1301 Edward of Caernarion (later Edward II) becomes first prince of Wales

1522 Treaty of Brussels Habsburgers split into Spanish/Austrian Branches

1550 Giovanni Maria del Monte elected Pope Julius III

1569 King Philip II forms inquistion in South America

1613 Michail Romanov (16) becomes czar of Russia

1639 Académie Française begins the Dictionary of the French Language

1653 Nicolas Fouquet appointed superintendent of Finance of France

1668 Dutch Prince William III dances in premiere of "Ballet of Peace"

1792 Austria & Prussia sign anti-French covenant

1795 11th Amendment to US Constitution ratified, affirms power of states

1795 Dutch Prince William V accepts British occupation of Dutch Indies

1807 The Battle of Eylau February 7 to 8 pits Prussian and Russian forces against the French in a bloody slaughter that ends indecisively

1812 8.2 earthquake shakes New Madrid MO

1812 Lord Byron makes his maiden speech in House of Lords

1839 Henry Clay declares in Senate "I had rather be right than president"

1862 Federal fleet attack on Roanoke Island NC

1864 Federal troops occupy Jacksonville FL

1872 Alcorn A & M College opens

1876 President Grant's private-secretary Orville acquitted in Whiskey Ring

1881 Battle at Ingogo, Transvaal Boers beat superior British forces

1882 The last unprotected (i.e., without padded gloves) heavyweight boxing championship fight occurs in Mississippi City.

1883 Lieutenant-Colonel Borgnis-Desbordes founds Fort Bamako Niger

1884 Canadian Rugby Football Union forms

1889 Astronomical Society of Pacific holds first meeting in San Francisco

1891 Great Blizzard of 1891 begins

1900 British troops vacate Vaal Krantz, Natal

1900 Labour Party forms in England

1901 Queen Wilhelmina marries Prince Heinrich von Mecklenburg-Schwerin

1904 Fire erupts in Baltimore, Maryland, burning for nearly 30 hours and destroying over 1500 buildings.

1905 Dominican Republic signs treaty turning over customs collection to US

1905 Oklahoma admitted to statehood

1914 Charlie Chaplin debuts "The Tramp" in "Kid Auto Races at Venice"

1915 2nd Battle of Masurian Lakes German armies surrounded a Russian army

1915 A wireless message sent from a moving train to a station received

1922 Reader's Digest magazine goes on sale for the first time.

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