350 – Usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, declares himself Roman emperor, entering the famed city, somewhat theatrically, at the head of a group of gladiators. But then, Nepotianus was always a bit of a show-off.
1326 – The Treaty of Novgorod delineates borders between Russia and Norway in Finnmark.
1839 – In Humen, China, Lin Tse-hsü destroys 1.2 million kilograms of opium confiscated from British merchants, providing Britain with a claimed justification to open hostilities, resulting in the First Opium War.
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