48 BC - Caesar’s civil war: Battle of Pharsalus - Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus and Pompey flees to Egypt.
378 - Battle of Adrianople: Goth army defeats Roman forces under Emperor Valens
1790 - Robert Gray’s Columbia Rediviva returns to Boston after 3 year journey, 1st American ship to circumnavigate the Globe
1898 - Rudolf Diesel of Germany obtains patent #608,845 for his inte…
