366: The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers and invade the Roman Empire

1492: Muhammad XII, the last Emir of Granada, surrenders the city to Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile, ending the Reconquista and centuries of Muslim rule on the Iberian Peninsula

1570: Tsar Ivan IV the Terrible begins his march to Novgorod

1905: Conference of 23 industrial trade unionists in Chicago, Illinois, issues the Industrial Union Manifesto, calling for a convention in Chicago in June and laying the groundwork for the formation of the 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 a march for peace in East Bengal

Source: Onthisday.com