1478 Pazzi conspirators attack Lorenzo & kill Giuliano de'Medici
1514 Copernicus makes his first observations of Saturn
1558 Jean Fran‡ois Fernel French physician, dies
1564 William Shakespeare baptized
1607 The first British to establish an American colony land at Cape Henry, Va
1654 Jews are expelled from Brazil
1777 Sybil Ludington, 16, rode from NY to Ct rallying her fathers militia
1803 Meteorites fall in L'Aigle, France
1819 Odd Fellows Lodge established
1860 Founding of the Second Battalion Volunteer Militia Rifles of Canada from six independent militia units; later the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, oldest regiment in the Canadian Armed Forces.
1861 G Schiaparelli discovers asteroid #69 Hesperia
1865 A De Gasparis discovers asteroid #83 Beatrix
1865 Gen Joseph E Johnston surrenders the Army of Tennessee, at Durham, NC
1865 John Wilkes Booth assassin, is shot dead near Bowling Green, VA
1875 First scheduled train over the Prince Edward Island Railway from Charlottetown to Georgetown.
1876 J Perrotin discovers asteroid #163 Erigone
1884 J Palisa discovers asteroid #236 Honoria
1887 Cardston, Alberta Joseph Ora Card and a small group of Mormons found the community that will become Cardston, Alberta;
1887 Huntsville Electric Co established to sell electricity
1900 On a Farm in Ohio Charles Richter born, he developed the Richter scale for measuring earthquakes
1906 The first motion pictures shown in Hawaii
1907 Jamestown, Va Tercentenary Exposition opens
1908 J H Metcalf discovers asteroid #756 Lilliana
1912 The first homerun hit at Fenway Park (Hugh Bradley, Red Sox)
1913 Panama-Pacific International Exposition opens in SF
