1476 Emperor Frederik III of Habsburg & duke Charles the Stout arrange marriage of their children

1527 Spanish & German Imperial troops sack Rome; ending the Renaissance

1529 Battle at Gogra Mogol emperor Babur beats Afghans & Bengals

1536 King Henry VIII, orders bible be placed in every church

1598 Arch duke Albrecht & Isabella become monarch of Southern Netherlands

1626 Dutch colonist Paul Minuit buys Manhattan for $24 in trinkets

1644 Johan Mauritius resigns as Governor of Brazil

1648 Battle at Zólty Wody-Bohdan Chmielricki's Cossaks beat John II Casimir

1672 Brandenburgs monarch Frederik Willem signs treaty with Netherlands

1753 French King Louis XV observes transit of Mercury at Mendon Castle

1757 Battle at Prague Frederik II of Prussia beats emperor army

1794 Haiti, under Toussaint L'Ouverture, revolts against France

1804 Suriname sold to English (until February 1816)

1806 London announces a blockade of the European coast from Brest to the Elbe May 6 but permits ships from neutral nations to pass if they are not carrying goods to or from enemy ports

1840 The first postage stamps (Penny Black) issued (Great Britain) (try and buy it now!)

1844 Johan Thorbecke argue general right to vote

1848 Otto Tank ends slavery in Suriname colony

1851 Dr John Gorrie patents a "refrigeration machine"

1851 Linus Yale patents Yale-lock

1851 New slave regulations go into effect in Suriname

1851 San Fransisco Chamber of Commerce starts

1853 The first major US rail disaster kills 46 (Norwalk CT)

1861 Arkansas & Tennessee become 9th & 10th states to secede from US

1861 Jefferson Davis approves a bill declaring War between US & Confederacy

1864 Battle of Port Walthall Junction VA

1864 General Sherman begins advance to Atlanta GA

1882 Chinese Exclusion Act US Congress ceases Chinese immigration

1882 Epping Forest England dedicated by Queen Victoria

1889 The Eiffel Tower designed by French engineer Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, 57, is completed at Paris for the Universal Exhibition that opens

1890 Mormon Church renounces polygamy [1006-Truth Restored (Morman pub)]

1891 Conductors on London General Omnibus Company go on strike

1902 British SS Camorta sinks off Rangoon; 739 die

1902 Zulu assault at Holkrantz South-Africa

1904 American Lung Association holds its first meeting

1909 Great White Fleet anchors in San Francisco

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