533 Byzantine General Belisarius defeats the Vandals, under King Gelimer, at the Battle of Ticameron 1256 Hulagu Khan captures and destroys Hashshashin stronghold at Alamut, in present-day Iran, part of the Mongol offensive on Islamic southwest Asia 1488 Bartolomeu Dias returns to Portugal after becoming 1st known European to sail round the Cape of Good Hope 1612 German Astronomer Simon Marius is 1st to observe Andromeda galaxy through a telescope 1791 US Bill of Rights ratified when Virginia gives its approval, becomes amendments 1-10 of the US constitution 1840 Napoleon Bonaparte receives a French state funeral in Paris 19 years after his death 1973 American Psychiatric Association declares homosexuality is not a mental illness | 
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