1096 Crusaders massacre Jews of Worm
1291 Sultan of Egypt & his son take last Christian stronghold of Acre
1302 Trades people assault on French garrison (Brugse Metten)
1385 Peace of Doornik Gent & Louis van Thoughts
1536 Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII of England, is beheaded after being convicted for adultery
1588 The Spanish Armada sets sail for England; it is defeated by England the following August
1596 Willem Barents leaves Amsterdam for Novaya Zemlya
1619 Hugo the Great sentenced to life in prison
1631 English colony Massachusetts Bay grants puritarian voting right
1631 John Winthrop is elected first governor of Massachusetts
1642 Montréal Canada founded
1642 The Canadian City of Montreal is founded
1643 Delegates from four New England colonies meet in Boston to form a confederation
1652 Rhode Island enacts first law declaring slavery illegal
1703 Dutch & English troops occupy Cologne
1756 England declares war on France
1794 2nd battle of Bouvines (France-Austria)
1803 Britain declares war on France after Napoleon Bonaparte continues interfering in Italy & Switzerland
1804 Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed emperor by the French Senate
1843 United Free Church of Scotland forms
1846 US troops attack Rio Grande occupying Matamoros
1851 Amsterdam-Nieuwediep telegraph connection linked
1852 Massachusetts rules all school-age children must attend school
1860 Republican Party nominates Abraham Lincoln for president
1861 Battle of Sewall's Point VA-1st Federal offense against South
