27 BC: The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus by the Roman Senate

1412: The Medici family is appointed official banker of the Papacy

1547: Ivan the Terrible, aged 17, crowns himself the first Tsar of Russia

1605: First edition of “El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha” (Part 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: League of Nations holds its first council meeting in Paris

Source: Onthisday.com