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In 1789 Spain seized the British sloop Princess Royal, nearly causing a war, then used the vessel to explore the Strait of Juan de Fuca, finding the San Juan Islands and the entrances to Puget Sound and the Strait of Georgia. 
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| According to Inca mythology, lunar eclipses are caused by animals attacking Mama Quilla, the goddess of the moon. |
| Jeremy Doner was the first student at Harvard University to write a screenplay as a creative thesis. |
| The Forum Against Islamophobia and Racism is a Muslim advocacy group which monitors media coverage of Islam and Muslims in the U.K.. |
| The Fortress of Przemyśl was the site of one of the largest sieges of the First World War, the Siege of Przemyśl. |
| The sinking of the ferry Greycliffe with the loss of 40 lives in 1927 was the deadliest shipping accident ever in Sydney Harbour, Australia. |
| The Dunning House (pictured) in Wawayanda, New York, has features from several different 19th-century architectural styles. |
| East Smithfield was given to the Knighten Guild by King Edgar, after they each performed three combats—one above the ground, one below, and one on water. |
| The influence of wine critic Robert Finigan declined when he panned the 1982 Bordeaux vintage, which Robert Parker described as one of greatest of the century. |
| The founder of Byzantine studies in Germany is Hieronymus Wolf who, approximately 100 years after the fall of Byzantium, began to edit and translate Byzantine literature. |
| The Tlaxcaltec forces led by Xicotencatl II "The Younger" had nearly defeated the army of Hernán Cortés when he was ordered to ally with them instead. |
| The oldest steam locomotive in Switzerland is an Engerth locomotive, a form of Articulated locomotive. |
| Lord Francis Douglas fell 4,000 feet (1,200 m) to his death shortly after sharing in the first ascent of the Matterhorn (pictured). |
| Theophilus Browne disagreed with his congregations at Cambridge and Warminster and he was paid to leave the Octagon Chapel in Norwich in 1809. |
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