1502 Granada Moslems forced to convert to Catholicism
1624 English parliament comes together
1709 Alexander Selkirk, Scottish seaman is rescued after 4+ years from Fernandez Island (inspiration for Daniel Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe")
1733 Georgia founded by James Oglethorpe, at site of Savannah
1736 Maria Theresa Habsburg marries French Stefanus (emperor François I)
1762 English fleet occupies Martinique
1763 John Casteret appointed British minister of foreign affairs
1772 Yves de Kerguelen of France discovers Kerguelen Archipelago, India
1773 Savannah, Georgia is founded by English colonists, led by James Oglethorpe.
1793 US fugitive slave law passed which requires return of escaped slaves
1800 Abraham Lincon was born in Kentucky
1816 St. John's Newfoundland is almost completely destroyed by a fire
1818 Chile gains independence from Spain
1825 Creek Indian treaty signed; Tribal chiefs agree to turn over all their land in Georgia to the government &migrate west by Sept 1, 1826
1832 Ecuador annexes Galápagos Islands
1850 Original Washington's Farewell Address manuscript sells for $2,300
1861 State troops seize US munitions in Napoleon AK
1865 Henry Highland Garnet, is first black to speak in US House of Representatives
1870 Official proclamation sets April 15 as last day of grace for US silver coins to circulate in Canada
1870 Women residents of the Utah Territory are granted the right to vote.
1873 Congress abolishes bimetallism &authorizes $1 &$3 gold coins
1874 King David Kalakaua of Sandwich Island HI, is first king to visit US
1876 Al Spalding opens his sporting good shop
1877 American railroad workers strike against wage reduction
1877 First news dispatch by telephone, between Boston &Salem MA
