1077 Pope Gregory VII pardons German emperor Heinrich IV

1099 First Crusaders begins siege of Hosn-el-Akrad Syria

1262 Flemish/Dutch coast ravaged by north western storm

1393 Fire during Royal Ball at Paris, 4 die (Ball of the Ardents)

1495 Pope gives his son Cesare Borgia as hostage to Charles VIII of France

1547 King Henry the Eighth of England dies and is succeeded by his nine-year-old son, Edward the Sixth.

1561 By Edict of Orleans persecution of French Huguenots is suspended

1581 James VI signs the 2nd Confession of Faith in Scotland

1596 British admiral Sir Francis Drake dies off the Panama coast and is buried at sea.

1613 Galileo may have unknowingly viewed undiscovered planet Neptune

1689 English parliament ends king Charles II reign

1787 Philadelphia's Free Africa Society organizes

1788 Lord Gordon found guilty of libel of queen of France

1807 London's Pall Mall is first street lit by gaslight

1846 Battle of Allwal, Brits beat Sikhs in Punjab (India)

1848 King of Naples grants his subjects a constitution

1851 Northwestern University (Chicago) chartered

1858 John Brown organized raid on Arsenal at Harper's Ferry

1860 Britain formally returns Mosquito Coast to Nicaragua

1864 Battle of New Bern, NC

1865 President Jefferson Davis names 3 peace commissioners

1871 Paris surrenders to Prussians

1878 First telephone exchange (New Haven CT) , and George W Coy hired as first full-time telephone operator

1881 Battle at Laing's Neck Natal Boers beat superior powered British

1887 England all out for 45 vs Australia SCG, their lowest total ever

1899 American Social Science Association incorporated by Congress

1901 Farrier Sergeant Major William James HARDHAM 4th Contingent, NZ Army Force, won the Victoria Cross at Naauwpoort, South Africa

1902 E.I. du Pont's Eugene du Pont dies at age 68

1902 The Carnegie Institute is established in Washington, D.C.

1909 US military forces leave Cuba for 2nd time

1911 Frenchman Henri Rougier wins first Rally of Monte Carlo

1914 Beverly Hills, California, is incorporated

1915 The first US ship sunk in WWI, William P Frye (carrying wheat to UK)

1915 US Coast Guard created from Life Saving &Revenue Cutter services

1915 US President Wilson refuses to prohibit immigration of illiterates

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