Events
1540 – King Henry VIII of England marries Anne of Cleves.
1838 – The first and successful test of the electrical telegraph is made.
1912 – Alfred Wegener presents his theory of continental drift for the first time.
1929 – Mother Teresa arrives in Calcutta to begin her work.
1930 – The first diesel-engined automobile trip is completed.
1947 – Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to schedule a flight around the world.
Births
1367 – King Richard II of England (d. 1400)
1412 – Joan of Arc, French military figure and Roman Catholic Saint (legendary date) (d. 1431)
1486 – Martin Agricola, German composer (d. 1556)
1488 – Helius Eobanus Hessus, German poet (d. 1540)
1525 – Caspar Peucer, German reformer (d. 1602)
1561 – Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician (d. 1656)
1580 – (baptised) John Smith of Jamestown (d. 1631)
