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Friday, 24 May 2013
0066 On this day in history 5th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet Share it »
1109 On this day in history albericus of Côteaux, French saint, dies Share it »
1340 English king Edward III proclaimed king of France on this day in history. Share it »
1500 Vicente Yáñez Pinzón becomes the first European to set foot on Brazil on this day in history. Share it »
1531 Lisbon hit by Earthquake; about 30,000 die on this day in history. Share it »
1564 The Council of Trent issued its conclusions in the Tridentinum, establishing a distinction between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism on this day in history. Share it »
1567 On this day in history nicholas Wotton, English diplomat Share it »
1589 Job is elected as Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia on this day in history. Share it »
1611 On this day in history madame de Poutrincourt leaves Dieppe, France with Jesuits Pierre Biard and Enémond Masse and her son, Charles Biencourt; first titled lady, first Jesuits in Canada Share it »
1613 Johann Jakob Wolleb, composer on this day in history. Share it »
1654 Portuguese troops conquer last Dutch base on Recife on this day in history. Share it »
1666 On this day in history france declares war on England &Münster Share it »
1666 France declares war on England & Munster on this day in history. Share it »
1667 Henricus Zwaardecroon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies on this day in history. Share it »
1689 Jean Racine's "Esther," premieres in Saint-Cyr on this day in history. Share it »
1697 Isaac Newton receives Jean Bernoulli's 6 month time-limit problem, solves problem before going to bed that same night on this day in history. Share it »
1699 Venice, Poland &Austria sign peace treaty with Turkey on this day in history. Share it »
1699 Venice, Poland & Austria sign peace treaty with Turkey on this day in history. Share it »
1700 On this day in history this great earthquake occurred about 9 pm on the Cascadia Fault, the boundary between the North American and Juan de Fuca plates. This was almost 100 years before the first European explorers made contact with native peoples on the west coast. This was one of the world's great earthquakes with a magnitude estimated at 9. Share it »
1700 The magnitude 9 Cascadia Earthquake took place off the west coast of the North America, as evidenced by Japanese records on this day in history. Share it »
1706 Guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history. Share it »
1708 William Hayes, composer on this day in history. Share it »
1714 On this day in history the birth of Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor Share it »
1714 Jean B Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Bird Cage) on this day in history. Share it »
1715 On this day in history claude Helvetius, Paris France, philosopher Share it »
1716 On this day in history george Sackville Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville Share it »
1722 On this day in history prestonpans Share it »
1736 On this day in history stanislaw Lesczynski flees Polish throne Share it »
1742 Johann Friedrich Ludwig Sievers, composer on this day in history. Share it »
1748 On this day in history england, Netherlands, Austria &Sardinia sign anti-French treaty Share it »
1748 England, Netherlands, Austria & Sardinia sign anti-French treaty on this day in history. Share it »
1748 Emmanuel Aloys Forster, composer on this day in history. Share it »
1763 On this day in history charles XIV, French marshall, king of Sweden & Norway (1818-44) Share it »
1770 Alexander Carlyle, Moderator of General Assembly on this day in history. Share it »
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