1519-Hernán Cortés leaves Cuba for the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico with 11 ships and 500 men
1678-John Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress" is published in London, by Nathaniel Ponder
1879-French Sculptor Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi is awarded a U.S. patent for his design for the Statue of Liberty
1885-Mark Twain publishes the "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" in the U.S.
1917-First major strike of the Russian "February Revolution" starts at the giant Putilov factory in Petrograd
1942-Japanese troop land on Bali
1955-Baghdad Pact signed, making Turkey & Iraq a defense alliance
2014-Ukrainian Revolution of 2014 begins as protesters, riot police and unknown shooters take part in violent events in the capital, Kiev, culminating after five days in the ouster of President Viktor Yanukovych