0978 England's King Edward is assassinated at Corfe Castle in Dorset at age 15 in a conspiracy engineered by his stepmother Elfthryth, who wants the crown for her son of 10

1167 Battle of El-Babein, Egypt Franks under Amalrik vs Syrians

1190 Crusaders kill 57 Jews in Bury St Edmonds England

1229 German emperor Frederick II crowns himself king of Jerusalem

1438 Albrecht II von Habsburg becomes king of Germany

1509 Emperor Maximilian I names Margaretha land guardians of Netherlands

1532 English parliament bans payments by English church to Rome

1541 Hernan de Soto observes first recorded flood in America (Mississippi River)

1543 de Soto observes first recorded flood in America (Mississippi River)

1582 Prince Willem of Orange injured in attack at Antwerp

1583 Dutch States General & Anjou sign treaty

1662 The first buses, eight-seater vehicles known as "carrosses a cinq solz", run in Paris.

1673 Lord Berkley sells his half of New Jersey to the Quakers

1745 Death of Sir Robert Walpole, British Whig statesman and prime minister for a record 21 years

1754 Duke of Newcastle becomes English premier

1766 After four months of organized American protests, the British Parliament repeals the Stamp Act, a taxation measure enacted to raise revenues for a standing British army in America

1773 Oliver Goldsmith' "She Stoops to Conquer", premieres in London

1793 2nd Battle at Neerwinden Austria army beats France

1807 British forces occupy Alexandria but are able to hold it for only 6 months before the Turks force their evacuation

1810 "Converse", first US opera, premieres in New York

1813 David Melville, Newport RI, patents apparatus for making coal gas

1847 First Dutch public telegram

1850 Henry Wells & William Fargo forms American Express in Buffalo

1858 Dutch Van der Brugghen government resigns

1859 Vera Cruz besieged by Miramón (Cons) in Mexican War of Reform

1864 Dale Dike on Humber River crumbles drowning some 240

1865 Battle of Wilson's raid to Selma AL

1865 Congress of Confederate States of American adjourns for last time

1871 Communards revolt in Paris France

1877 President Hayes appoints Frederick Douglass marshal of Washington DC

1890 First US state naval militia organized (Massachusetts)

1890 Kaiser Wilhelm forces Bismarck to resign as prime minister

1891 Britain is linked to the continent by Telephone

1892 Lord Stanley proposes silver challenge cup for hockey (Stanley Cup)

1895 200 blacks leave Savannah GA for Liberia

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