366: The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers, invading the Roman Empire

1492: Muhammad XII, the last Emir of Granada, surrenders his city to Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabel I of Castile, ending both the Reconquista and centuries of Muslim rule in the Iberian peninsula

1570: Tsar Ivan the Terrible’s march to Novgorod begins

1905: In Chicago, Illinois, a conference of 23 industrial trade unionists issues the ‘Industrial Union Manifesto’ calling for a convention to be held in Chicago in June, laying the groundwork for the formation of Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)

1942: World War II: The 28 nations at war with the Axis powers pledge to make no separate peace deals

1947: Mahatma Gandhi begins march for peace in East Bengal

Source: Onthisday.com