1540 England's King Henry VIII 6-mo marriage to Anne of Cleves annulled
1595 Johannes Kepler inscribes geometric solid construction of universe
1749 Edward Cornwallis c1713-1753 founds new settlement of Halifax founded as naval settlement to counter the French fort at Louisbourg.
1755 British Gen E Braddock mortally wounded during French & Indian War
1776 Dec of Ind read aloud to Gen Washington's troops in NY
1791 Third Fleet arrives in Australia from England, HMS Queen bringing first Irish convicts to be transported.
1800 Mt Vernon Gardens becomes site of first summer theatre in US
1803 Navigator Matthew Flinders returns to Sydney after voyage around Australia in the brig Investigator.
1810 France annexes Holland following the abdication and flight of Napoleon's brother Louis Bonaparte, who has been king since 1806 but refused to join Napoleon's Continental system
1816 Argentina declares independence from Spain
1846 Capt Montgomery claims Yerba Buena (SF) for US
1850 President Zachary Taylor , the twelfth president of the United States, died from an attack of cholera morbus, and was succeeded by Millard Fillmor
1853 Adm Perry & US Navy visit Japan
1853 Commodore Perry Sails in Tokyo Bay representing the U.S. government, sailed into Tokyo Bay, Japan, with a squadron of four vessels
1860 Temperature hits 115ø F in Ft Scott & 112ø F in Topeka Kansas
1862 Gen John Hunt Morgan captures Tompkinsville, Ky
1863 Union troops enter Port Hudson
1868 The first black cabinet member in SC (Francis L Cardozo-sect of state)
1872 Doughnut cutter patented by John Blondel, Thomaston, Me
1875 Francis Preston Blair Jr famed St Louis lawyer, dies at 54
1877 The All-England Croquet Club at Wimbledon staged the world's first lawn tennis championship on
1878 An improved corncob pipe patented by Henry Tibbe, Washington, Mo
1879 C H F Peters discovers asteroid #199 Byblis
1887 The first paper napkins are introduced at a dinner at a British hotel by John Dickenson, a stationery manufacturer.
1893 Daniel H Williams performs "world's first successful heart coperation"
