27 BC: The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate
1412: The Medici family is appointed official banker of the Papacy
1547: Ivan the Terrible, aged 17, crowns himself the 1st tsar of Moscow
1605: The first edition of “El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha” (Book One of Don Quixote) by Miguel de Cervantes is published in Madrid
1793: French King Louis XVI sentenced to death by the National Convention during the French Revolution
1913: British House of Commons accepts Home Rule for Ireland (but the Great War gets in the way of it happening)
1919: The 18th Amendment to the US Constitution, authorizing the prohibition of alcohol, is ratified by a majority of US states
1920: First assembly of the League of Nations is held in Paris
Source: Onthisday.com
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