1912 – The Scout Association is incorporated throughout the British Empire by royal charter.1909 – Explorer Aeneas Mackintosh of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition escaped death by fleeing across ice floes.The Edison film company records the film Electrocuting an Elephant of Topsy's death. 1903 – Topsy, an elephant, is electrocuted by the owners of Luna Park, Coney Island.1896 – Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S.
1885 – Sino-French War: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing force at Núi Bop in northern Vietnam.1884 – The Fabian Society is founded in London, United Kingdom.1878 – Russo-Turkish War (1877–78): Sofia is liberated from Ottoman rule and designated the capital of Liberated Bulgaria.1863 – The New Apostolic Church, a Christian and chiliastic church, is established in Hamburg, Germany.1854 – The McDonald Islands are discovered by Captain William McDonald aboard the Samarang.1853 – After having been kidnapped and sold into slavery in the American South, Solomon Northup regains his freedom his memoir Twelve Years a Slave later becomes a national bestseller.1798 – Constantine Hangerli arrives in Bucharest, Wallachia, as its new Prince, invested by the Ottoman Empire.1762 – Great Britain declares war on Spain, which meant the entry of Spain into the Seven Years' War.
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