1497 Nicolaus Copernicus first recorded astronomical observation,
1500 Pedro Cabral departs with 13 ships to India
1522 Marten Luther preaches his Invocavit
1551 Emperor Karel appoints son Philip as heir to the throne
1562 Kissing in public banned in Naples (punishable by death)
1617 Sweden & Russia sign Peace of Stolbowa
1642 English Queen Henriette Mary arrives in Hellevoetsluis Netherlands
1697 Czar Peter the Great begins tour of West-Europe
1701 France, Cologne & Bavaria sign alliance
1721 English Chancellor Exchequer John Aislabie confined in London Tower
1741 English fleet under Admiral Ogle begins assault on Cartagena
1745 Bells for first American carillon shipped from England to Boston
1745 The first carillon was shipped from England to Boston, MA.
1791 George Hayward, Us, surgeon, first to use ether
1796 Napoleon Bonaparte marries Josephine de Beauharnais
1798 Appointment of first surgeon U.S. Navy, George Balfour
1798 Dr George Balfour becomes first naval surgeon in the US navy
1820 James Monroe's daughter Maria marries in the White House
1820 Philippines chases out foreigners; about 125 die
1822 Charles M. Graham of New York City received a patent for artificial teeth.
1832 Abraham Lincoln of New Salem, IL announced that he would run for political office for the first time 1929 - Eric Krenz of Palo Alto, CA became the first athlete to toss the discus over 160 feet.
1839 Prussian government limits work week for children to 51 hours
1841 US Supreme Court rules Negroes are free (Amistad Incident)
1847 Commodore David Connor leads successful amphibious assault near Vera Cruz, Mexico
1858 Albert Potts of Philadelphia patents the street mailbox
