1156 Battle at Brindisi King Willem of Sicily beats Byzantine fleet

1349 60 Jews murdered in Breslau Silesia

1358 Daint-Leu at Oise begins French boer uprising

1521 Pope Leo X signs treaty with German emperor Charles V

1533 The Archbishop of England declares the mariage of King Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn to be valid

1539 Hernando de Soto lands in Florida

1608 Claudio Monteverdi's "Arianna" premieres in Mantua

1635 Zorilla's "El Desafio de Carlos V" premieres in Madrid

1664 The first Baptist Church is organized (Boston)

1674 German Parliament declares war on France

1731 All Hebrew books in Papal State are confiscated

1741 Spain & Bavaria sign treaty

1742 The first indoor swimming pool opens (Goodman's Fields, London)

1754 George Washington defeats French & Indians at Fort Duquesne (Pittsburgh)

1774 The first Continental Congress convenes (Virginia)

1845 Fire in Québec Canada, 1,500 houses destroyed

1849 Princess WFLC Marianne & Albrecht of Prussia separate

1851 Sojourner Truth attends Women's Rights Convention

1858 Dion Boucicault's "Foul Play" premieres in London

1863 The first black regiment (54 Massachusetts) leaves Boston to fight in Civil War

1866 Dutch Government of Zuylen van Nijevelt/Heemskerk forms

1871 Paris communards revolt put down

1892 Sierra Club forms by John Muir in San Fransisco, for conservation of nature

1894 Belgium Princess Josephine marries Prince Karl von Hohenzollern

1900 Britain annexes Orange Free State (as Orange River Colony)

1900 Fire in Cincinnati nearly destroys Reds' grandstand

1900 Solar eclipse occurs

1901 Laws against phosphor matches enacted (inhibition white phosphorous)

1902 Boers surrender

1907 The first Auto-Cycle Union Tourist Trophy

1912 Jackie Matthews takes 2 cricket hat-tricks same day Australia vs South Africa

1915 John B Gruelle patents Raggedy Ann doll when does Raggedy Andy show up?

1918 Tatars declares Azerbaijan, in Russian Caucasus, independent

1919 Armenia declares it's Independence

1923 Attorney General says it is legal for women to wear trousers anywhere

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