0936 Duke Alberik II of Spoleto appoints his son Pope Leo VII

1338 Jacob of Arteveld elected mayor of Ghent

1407 Bloody battles between Hoeksen &Kabeljauwen in Dordrecht

1431 Joan of Arc handed over to the bishop

1521 Martin Luther excommunicated by Roman Catholic Church

1638 Dutch Premier Van Joost speaks of "Hostage rights of Aemstel"

1638 Schouwburg Theatre, the first in Amsterdam, opens

1667 Russia &Poland sign Truce of Androsovo

1746 Bonnie Prince Charlies army leaves Glasgow

1750 Tax revolt in Haarlem Netherlands

1752 East Indies invasion "Geldermalsen" leaves at Malakka 92 killed

1777 General George Washington's troops emerge victorious against the British in the Battle of Princeton.

1780 Danish national anthem "Kong Kristian...," first sung

1840 The first deep sea sounding is recorded

1847 California town of Yerba Buena renamed San Francisco

1852 The first Chinese arrive in Hawaii

1861 Delaware legislature rejects proposal to join Confederacy

1861 US Fort Pulaski &Fort Jackson, Savannah, seized by Georgia

1862 Romney Campaign - Stonewall Jackson moves north from Winchester

1865 Con Orem &Hugh O'Neill box 193 rounds before darkness ends match

1868 The authority of the Japanese emperor is reestablished, causing a decline in the military rule of the shoguns.

1870 Brooklyn Bridge construction begins; completed May 24, 1883

1871 Oleomargarine patented by Henry Bradley, Binghamton NY

1872 The first patent list issued by US Patent Office

1876 The first free kindergarten in US opens in Florence MA

1888 The first wax drinking straw patented, by Marvin C Stone in Washington DC

1889 Admissions convention meets in Ellensburg WA, asks for statehood

1890 The first US college-level dairy school opens at University of Wisconsin

1896 Emperor Wilhelm congratulates President Kruger on the Jameson Raid

1900 Gerhart Hauptmanns "Schluck und Jau," premieres in Berlin

1902 Reg Duff 104 on Test debut, vs England at MCG

1904 Marines from USS Dixie arrive in Panama

1910 British miners strike for 8 hour working day

1911 US postal savings bank inaugurated

1912 Canadian Pacific leases Dominion Atlantic Railway Company, Nova Scotia

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