December 2nd, 2008

Today in History

1409:
The University of Leipzig opens.

1942:
Manhattan Project: A team led by Enrico Fermi initiate the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.

1851:
Newly-elected French President Charles Louis Bonaparte violently overthrows the Second Republic.

1852:
Napoleon III becomes Emperor of France.

1805:
French troops under Napoleon decisively defeat a joint Russo-Austrian force.