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In 1407, the final act in the foundation of the medieval Carthusian monastery Pleterje is represented by the foundation charter of Count Herman II. of Celje.
In 1875 in Berlin the Universal Postal Union, which after the World War II underwent a series of organizational and technical changes. Slovenia was incorporated into it in 1992.
In 1762 Catherine II, also known as Catherine the Great, is proclaimed Empress of Russia. She was the most renowned and the longest-ruling female leader of Russia.
In 793, occurs the first recorded attack by Vikings, who pillaged the English island of Lindisfarne. In 1838, in Constance Count Ferdinand Adolf August Heinrich von Zeppelin is born.
In 1153, in the Cistercian monastery in Stična began regular monastic life. The Sticna monastery was founded by the Aquileia abbot Peregrin, but it was disbanded in 1784.
In 1415, the Czech reformer Jan Hus is burned at the stake. He was rector of the University of Prague, who spread criticism about ecclesiastical conditions.
In 1843 in Ljubljana the Agricultural and Handicraft News begins to be published. The editor is Janez Bleiweis. In 1865 the first numeric speed limit was created in the UK.
In 1546 Bishop of Trieste Peter Bonomo, who under the influence of Erasmus of Rotterdam became a follower of reformatory movement, dies.
In 1883 in Prague, the Austrian writer Franz Kafka of Jewish decent is born. He was one of the most important representatives of modern literature. He died of tuberculosis.
In 1566, the French astrologer and seer Nostradamus dies. In 1778, the famous French writer and philosopher Jean Jacques Rousseau dies. His political ideas influenced the French Revolution.
In 1896, the American writer Harriet Beecher-Stowe, best known for her novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, which was published in 1852 and is a sharp criticism of a black slavery in the United States, dies.
In 1893 in South Africa the 995 carat diamond Excelsior is discovered, which up till then was the largest in the world. In 1934, Adolf Hitler took revenge on his colleagues in the Nazi party.
In 1793, the Czech technician Josef Ressel, who patented the ship propeller, is born. In 1883, the Italian politician, head of the fascist party and dictator Benito Mussolini is born.
In 1586 Primož Trubar dies. He was the Protestant reformer, most known as the author of the first Slovene language printed book.
In 1862 Johann Puch, the Austrian automotive inventor of Slovenian descent, is born. In 1880, the American writer Helen Keller, who was blind and deaf from birth, is born.
In 1810, the French balloonist Joseph Michel Montgolfier, who invented the first usable hot air balloon, dies. In 1824 in Belfast the British theoretical physicist William Thomas Kelvin is born.
In 1903, the British novelist and essayist George Orwell is born. His best known work is a pessimistic novel about the future titled 1984.
In 1509 Henry VIII is crowned King of England. In 1692 the town of Kingston in Jamaica is founded. In 1717 in London the first Masonic lodge is founded.
In 1763, Josephine de Beauharnais, who in 1796 married Napoleon Bonaparte and became Empress of France, is born.
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