1071 Battle of Cassel-Robert I the Frisian defeats Arnulf III/I

1281 Simon de Brion elected Pope Martinus IV

1288 Girolamo Masci elected Pope Nicolas IV

1300 Pope Boniface VIII delegates degree

1349 Jews are expelled from Zurich Switzerland

1495 French King Charles VIII enters Naples to claim the crown

1561 William of Orange appointed viceroy of Burgundy/Charolais

1630 Indians introduce pilgrims to popcorn, at Thanksgiving

1656 New Amsterdam granted a Jewish burial site

1732 George Washington's birthday

1744 Battle at Toulon English-French & Spanish fleet

1746 French troops conquer Brussels

1746 Jakobijnse troops vacate Aberdeen

1774 English House of Lords rules authors do not have perpetual copyright

1775 First US joint stock company (to make cloth) offers shares at £10

1775 Jews expelled from outskirts of Warsaw Poland

1784 First US ship to trade with China, "Empress of China," sails from New York

1813 Ft. Presentation, NY is captured by the British

1813 Lt. Col. 'Red George' Macdonnell c1779-1871 leads 400 Prescott regular militia and Glengarry Light Infantry in a pre-dawn raid on US Fort Ogdensburg across the frozen St. Lawrence

1847 Battle of Buena Vista US troops beat Mexican army

1851 The Kirkwood runs aground in New Jersey, mistaking the Smith Hotel for a vessel that refused to return its signal.

1854 First meeting of the Republican Party, Michigan

1856 First national meeting of the Republican Party (Pittsburgh)

1858 Dion Boucicault's "Jessie Brown," premieres in New York NY

1860 Organized baseball played in San Francisco for the first time

1860 Shoe-making workers of Lynn MS, strike successfully for higher wages

1861 On a bet Edward Weston leaves Boston to walk to Lincoln's inauguration

1864 2nd/last day of Battle of Okolona MS

1864 Battle at Dalton, Georgia

1864 Skirmish at Calfkiller Creek (Sparta) Tennessee

1865 Battle of Wilmington NC (Fort Anderson) occupied by Federals

1865 The U.S. state of Tennessee makes slavery illegal.

1872 First national convention of the Prohibition Party (Columbus OH)

1872 Labor Reform Party formed at Columbus OH

1876 Johns Hopkins University opens

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