1272 Edward I proclaimed King of England
1637 Peter Minuit and1st Swedish immigrants to Delaware sail from Sweden
1700 King Charles XII of Sweden aged 17, defeats the army of Czar Peter the Great in the battle of Narva
1780 Britain declares war on Holland
1789 New Jersey becomes the first state to ratify Bill of Rights
1804 Alexander I reissues manifesto of Catherine II, with some modifications, inviting foreigners to settle in New Russia.
1805 The opera "Fidelio" is produced (Vienna)
1856 CDR Andrew H. Foote lands at Canton, China, with 287 Sailors and Marines to stop attacks by Chinese on U.S. military and civilians.
1862 Confederate army of Tennessee, organizes under Gen Braxton Bragg
1866 Howard University founded (Wash, DC)
1866 Pierre Lalemont patents rotary crank bicycle
1866 The first national convention of Grand Army of the Republic (veterans' organization)
1888 William Bundy patents the timecard clock
1890 Pope Leo XIII encyclical On slavery in the missions
1900 American cartoonist Chester Gould, creator of the Dick Tracy comic strip, is born
1901 The opera "Gris‚lidis" is produced (Paris)
1910 Revolution broke out in Mexico, led by Francisco I Madero
1914 US State Department starts requiring photographs for passports
1917 Lt. Harcus Strahan (The Fort Garry Horse - Cdn.) wins the Victoria Cross at Masnières, France
1917 Ukrainian Republic declared
1917 USS Kanawha, Noma and Wakiva sink German sub off France.
1918 By order in Council P.C. 2854 the management of the Canadian Government Railways is entrusted to the Board of Directors of the Canadian Northern Railway Co. On the same day the Government takes over the Canadian Northern Railway and appoints a new Board of Directors.
1919 First municipally owned airport in US opens in Tucson, Az
1925 American politician Robert F. Kennedy is born
1925 Queen Alexandra, widow of King Edward VII and mother of King George V dies in England
