1242: Battle on the Ice: Russian Prince of Novgorod Alexander Nevsky defeats the Teutonic Knights on the frozen Lake Peipus between Estonia and Russia

1722: Dutch navigator Jacob Roggeveen is the first European to discover Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui, in the southeastern Pacific Ocean

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

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

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

Source: Onthisday.com