1189 Riots of Lynn in Norfolk spread to Norwich England

1508 Maximilian I crowned Holy Roman Emperor

1577 King Henri de Bourbon of Navarra becomes leader of Huguenots

1626 Huguenot rebels & the French sign Peace of La Rochelle

1651 Cardinal Mazarin flees Paris

1670 Frederick III, King of Denmark and Norway, dies.

1693 Royal charter granted College of William & Mary, Williamsburg VA

1716 England & Netherlands renew alliance

1778 England declares war on France

1778 France officially recognizes the new nation known as the United States of America.

1788 Massachusetts becomes the sixth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

1815 NJ issues first US railroad charter (John Stevens)

1840 Waitangi Day; treaty signed between Britain & Maoris of New Zealand

1851 Robert Schumann's 3rd Symphony "Rhenisch," premieres in Düsseldorf

1854 Composer R Schumann is saved from suicide attempt into the Rhine

1861 English Admiral Robert Ritzroy issues first storm warnings for ships

1861 First meeting of Provisional Congress of Confederate States of America

1862 General Ulysses S Grant captures Fort Henry in Tennessee

1862 Naval Engagement at Tennessee River-USS Conestago vs CSS Appleton Belle

1862 Victory for General Ulysses S Grant in Tennessee, capturing Fort Henry, and ten days later Fort Donelson; Grant earns the nickname "Unconditional Surrender" Grant

1864 Skirmish at Barnett's Ford Virginia

1865 First day of battle at Dabney's Mills (Hatcher's Run)

1865 Robert E Lee appointed Confederate General in Chief

1867 Peabody Fund forms to promote Black education in South

1869 Harper's Weekly publishes first picture of Uncle Sam with chin whiskers

1891 The first great train robbery by Dalton Gang (Southern Pacific #17)

1899 The U.S. Senate ratifies a peace treaty between the United States and Spain, ending the Spanish-American War.

1900 Battle at Vaalkrans, South-Africa (Boers vs British army)

1902 Young Women's Hebrew Association organized in New York NY

1904 Russian-Japanese war began

1911 First old-age home opened in Prescott AZ where are the golf courses?

1911 Great fire destroys downtown Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey

1911 Ronald Reagan was born in Tampico, Illinois in 1911

1918 Britain grants women (30 & over) the vote

1919 5-day Seattle general strike starts

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