1377 Cardinal Robert of Geneva (anti-pope Clemens VII) starts term

1377 Mass execution of population of Cesena Italy

1488 Bartholomeus Diaz discovers Mosselbaai (Angra dos Vaqueros)

1547 Russian czar Ivan IV (17) marries Anastasia Romanova

1576 Henry of Navarre (future Henry IV) escapes from Paris

1591 German monarchy forms Protestant Union of Torgau

1653 Cardinal Mazarin returns to Paris from exile

1660 General Moncks army reaches London

1690 The first paper money in America issued (colony of Massachusetts)

1699 The colony of Massachusetts issues paper money for the first time in America, as it pays its soldiers fighting against Quebec.

1740 Charles de Bourbon, King of Naples, invites Jews to return to Sicily

1743 Philadelphia establishes a "pesthouse" to quarantine immigrants

1752 Dutch States-General forbid export of windmills

1781 Dutch West Indies island of St Eustatia taken by the British

1783 Spain recognizes the independent country calling itself the United States of America.

1809 Territory of Illinois organizes (including present-day Wisconsin)

1815 World's first commercial cheese factory established, in Switzerland

1855 Wisconsin Supreme Court declares US Fugitive Slave Law unconstitutional

1860 Thomas Clemson takes office as first US superintendent of agriculture

1864 Sherman's march through Georgia

1865 Hampton Roads Peace Conference, Lincoln &Stephens reach an impasse

1867 Prince Mutsuhito, 14, becomes Emperor Meiji of Japan (1867-1912)

1870 15th Amendment (Black suffrage) passed

1876 Albert Spalding with $800 starts sporting goods company, manufacturing first official baseball, tennis ball, basketball, golf ball, &football

1882 Circus owner PT Barnum buys his world famous elephant Jumbo

1887 To avoid disputed national elections, Congress creates Electoral Count Act

1892 Russia closes down Yeshiva of Volozhin

1894 The first US steel sailing vessel, Dirigo, launched, Bath ME

1899 -16º F (-27º C), Minden LA (state record)

1901 Dutch troops under General Van Heutsz conquer Batu Ilië on Sumatra

1903 Frederick Lugard occupies Kano West Africa

1908 Supreme Court rules a union boycott violates Sherman Antitrust Act

1913 The Income tax was first levied by US Congress

1915 Turkish &German army reach Suez Canal

1916 The original Parliament Buildings in Ottawa, Canada, are destroyed by fire.

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