0715 Constantine ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1241 Battle of Liegnitz - Mongol armies defeat Poles and Germans
1667 First public art exhibition (Palais-Royale, Paris)
1682 La Salle claims lower Mississippi (Louisiana) for France
1682 Louisiana USA René-Robert Cavelier de La Salle 1643-1687 erects a cross and proclaims the Mississippi delta the property of Louis XIV
1766 The first fire escape patented, wicker basket on a pulley &chain
1770 Capt James Cook discovers Botany Bay (Australia)
1789 House of Representives first meeting
1802 French Protestant church becomes state-supported &-controlled
1816 African Methodist Episcopal Church organizes (Phila)
1831 Robert Jenkins loses an ear, starts war between Britain and Spain
1833 First tax-supported public library (Peterborough, NH)
1838 National Galley opens in London
1838 Steamship "Great Western" maiden voyage (Bristol England to NYC) beginning of the end of the Age of Sail
1861 Asteroid 66, Maia discovered
1861 H P Tuttle discovers asteroid #66 Maja
1861 Second relief convoy for Fort Sumter left New York
1861 US mint at Dahlonega, Georgia seized by confederacy
1864 Battle of Mansfield, La Federals routed by Gen Richard Taylor
1865 Federals capture Ft Blakely, Alabama
1865 Lee's retreat cut off near Appomattox Court House
1865 Robert E Lee and 26,765 troops, surrender to US Grant at Appomattox
1866 Civil Rights Bill passes over Pres Andrew Johnson's veto
1869 Hudson Bay Company cedes it's territory to Canada
1870 American Anti-Slavery Society dissolves
