1153 Malcolm IV becomes king of Scotland
1300 King Philip IV occupies Flanders, Earl Gwijde captured
1370 Hanzesteden signs peace treaty with Danish king Waldemar IV
1487 Imposter Lambert Simnel ceremony crowned as King Edward VI of Dublin
1626 Peter Minuet buys Manhattan from Indians for trinkets, valued at $24
1653 German Parliament selects Ferdinand II king of Austria
1658 Battle of Dunes (Spanish-French War) fought
1660 English king Charles II visits Netherlands
1667 French troops attack into Southern Netherlands
1689 English Parliament guarantees freedom of religion for Protestants
1697 English king Willem III travels through northern Europe
1726 People's revolt due to increase in gin/brandy tax
1738 Methodist Church is established
1787 The Constitutional Convention is convened after a quorum of delegates attends in Philadelphia
1809 Dartmoor Prison opens to house French prisoners of war
1810 Argentina beings its revolt against Spain
1815 George Evans discovers Lachlan River, Australia
1844 Samuel F B Morse opens America's first telegraph line between Washington, D C and Baltimore, MD with the message "What hath God wrought!"
1844 The Baltimore Patriot carries the first-ever telegraphed news dispatch (received from Washington, D C )
1846 General Zachary Taylor captures Monterrey in Méxican War
1854 Anthony Burns, slave, arrested by US Deputy marshals in Boston
1854 Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, first Black college in US forms by Prebyts
1856 Pottawatomie Massacre took place in Kansas
1861 Alexandria VA occupied by Federal troops
1861 Major General Benjamin Butler declares slaves "contraband of war"
