0685 Battle at Nechtansmere Picten beat Northumbrians
0996 Otto the Great's Saxon grandson, now 16, is crowned Otto III 2005at Rome
0996 Pope Gregory V crowns his cousin Otto III German emperor
1040 King Henry III gives Utrecht the Groninger currency
1216 French crown prince Louis enters England
1420 Treaty of Troyes-French King Charles VI gives France to English
1471 King Edwards IV enters London
1502 Portuguese Admiral Da Nova discovers St Helena
1526 Sermon of Bathe, Aargau TC evangelical theology
1542 Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto dies while searching for gold along the Mississippi River
1553 English Lady Jane Grey marries Guildford Dudley
1602 Martha's Vineyard first sighted (Captain Bartholomew Gosnold)
1674 General John Sobieski chosen King of Poland
1683 West Indian Company sells 1/3 of Suriname
1793 Curaçao Island Council forbids criticism on House of Orange
1804 Lewis & Clark Expedition begins
1809 Battle at Aspern-Essling Austrian arch duke Karl beats Napoleon
1840 New Zealand became a British colony
1846 The first steamship arrives in Hawaii
1850 Washington Navy Yard begins work on first castings for the Dahlgren guns
1856 Lawrence KS captured, sacked by pro-slavery forces
1861 North Carolina is 10th state to secede from Union
1861 Richmond VA is designated Confederate Capital
1863 Siege on Port Hudson, Louisiana begins
1864 GEN David Hunter takes command of Department of West Virginia
