1534: Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent occupies Baghdad

1563: Council of Trent holds its last session, after 18 years. Last ecumenical council for more than 300 years.

1619: 38 colonists from Berkeley Parish, England disembark in Virginia and give thanks to God. Considered by many The First Thanksgiving in the Americas.

1791: Britain’s “The Observer” is first published, the oldest Sunday newspaper in the world

1829: Britain outlaws “suttee” in India, a Hindu practice where a widow burns herself to death on her husband’s funeral pyre

1918: US President Woodrow Wilson sails for Versailles Peace Conference in France

Source: Onthisday.com