Read the most important events that happened today.
1349: Seven hundred Jews are burned alive in the Kingdom of Switzerland because they are believed to be responsible for the inguinal plague that afflicts the city.
1438: The homonymous synod of the Churches of Rome and Constantinople begins in Ferrara, Italy, with the aim of removing the Schism of 1054. The synod, which will later be transferred to Florence, is also attended by the Byzantine emperor John VIII. Although the union of the two Churches is decided, the anti-union portion of Constantinople prevails and ultimately overturns the original decision.
1768: The first modern circus, by Philip Astley, opens in London.
1788: Connecticut becomes the 5th US State.
1792: Russia and the Ottoman Empire sign the Treaty of Iasi, declaring the end of the sixth war between them. Turkey cedes to Russia the Black Sea coast of western Ukraine.
1823: The Russian government, in a memorandum to the other major powers, proposes as a solution to the Greek question the establishment of three hegemonies modeled on Wallachia and Moldavia. The proposed hegemonies are: a) Thessaly and Eastern Central Greece, b) Western Central Greece and Epirus, c) Peloponnese and Crete.
1888: The Financial Times is founded. Its first issue is published under the name "London Financial Guide" and will be renamed with the name it maintains until today on February 13.
1900: Lazio is founded in Rome as a sports club for runners. They choose the blue and white colors, inspired by the colors of the flag of Greece, the homeland of the Olympic Games and sports in general. The emblem of the group is the eagle, a symbol of the Roman Empire.
1945: The United States invades the island of Luzon in the Philippines.
1951: The gates of the UN headquarters in New York are officially opening.
1960: In Egypt, the official foundation is being laid and the construction of the Aswan Dam is underway. The presidents of the Soviet Union, Nikita Khrushchev, and the presidents of Egypt, Gamal Abdel Nasser, boarding a boat, throw symbolic stones at the foundation.
1979: Greek television acquires color, thanks to the French SECAM system, which will later be replaced by the German PAL.
1992: The film "The stork's meteoric step" has its official premiere in Athens, in the presence of director Theodoros Angelopoulos and protagonist Marcello Mastroianni.
1992: The Assembly of Serbs in Bosnia / Herzegovina announces the creation of the Republika Srpska of Bosnia, a new political entity within Yugoslavia.
1996: The Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded with delay, rejecting the verbal announcement of Turkey on December 29, in which it is stated that the Imia rocky islets have been registered in the Mugla cadastre of Boudrum (Alikarnassos) prefecture and belong to Turkey.
1998: The US Ambassador to Greece, Nicholas Burns, in an interview states that his country recognizes only 6 nautical miles as national airspace, while the State Department clarifies that for the Americans the Turkish flights in the zone between 6 and 10 nm. . they are not violations.
2005: Mahmoud Abbas is elected the new president of the Palestinian Authority, succeeding the late Yasser Arafat.
2007: Apple's Steve Jobs showcases his new iPhone.
2010: An explosive device, placed in a trash can, explodes at 8 pm near the monument of the Unknown Soldier, in front of the Parliament. The terrorist organization "Conspiracy of the Nuclei of Fire" will take responsibility for the attack.
Births
1554 - Pope Gregory XI
1685 - Tiberius Hemsterhaus, Dutch philologist
1873 - Thomas Curtis, American athlete
1878 - John Watson, American psychologist
1890 - Kurt Tuholsky, German journalist
1890 - Karel πεapek, Czech writer
1897 - Carl Levitt, German philosopher
1908 - Simone de Beauvoir, French writer
1913 - Richard Nixon, 37th President of the United States
1919 - William Meredith, American poet
1922 - Sequo Toure, President of Guinea
1924 - Mary Kay, American musician
1925 - Lee Van Cliff, American actor
1926 - George Modelsky, Polish political scientist
1928 - Domenico Montunio, Italian singer
1938 - Lakis Pappas, Greek singer
1941 - Joan Baez, American singer and activist
1944 - Jimmy Page, English guitarist
1944 - Michalis Violaris, Cypriot singer
1955 - Τζ. K. Simmons, American actor
1958 - Mehmet Ali Agca, Turkish assassin
1958 - Steven Neil, English philosopher
1963 - Andreas Tsoukalas, Greek singer
1967 - Claudio Cania, Argentine footballer
1968 - George Theofanous, Cypriot composer
1977 - James Schooney Penn, American basketball player
1978 - Gennaro Gattuso, Italian footballer
1979 - Thanasis Prittas, Greek football player
1982 - Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
1987 - Pablo Santos, Mexican actor
1989 - Nina Dobrev, Bulgarian actress
1993 - Katarina Johnson-Thompson, English athlete
1995 - Nicholas Pelz, American actress
Deaths
1511 - Dimitrios Chalkokondylis, Greek scholar
1514 - Anne of Britain, Queen of France
1534 - John Aventinos, Bavarian historian and philologist
1799 - Maria Gaetana Agniesi, Italian mathematician
1855 - Neophytos Vamvas, Greek scholar
1873 - Napoleon III, Emperor of France
1878 - Victor Emmanuel II, King of Italy
1923 - Kathryn Mansfield, New Zealand writer
1927 - Houston Stuart Chamberlain, English writer
1941 - Dimitrios Golemis, Greek athlete
1954 - Nicholas Abraham, Greek politician
1957 - Giuseppe Botay, Italian politician
1969 - Vassilios Panousis Greek politician
1990 - Cemal Sureyya, Turkish writer
1998 - Lia Manoliou, Romanian athlete
2004 - Norberto Bombio, Italian philosopher
2007 - Jean-Pierre Vernan, French historian and anthropologist
2012 - Malam Bakai Sanya, President of Guinea-Bissau
2014 - Dale T. Mortensen, American economist
2015 - Roy Tarpley, American basketball player
2017 - Sigmund Baumann, Polish sociologist