On this day in 1783, the Pyroscaphe, the world's first steamboat, is demonstrated by Claude François de Jouffroy d'Abbans on the river Saône.
On this day in 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte surrenders after his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo.
On this day in 1834, the Spanish Inquisition is officially abolished after 356 years.
On this day in 1941, the Nazis begin the deportation of 100000 Jews from the occupied Netherlands to extermination camps.