1147 Jewish community in Cologne fast to commemorate anti-Jewish violence

1150 Tichborne family of Hampshire England started the tradition of giving a gallon of flour to each resident to keep deathbed promise

1526 King François I returns Spanish captivity to France

1534 Lübeck accept free Dutch ships into East Sea

1616 Bristol England William Baffin c1584-1622 leaves on 5th voyage on 'Discovery'; will pass Greenland coast and sail north another 480 km.

1636 University of Utrecht opening ceremony

1668 England takes control of Bombay India

1692 King Maximilian installed as land guardian of South Netherlands

1780 The first British Sunday newspaper appears (British Gazette &Sunday Monitor)

1790 Congress passes Naturalization Act, requires 2-year residency

1793 Pro-royalist uprising in Vendée region of France

1799 Napolean captures Jaffa Palestine

1804 Congress orders removal of Indians east of Mississippi to Louisiana

1804 Territory of Orleans organized in Louisiana Purchase

1808 Napoleon announces that France must guard the coast of Spain against Britain, he orders upwards of 70,000 men to cross the Spanish frontier in January, French forces occupy the fortresses of San Sebastian, Pamplona, Figuera, and Barcelona by treachery in February, and by mid-March there are nearly 100,000 French troops in Spain Their commander in chief Joachim Murat occupies Madrid and Carlos IV abdicates in favor of his son Ferdinand, 23

1812 Earthquake destroys 90% of Caracas; about 20,000 die

1812 In Venezuela an earthquake destroys the City of Caracas severe damage. 20,000 killed.

1839 The first Henley Royal Regatta is held

1845 Joseph Francis, New York NY, patents a corrugated sheet-iron lifeboat

1845 Montreal Quebec Thomas Aylwin & Dominick Daly fight a harmless duel without injuring each other; one of Canada's last duels

1845 Patent awarded for adhesive medicated plaster, precusor of bandaid

1856 New South Wales' first first-class game, vs Victoria at Melbourne; New South Wales won

1862 Battle of La Glorieta Pass New Mexico Territory (Apache Canyon, Pigeon's Ranch)

1863 Voters in West Virginia approve gradual emancipation of slaves

1871 Paris Commune founded

1872 7.8 earthquake shakes Owens Valley, California

1872 The Owens Valley, California area is rattled by a 7.8 earthquake one of the largest in the United States

1872 Thomas J Martin patents fire extinguisher

1878 Hastings College of Law founded

1878 Sabi Game Reserve, world's first official designated game reserve, opens

1885 Eastman Film Co manufactures first commercial motion picture film

1885 Louis Riel's forces defeat Canadian forces at Duck Lake, Saskatchewan

1889 Bernard Tancred carries bat for 26 out of 47! South Africa vs England

1889 Johnny Briggs took 15-26 (7-17 &8-11) vs South Africa at Newlands

1889 South Africa all out 47, then follow-on all out 43 vs England

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