1461 Henry VI was deposed by Duke of York during War of the Roses
1496 English King Henry VII hires John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto) to explore
1528 Utrecht Governor Maarten van Rossum plunders The Hague
1558 Smoking tobacco introduced in Europe by Francisco Fernandes
1616 Copernicus' "de Revolutionibus" placed on Catholic Forbidden index
1623 American temperance law enacted, Virginia
1651 South Sea dike in Amsterdam breaks after storm
1684 Emperor Leopold I, Poland & Venice sign Heilig Covenant of Linz
1743 US religious journal, The Christian History, first published, Boston
1746 Jakobijnse troops leave Aberdeen
1750 The first American Shakespearean production-"altered" Richard III, New York NY
1760 Princess Carolina marries General Charles Christian van Nassau-Weilburg
1764 In Quebec, Governor James Murray requires inhabitants of Quebec to declare their French money; before May 1
1766 Don Antonio de Ulloa takes possession of Louisiana Territory from French
1770 The Boston Massacre takes place when British soldiers kill five colonists who had been taunting them.
1783 King Stanislaus Augustus Poniatowski grants rights to Jews of Kovno
1795 Amsterdam celebrates Revolution on the Dam; Square of Revolution
1795 Treaty of Basel-Prussia ends war with France
1807 First performance of Ludwig von Beethoven's 4th Symphony in B
1820 Dutch city of Leeuwarden forbids Jews to go to synagogues on Sundays
1821 Monroe is first President inaugurated on March 5th, because 4th was Sun
1836 Mexico attacks Alamo and wins the battle
1836 Samuel Colt manufactures first pistol, 34-caliber "Texas" model
1845 Congress appropriates $30,000 to ship camels to western US
1849 Zachary Taylor is sworn in as US president.
