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

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.

1876 Battle at Gura Ethiopian emperor Yohannes beats Egyptians

1900 Battle at Poplar Grove South Africa, President Kruger flees

1900 Poplar Grove, South Africa Canadians engage Boers in artillery fight at Poplar Grove

1902 Boers beat British troop in Tweebosch Transvaal

1906 Finnish Senate accepts universal suffrage, except for poor

1908 Cincinnati Mayor Mark Breith stood before city council &announced that, "women are not physically fit to operate automobiles"

1911 US sent 20,000 troops to Mexican border

1911 Willis Farnworth of Petaluma, CA patented the coin-operated locker.

1912 Roald Amundsen announces discovery of the South Pole

1914 Prince Wilhelm von Wied becomes King of Albania

1918 President Wilson authorizes US Army's Distinguished Service Medal

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