1066 18th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
1153 Treaty of Konstanz between Frederik I "Barbarossa" & Pope Eugene III
1490 First dated edition of Maimonides "Mishna Torah" published
1568 Treaty of Longjumeau French huguenots go on strike
1579 Friesland joins Union of Utrecht
1593 English Congressionalist Henry Barrow accused of slander
1630 French troops occupy Pinerolo Piedmont
1657 France & England form alliance against Spain; England gets Dunkirk
1670 François Dollier de Casson 1636-1701 claims Lake Erie territory for France
1708 English pretender to the throne James III lands at Firth of Forth
1743 George Frideric Handel's oratorio "Messiah" premieres in London
1775 Patrick Henry proclaims "Give me liberty or give me death"
1794 Josiah Pierson patents a "cold-header" (rivet) machine
1794 Lieutenant-General Tadeusz Kosciuszko returns to Poland
1801 Murder attempt on Czar Paul I
1806 Lewis & Clark reach Pacific coast
1808 Napoleon's brother Joseph takes the throne of Spain
1815 USS Hornet captures HMS Penguin in battle lasting 22 minutes
1832 British Parliament passes reform bill
1835 Charles Darwin reaches Los Arenales, in the Andes
1836 Coin Press invented by Franklin Beale
1848 First organized band of settlers lands at Dunedin, New Zealand.
1849 Battle of Novara (King Charles Albert vs Italian republic)
1857 Elisha Otis' first elevator installed (488 Broadway, NYC)
1858 Streetcar patented (Eleazer A Gardner of Philadelphia)
