0961 German King Otto II crowned

1328 William of Ockham forced to flee from Avignon by Pope John XXII

1521 Edict of Worms outlaws Martin Luther & his followers

1521 Martin Luther is banned by the Edict of Worms for his writings and religious beliefs

1538 Genève throws out Calvijn

1596 England, France & Netherlands signs Drievoudig Covenant against Spain

1637 The first battle of Pequot at New Haven CT kills 500 Indians

1647 Massachusetts disallows priest access to colony

1736 Battle of Ackia (Louisiana), British & Chickasaw Indians defeat the French

1781 Bank of North America incorporated in Philadelphia

1788 Mary Clark of England gives birth to a baby without a brain

1790 Territory South of River Ohio created by Congress

1798 British kill about 500 Irish insurgents at the Battle of Tara

1805 Lewis & Clark first see Rocky Mountains

1805 Napolean Bonaparte is crowned King of Italy

1805 Napoleon is crowned king of Italy

1805 The emperor Napoleon crowns himself with the old iron crown of the Lombard kings May 26 in the cathedral at Milan, he appoints his stepson Eugène Beauharnais viceroy June 7, but a Third Coalition mobilizes against him; Austria, Russia, and Sweden make alliances with Britain, while Napoleon gains support from Spain, Bavaria, Württemberg, Baden, Hesse, and Nassau

1807 French forces take Danzig and defeat the Russians June 14 in the Battle of Friedland

1860 Garibaldi occupies Palermo Italy

1861 Postmaster General Blair announces end of postal connection with the South

1861 Union blockades New Orleans LA & Mobile AL

1864 Skirmish along the Totopotomoy Creek VA

1864 Territory of Montana is formed

1865 Arrangements are made in New Orleans for the surrender of Confederate forces west of the Mississippi during the U S Civil War

1865 Battle of Galveston TX, surrender of Edmund Kirby Smith

1868 President Andrew Johnson avoids impeachment by 1 vote

1868 The impeachment trial of U S President Andrew Johnson ends in acquittal on all remaining charges, since the Senate again falls one vote short of the two-thirds majority needed for conviction

1876 HMS Challenger returns from 128,000-km oceanographic exploration

1884 Fred Spofforth takes 7-34 & 7-3 vs England XI in 4 hours

1887 Racetrack betting becomes legal in New York state

1894 Emanuel Lasker (26) becomes World Champion chess player

1896 Dow Jones begins an index of 12 industrial stocks (closing is 40.94)

1896 Last Czar of Russia, Nicholas II, crowned

1898 San Fransisco approves City Charter, allows Municipal ownership of utiliies

1900 British troops under Ian Hamilton attack the Vaal in South Africa

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