Akbar’s army attacked Malwa and defeated Baz Bahadur in the battle of Sarangpur.
1807: Second- biggest asteroid discovered
German astronomer Wilhelm Olbers discovered the minor planet 4 Vesta, the second-largest body in the asteroid belt.
1857: Mangal Pandey’s mutiny
Sepoy Mangal Pandey of the 34th Regiment famously mutinied against the East India Company, triggering the Revolt of 1857.
1867: Dominion of Canada created
The British North America Act 1867 united the colonies of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick as the Dominion of Canada.
Credit: Canadian Museum of History
1974: Terracotta army discovered
Farmers drilling a well near China’s Xi’an discovered a chamber with 8,000 life-size terracotta soldiers and horses in the tomb of Emperor Qin Shi Huang.