1242: Alexander Nevsky of Novgorod defeats the Teutonic Knights in the Battle of the Ice

1722: Dutch navigator Jacob Roggeveen is the first European to discover Easter Island / Rapa Nui in the southeastern Pacific

1818: Battle of Maipú: Chile’s independence movement led by Bernardo O’Higgins and José de San Martín win a decisive victory over Spain, leaving 2,000 Spaniards and 1,000 Chilean patriots dead

1847: Birkenhead Park, the first civic public park, opens in Birkenhead, England, designed by Joseph Paxton

1879: Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.

Source: Onthisday.com