1661 Yachting begins in England; King Charles II beats his brother James
1791 The first session of the new French legislative assembly
1800 Spain cedes Louisiana to France in a secret treaty
1800 U.S. Schooner Experiment captures French Schooner Diana.
1837 "Racer's" Hurricane (Gulf of Mexico)
1837 Treaty with Winnebago Indians
1844 Naval Observatory headed by LT Matthew Fontaine Maury occupies first permanent quarters.
1847 Maria Mitchell discovers a non-naked-eye comet
1851 The first Hawaiian stamps issued
1869 The first postcards are issued (Vienna)
1874 Supply Corps purser, LT J. Q. Barton, given leave to enter service of new Japanese Navy to organize a Pay Department and instruct Japanese about accounts. He served until 1 October 1877 when he again became a purser in the U.S. Navy. In 1878, the Emperor of Japan conferred on him the Fourth Class of Rising Sun for his service.
1880 John Phillip Sousa becomes leader of Marine Corps Band
1885 Special delivery mail service begins in US
1886 US mint at Carson City, Nevada closes
1888 A new Chinese Exclusion Act voted by Congress, forbids Chinese workers who have left the United States to return
1889 Washington voters adopt state constitution in referendum
1890 The McKinley Tariff Act passed by Congress October 1 increases the average U.S. import duty
1890 Yosemite National Park established
1893 3rd worst hurricane in US history kills 1,800 (Mississippi)
1894 Civic organization, Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben founded in Omaha, Nebraska
1896 Sherlock Holmes adventure "The Veiled Lodger" takes place (BG)
1898 Henry Huntington buys the LA Railway
1898 Jews are expelled from Kiev Russia
1905 The Grand Trunk assumes control of the 460 mile Canada Atlantic system by agreement dated August 15, 1904.
1908 Henry Ford introduces the Model T car (costs $825)
