0031 First Easter, according to calendar-maker Dionysius Exiguus

0421 Friday at 12 Prime Minister city of Venice founded

0708 Constantine begins his reign as Catholic Pope

0752 Stephen ends his reign as Catholic Pope (or 26th)

1133 William the Conqueror orders first Domesday Survey of England

1306 Robert the Bruce crowned king of Scotland

1409 Council of Pisa opens

1584 Sir Walter Raleigh renews Humphrey Gilbert's patent to explore North America

1598 Cornelis de Houtman's fleet departs for East-Indies

1609 Henry Hudson embarks on an exploration for Dutch East India Co

1634 Lord Baltimore founded Catholic colony of Maryland

1647 Cape of Good Hope; tour ship Haerlem stranded in Tafel Bay

1655 Christiaan Huygens discovers Titan, (Saturn's largest satellite)

1668 The first horse race in America takes place

1669 Mount Etna in Sicily erupts, destroying Nicolosi, killing 20,000

1700 England, France & Netherlands ratify 2nd Extermination treaty

1753 Voltaire leaves the court of Frederik II of Prussia

1774 English Parliament passes Boston Port Bill

1776 Continental Congress authorizes a medal for General George Washington

1802 France, Netherlands, Spain & England signs Peace of Amiens

1807 British Parliament abolishes slave trade

1807 First railway passenger service began in England

1807 George Canning becomes British minister of Foreign affairs

1813 USS Essex takes Neryeda, first capture by U.S. Navy in Pacific

1814 Netherlands Bank established

1847 Pope Pius IX encyclical "On aid for Ireland"

1856 A E Burnside patents Burnside carbine

1857 Frederick Laggenheim takes first photo of a solar eclipse

1863 Skirmish at Brentwood TN

1863 The first Army Medal of Honor awarded

1864 Battle of Paducah KY (Forrest's raid)

1865 Battle of Bluff Spring FL

1865 First Queensland Divorce Act is passed.

1865 SS General Lyon at Cape Hatteras catches fire & sinks, killing 400

1876 Glasgow first soccer match Scotland-Wales (4-0)

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