Napoleon gives himself up to the Royal Navy (1815), and Nobel laureates sign Mainau Declaration against nuclear weapons (1955). Born on this day: Rembrandt van Rijn, Rembrandt and Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Muʿizzaddin Waddaulah. Died: Anton Chekhov, Emil Fischer and Martin Landau.
27 events, 71 births and 66 deaths on this date.
Napoleon handed himself over to the British aboard HMS Bellerophon, ending his attempt to regain power. He was then exiled to the remote South Atlantic island of Saint Helena, where he died in 1821.
Jacques-Louis David · Public domainThe French RevolutionHear the story in ChunksEighteen Nobel prize winners put their names to a statement opposing nuclear arms, and thirty-four more later added their signatures. Their joint statement drew on the authority of the prize itself to speak against nuclear weapons.
Authorities began sending around 100,000 Jewish people from the Netherlands to extermination camps. It formed part of the Holocaust, the Nazi campaign to kill Europe's Jews.
Jimmy Carter addressed Americans on television about the country's mood and confidence, a speech soon dubbed the 'malaise speech'. It is remembered as a rare presidential admission of national doubt, and it still comes up when people discuss Carter's presidency.
Roman troops under Titus broke into Jerusalem during the First Jewish–Roman War, a revolt against Roman rule. The breach opened the way for Rome to take the city.
The American captured fighting for the Taliban in Afghanistan entered his plea in a US court. He admitted supplying aid to a terrorist group and possessing explosives during a felony, a case that drew wide attention to the Taliban's foreign recruits.
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Dutch Golden Age painter and printmaker whose roughly 100 self-portraits form an intimate autobiography in paint. He also made hundreds of drawings and etchings, and taught many important Dutch painters over two decades.
Rembrandt · Public domain
Rembrandt was a Dutch Golden Age painter and printmaker who produced portraits, landscapes and biblical scenes. His roughly 100 self-portraits form an intimate record of his life.
Rembrandt · Public domain
Sultan of Brunei since 1967, he has also served as the country's prime minister since independence in 1984. He is one of a small number of rulers who still hold near-total power, and the longest-reigning current monarch.
Cancillería del Perú · CC BY-SA 2.0
Chekhov trained as a doctor but became one of Russia's most celebrated writers, known for plays like The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard. His short stories also changed how the form worked.
Unknown author Unknown author · Public domain
Emil Fischer was a German chemist who won the 1902 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He is remembered for the Fischer projection, a way of drawing molecules on paper, and for work on sugars and proteins that shaped modern biochemistry.
CC BY 4.0
Martin Landau was an American actor best known for his role as Rollin Hand in the television series Mission: Impossible. He won an Academy Award for playing Bela Lugosi in Ed Wood, a role that brought him late-career acclaim.
Toglenn · CC BY-SA 3.0
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