1513 Florida discovered, claimed for Spain by Ponce de Le¢n
1550 Jews are expelled from Genoa Italy
1762 In Burma a very destructive and violent earthquake felt all over Bengal, Arakan, etc., chiefly and most severely in the north part of the east coast of the Bay of Bengal
1781 Frigate Alliance captures 2 British privateers, Mars and Minerva
1792 Congress establishes Philadelphia mint
1792 US authorizes $10 Eagle, $5 half-Eagle &2.50 quarter-Eagle gold coins &silver dollar, « dollar, quarter, dime &half-dime
1819 The first successful agricultural journal ("The American Farmer") begins
1827 First Naval Hospital construction begun at Portsmouth, VA
1845 H.L. Fizeau &J Leon Foucault take first photo of Sun
1852 A gang of robbers steal 8,000 ounces of gold from the vessel Nelson, anchored off Williamstown, Victoria.
1860 First Italian Parliament met at Turin
1865 Ambrose P Hill confederate general, dies at 39
1865 CSA Pres Jefferson Davis flees Confederate capital of Richmond, VA
1865 Gen A.P. Hill is killed by a Federal Picket
1865 Lee's line is broken at Petersberg
1865 Richard Cobden founder Anti-Corn-Law League, dies at 60
1866 Pres Johnson ends war in Ala, Ark, Fla, Ga, Miss, La, NC, SC, Tn &Va
1869 R Luther discovers asteroid #108 Hecuba
1871 Dominion of Canada's first census shows a population of 3,689,257, including 2,110,000 of British origin and 1,083,000 of French origin
1872 Samuel F B Morse developer of electric telegraph dies at 80
1877 The first Easter egg roll held on White House lawn
1885 Wandering Spirit massacres 9 white settlers and Metis at Frog Lake Saskatchewan takes one man and two women prisoner with 7 other Crees.
1887 Juneau Alaska the US seizes Canadian sealing ships in North Pacific (boy they sure pick on us)
1898 Adoption of U.S. Naval Academy coat of arms
1902 The first motion picture theater opens (LA)
