1560 Christian fleet under Gian Andrea lands at Djerba, N Africa
1573 Turkey &Venice signs peace treaty
1621 John Pieterszoon Coen's troops land on Lontor, East Indies
1633 Prince Frederik Henry appoints himself viceroy of Limburg
1644 Massachusetts establishes first 2-chamber legislature in colonies
1657 King Louis XIV 1638-1715 prohibits sale of liquor to Indians in New France
1696 English King Willem III departs Netherlands
1719 Michel-Philippe Isabeau starts to build Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island. The fortress takes 25 years to build.
1774 British close port of Boston to all commerce
1778 Captain James Cook sights Oregon coast, at Yaquina Bay
1778 Continental Navy frigate Randolph (32 guns) engages HMS Yarmouth (64). Randolph explodes and sinks with the loss of all but 4 men.
1801 Massachusetts enacts first state voter registration law
1808 Portugal's regent Dom Juan IV arrives in Rio De Janeiro
1835 HMS Beagle returns from Concepción to Valparaiso
1847 US General Scott occupies Vera Cruz Mexico
1848 In Hawaii, Great Mahele (division of lands) signed
1850 Daniel Webster endorses Compromise of 1850
1851 Poll tax levied on Russo-Polish Jews entering Austrian Galicia ends
1852 Dutch telegraph traffic regulated by law
1854 Charles Miller received a patent for the sewing machine that stitches buttonholes!1862 Battle of Elkhorn Tavern, Day 2, Generals McCulloch &McIntosh killed
1865 Battles round Kinston NC
1866 Canada puts 10,000 militia on alert after Fenians hold meeting in New York and threaten invasion; as precaution against anticipated attacks on St. Patrick's Day.
1870 Wyoming women allowed on juries; the right later was taken away.
1872 -8º F in Boston MA
1876 Alexander Graham Bell of Salem, MA received a patent for his invention, the telephone.
