1861 Event 1st day school for freedmen forms at Fortress Monroe Virginia 1840 Death Cornelis RT Krayenhoff, fortress architect/cartographer, dies at 82 1812 Event Brits storm Badajoz fortress, held by French and Spanish 1784 Event Marquis de Sade transferred from Vincennes fortress to the Bastille 1777 Event de Sade arrested without charge, imprisoned in Vincennes fortress 1758 Birthday Cornelis R T Krayenhoff, Dutch fortress engineer/cartographer 1707 Death Sebastien le Prestre Vauban, French fortress architect, dies at 73 1634 Birthday Petrus "Pieter" van Schooten, fortress architect 1633 Birthday Sebastien le Prestre de Vauban, French fortress architect 1496 Event Moorish fortress Alhambra, near Grenada, surrenders to the Christi 1286 Event Rabbenu Mir of Rothenbur imprisoned in fortress of Ensisheim 65 Event Jews revolt against Rome, capturing fortress of Antonia in Jerusalem
