1407: Lama Deshin Shekpa visits the Ming Dynasty capital at Nanjing and is awarded the title Great Treasure Prince of Dharma

1516: Venice compels Jews to live in a specific area, establishing the first Jewish ghetto

1815: Mount Tambora in the Dutch East Indies experiences a cataclysmic eruption, one of the most powerful in history, killing around 71,000 people, causes global volcanic winter

1858: “Big Ben”, a 13.76 tonne bell, is recast at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry

1972: The US, USSR and 70 other nations agree to ban biological weapons at the Biological Weapons Convention

1998: The Good Friday Agreement [Belfast Agreement] for Northern Ireland is signed by the British and Irish governments

Source: Onthisday.com