WHAT HAPPENED ON 21. JULY
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The Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, is destroyed by arson. (21. July 356. BC)

Pope Pontian succeeds Urban I as the eighteenth pope. (21. July 230)

Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar and co-ruler. (21. July 285)

A tsunami devastates the city of Alexandria, Egypt. The tsunami was caused by the Crete earthquake estimated to be 8.0 on the Richter scale. 5,000 people perished in Alexandria, and 45,000 more died outside the city. (21. July 365)

Battle of Taillebourg : Louis IX of France puts an end to the revolt of his vassals Henry III of England and Hugh X of Lusignan. (21. July 1242)

Battle of Shrewsbury: King Henry IV of England defeats rebels to the north of the county town of Shropshire, England. (21. July 1403)

The first landing of French troops on the coast of the Isle of Wight during the French invasion of the Isle of Wight. (21. July 1545)

Eighty Years' War: Battle of Jemmingen – Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva defeats Louis of Nassau. (21. July 1568)

Qing Dynasty regent Dorgon issues an edict ordering all Han Chinese men to shave their forehead and braid the rest of their hair into a queue identical to those of the Manchus. (21. July 1645)

The Raid on Malaga takes place during the Anglo-Spanish War. (21. July 1656)

The Treaty of Passarowitz between the Ottoman Empire, Austria and the Republic of Venice is signed. (21. July 1718)

Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774): Russia and the Ottoman Empire sign the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca ending the war. (21. July 1774)

Inauguration of Leopold I of Belgium, first king of the Belgians. (21. July 1831)

American Civil War: First Battle of Bull Run – at Manassas Junction, Virginia, the first major battle of the war begins and ends in a victory for the Confederate army. (21. July 1861)

In the market square of Springfield, Missouri, Wild Bill Hickok shoots and kills Davis Tutt in what is regarded as the first western showdown. (21. July 1865)

At Adair, Iowa, Jesse James and the James-Younger Gang pull off the first successful train robbery in the American Old West. (21. July 1873)

After rioting by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad workers and the deaths of nine rail workers at the hands of the Maryland militia, workers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania stage a sympathy strike that is met with an assault by the state militia. (21. July 1877)

Willis Carrier creates the first air conditioner in Buffalo, New York (21. July 1902)

Battle of Ciudad Bolívar, a victory of federal army of Juan Vicente Gómez over forces of general Nicolás Rolando. (21. July 1903)

Louis Rigolly, a Frenchman, becomes the first man to break the 100 mph (161 km/h) barrier on land. He drove a 15-liter Gobron-Brille in Ostend, Belgium. (21. July 1904)