0274 St Eutychian begins his reign as Catholic Pope

0871 Battle at Reading Ethelred of Wessex beats Danish invasion army

0871 Ethelred of Wessex is defeated by Danish forces at Reading, gains a brilliant victory 4 days later at Ashdown, is defeated January 22 at Basing, triumphs again March 2 at Marton in Wiltshire, but dies in April

1357 Flemish Earl Louis & Luxembourg Duke Wenceslaus sign peace treaty

1493 Columbus left new world on return from first voyage

1519 First Altenburger sermon (Luther & Karl von Miltitz)

1570 Spanish viceroy Alva banishes Zutphen City's only physician, Joost Sweiter, "because he is a Jew"

1618 In France, Samuel de Champlain receives the dowry of his wife Helene Boulle.

1642 King Charles I with 400 soldiers attacks the English parliament

1717 Netherlands, England & France sign Triple Alliance

1725 Benjamin Franklin arrives in London

1754 Columbia University founded, as Kings College (New York City NY)

1762 England declares war on Spain & Naples

1780 Snowstorm hit Washington's army at Morristown New Jersey

1781 Andre Mechain discovers M80 (globular cluster in Scorpio)

1843 Royal Academy (Technical Hague court) Delft opens

1861 President Buchanan appoints a fast on account of threatened succession

1861 US Fort Morgan, Mobile, seized by Alabama

1862 Battle of Fort Hindman, AR (Arkansas Post)

1862 Battle of Helena, AR

1862 Romney Campaign-Stonewall Jackson occupies Bath

1863 4 wheeled roller skates patented by James Plimpton of NY

1877 Cornerlius Vanderbilt, millionaire entrepreneur and the richest man in the world at the time of his death, dies.

1884 Last sighting of an eastern cougar (Ontario)

1885 Dr W W Grant of Iowa, performs first appendectomy (on Mary Gartside, 22)

1885 The first appendectomy is performed by Dr. William W. Grant of Davenport, Iowa.

1887 Thomas Stevens is first man to bicycle around the world (San Francisco-San Francisco); 21,700km

1893 US President Cleveland grants amnesty to Mormon polygamy

1894 France ratifies Duple Alliance with Russia

1896 Following Mormon abandonment of polygamy, Utah admitted as 45th state

1896 Seven members of Prime Minister Mackenzie Bowell's cabinet resign over the Manitoba Schools Question.

1896 Utah is admitted to the Union as the 45th state.

1902 France's Panama Canal Co. offers to sell its interests to the United States and reduces its asking price from $109 million to $40 million

1902 Hugh Trumble takes a hat-trick vs England at the MCG

1904 Supreme Court rules Puerto Ricans cannot be denied admission to US

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