverpool.

Established prize for the best hockey team - the Stanley Cup.

Swiss watch company Longines has registered its logo.

In Paris the first ever public demonstration of a movie.

The world first heard of psychoanalysis.

The German chemist Felix Hoffmann of Bayer`s received a patent on aspirin.

Following the leading countries of Europe and Japan and Russia, the United States have legalized the "gold standard".

Decree of Emperor Nicholas II were created submarine forces of the Baltic Sea with the first connection basing submarines in the naval base at Libau.

Frenchwoman Elise de Laroche became the first woman pilot.

In Moscow the first performance of Russian folk choir Pyatnickogo.

Roald Amundsen informed the world about his discovery of the South Pole.

Denmark is officially placed under the control of the southern United States Virgin Islands.

In Moscow on Nikitsky Boulevard opened Printing House, now - the Central House of Journalists.

Released the first issue of the American magazine «Time».

Robert Goddard launched the world`s first liquid fuel rocket.

An article of Josef Stalin`s "Dizzy with success".

Newspapers Pravda and Izvestia published an article, pamphlet, Maxim Gorky`s "Who do you," masters of culture "?

Bank of England issued the first paper money with a new high degree of protection against forgery.

Washington opened National Art Gallery.

Winston Churchill called the dividing line of Europe "Iron Curtain".

United States detonated a hydrogen bomb at Bikini Atoll.

The American company Ampex demonstrated the first in the history of the recorder.

Commercially available first Barbie doll.

In the Soviet Union formed the first group of astronauts.

By decision of the UN was established by the World Consumer Rights Day.

Closing the prison Alcatraz.

To the Moon launched the American automatic interplanetary station "Ranger 9".

Soviet specialists have launched the first artificial satellite of the moon.

Mauritius gained independence from Britain.

Entry into force of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.

On the screens out of the country Vladimir Motyl film "White Sun of the Desert".

In the UK, the company Philips, Sony and Polygram have demonstrated the first CD.

Space probe "Vega-1 completed the program of studies of Halley`s Comet.

Mikhail Gorbachev was elected as the only president in the history of the USSR.

In London, the museum was opened Sherlock Holmes.

The beginning of the conflict in Transnistria.

Lars von Trier has made a sensational manifesto "The vow of chastity.

In Lisbon, opened Europe`s longest bridge.

Elected President of Russia Vladimir Putin.

In Jerusalem, opened a new Museum of the Holocaust.

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