1793 – General "Mad Anthony" Wayne and a 300 man detachment identify the site of St.1776 – George Washington and the Continental Army cross the Delaware River at night to attack Hessian forces serving Great Britain at Trenton, New Jersey, the next day.
1766 – Mapuches in Chile launch a series of surprise attacks against the Spanish starting the Mapuche uprising of 1766.This was the first passage of a comet predicted ahead of time. 1758 – Halley's Comet is sighted by Johann Georg Palitzsch, confirming Edmund Halley's prediction of its passage.1559 – Pope Pius IV is elected, four months after his predecessor's death.1553 – Battle of Tucapel: Mapuche rebels under Lautaro defeat the Spanish conquistadors and executes the governor of Chile, Pedro de Valdivia.1492 – The carrack Santa María, commanded by Christopher Columbus, runs onto a reef off Haiti due to an improper watch.1261 – Eleven-year-old John IV Laskaris of the restored Eastern Roman Empire is deposed and blinded by orders of his co-ruler Michael VIII Palaiologos.1130 – Count Roger II of Sicily is crowned the first king of Sicily.1100 – Baldwin of Boulogne is crowned the first King of Jerusalem in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.1076 – Coronation of Bolesław II the Generous as king of Poland.1066 – William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy is crowned king of England, at Westminster Abbey, London.1046 – Henry III is crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Clement II.1025 – Coronation of Mieszko II Lambert as king of Poland.