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Edward I of England
- 1274 – Shortly after his return from the Ninth Crusade, Edward I (pictured) was crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey, nearly two years after his father's death.
- 1332 – In the first major battle of the Second War of Scottish Independence, a Scottish force led by Domhnall II, Earl of Mar attacked English-backed invaders led by Edward Balliol in the Battle of Dupplin Moor.
- 1934 – A referendum supported the recent merging of the posts of Chancellor and President of Germany, consolidating Adolf Hitler's assumption of supreme power.
- 2002 – Second Chechen War: A Russian Mil Mi-26 was brought down by Chechen separatists with a man-portable air-defense system near Khankala, killing 127 people in the deadliest helicopter crash in history.
- 2017 – Around 250,000 farmed non-native Atlantic salmon were accidentally released into the wild near Cypress Island, Washington.
- Edward Boscawen (b. 1711)
- Gustave Caillebotte (b. 1848)
- Clay Walker (b. 1969)
- Donald William Kerst (d. 1993)