0708 Sisinnius ends his reign as Catholic Pope

1194 Richard I Lion Hearted pays Leopold O Fenrik VI's ransom of 100,000

1508 Maximilian I assumes imperial title without being crowned

1586 Robert Dudley, earl of Leicester, becomes governor of Netherlands

1600 Tycho Brahe &Johannes Kepler meet for first time outside of Prague

1620 Prince Bethlen Gábor signs peace with emperor Ferdinand II

1657 Oliver Cromwell grants residency to Luis Caravajal

1697 3 VOC-ships anchor at Dirk-Hartogeiland, Australia

1699 350 rebellious Streltsi executed in Moscow

1783 England agrees to end hostilities against the US.

1783 In Calabria, Italy an earthquate casued 50,000 deaths. One of the world's most destructive earthquakes. A series of six strong earthquakes, occurring over a two-month period, caused massive destruction

1783 Worst quake in 8 years kills some 50,000 (Calabria, Italy)

1787 Shays' Rebellion (of debt-ridden Massachusetts farmers) fails

1787 The first Anglican bishops of New York &Pennsylvania consecrated in London

1789 The first electoral college chooses Washington &Adams as President &Vice President

1794 French National Convention proclaims abolishment of slavery

1797 Earthquake in Quito, Ecuador kills 40,000

1803 William Dunlap, adapts French melodrama "Voice of Nature"

1846 Mormons leave Nauvoo MO for settlement in the west

1847 The first US telegraph company established in Maryland

1849 University of Wisconsin begins in 1 room with 20 students

1854 Alvan Bovay proposes the name "Republican Party," Ripon WI

1855 Soldiers shoot Jewish families in Coro, Venezuela

1861 Confederate constitutional convention meets for first time, Montgomery AL, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi &South Carolina elect Jefferson Davis President of Confederacy

1864 Skirmish at Big Black River Bridge, Mississippi

1865 Hawaiian Board of Education formed

1865 Robert E Lee is named commander-in-chief of Confederate Army

1866 Mary Baker Eddy cures her injuries by opening a bible

1875 Princess Louise marries Prince Philip von Saksen-Coburg-Gotha in Belgium

1887 Interstate Commerce Act authorizes federal regulation of railroads

1895 First rolling lift bridge opens, Chicago

1899 Revolt against US occupation of Philippines

1913 Louis Perlman patents demountable auto tire-carrying wheel rim

1914 US Congress approves Burnett-anti-immigration law

1915 Experiments to find cause of pellagra begin at Mississippi Penitentiary

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