During the Peninsular War, the British defeated the French at the Battle of La Coruña.
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At just 16 years old, Ivan IV the Terrible crowned himself the first Tsar (emperor) of Russia.
Miguel de Cervantes published his novel Don Quixote.
The Columbia space shuttle took off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida for its final time.
French King Louis XVI was sentenced to death during the French Revolution.
The trial phase of former US President Donald Trump's first impeachment began.
