ON THIS DAY

1812: Napoleon Bonaparte enters Moscow and Russians set fires throughout the city.

1824: A penal settlement established at Redcliffe on Moreton Bay.

1998: Northern Ireland’s new power-sharing parliament starts proceedings.

2001: Ansett, Australia’s second biggest airline, collapses placing 60,000 jobs in jeopardy. 2007: Vladimir Putin rewrites the rules for Russia’s presidential succession and names his new prime minister, Viktor Zubkov. 2012: Asylum seekers arrive in Nauru, the first to be dealt with under the Gillard government’s offshore processing scheme.

2015: Malcolm Turnbull challenges Prime Minister Tony Abbott for Liberal leadership. Birthdays: New Zealand actor Sam Neill (1947-); South African cricketer Kepler Wessels (1957-); British singer Amy Winehouse (1983-2011).