1528 Gustav I of Sweden crowned King of Sweden, rules for 37 years and becomes known as the "father of the nation"

1554 Bayinnaung is crowned King of Burma, goes on to assemble the largest empire in the history of Southeast Asia

1872 Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, 1st imperial coronation in Axum in over 200 years

1948 Mahatma Gandhi begins his final fast
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