1497 John Cabot departs to North-America

1526 German evangelical monarchy joins Schmalkaldische League

1536 King Henry VIII accused Anna Boleyn of adultery &incest

1595 King Philip II names Albrecht of Austria land guardian of Netherlands

1598 France &Spain signs Peace of Vervins

1652 Frederik Hendriks daughter Albertine Agnes marries Willem Frederik

1668 The first peace of Aken ends French-Spanish war in The Netherlands

1668 The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ends a brief War of Devolution waged over Louis XIV's claim to the Spanish possessions in the Belgian provinces following the death of his father-in-law Philip IV of Spain in 1665

1668 Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, ends War of Devolution

1670 King Charles II charters Hudson Bay Company

1703 Portugal signs treaty with England to become a Great Covenant

1749 Empress Maria Theresa signs "Haugwitzschen State reform"

1750 Carlo Goldoni's "La Botega di Caffè" premieres in Mantua

1776 France &Spain agree to donate arms to American rebels

1780 William Herschel discovers first binary star, Xi Ursae Majoris

1808 Uprising against French occupation begins in Madrid

1845 Domingo Sarmiento publishes "Civilización y Barbarie"

1847 Sabbath famine

1863 Stonewall Jackson attacks Chancellorsville VA, wounded by his own men; South defeats North

1865 President Johnson offers $100,000 reward for capture of Jefferson Davis

1876 Ross Barnes hit first homerun in the National League

1878 US stops minting 20¢ coin

1881 Portage La Prairie Manitoba, Canadian Pacific Railway starts building its prairie section of track; first sod turned for the CPR as a company line; first rail also laid at Fort William.

1885 "Good Housekeeping" magazine is first published

1885 Congo Free State established by King Leopold II of Belgium

1887 G Rossini's corpse transfered to Santa Croce, Florence

1887 Hannibal W Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film

1889 Abyssinian emperor Menelik II/Italy signs Treaty of Wichale

1890 Territory of Oklahoma created

1900 George Bernard Shaws "You Never Can Tell" premieres in London

1902 The first science fiction film, "A Trip To The Moon", is released

1905 French newspapers publish lists of Jules Vernes unpublished work

1907 Belgium Jules baron de Trooz forms Belgian Government

1911 French troops occupy Fès El Bali Morocco

1915 Australian attack on Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli

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