0891 Northmen defeated near Louvaine, France
1267 Ramban (Nachmanides) arrives in Jerusalem to establish Jew community
1614 Vincent Fettmich expells Jews from Frankfurt-on-Main, Germany
1661 The first Yacht race, England's King Charles vs his brother James
1666 Great London Fire begins in Pudding Lane. 80% of London is destroyed upside the fire cleanns up th ecity
1739 35 Jews sentenced to life in prison in Lisbon Portugal
1772 Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa forms in California
1799 Bank of Manhattan Company opens in NYC (forerunner to Chase Manhattan)
1807 Former US Vice President Aaron Burr is found innocent of treason.
1849 California Constitutional Convention held in Monterey
1858 The first transatlantic cable fails after less than 1 month
1859 RC Carrington &R Hodgson make 1st observation of solar flare
1862 Severe action at Chantilly, Virginia
1863 RR &ferry connection between SF &Oakland inaugurated
1865 Joseph Lister performs 1st antiseptic surgery
1870 Napoleon III captured at Sedan
1874 Sydney General Post Office opens in Australia
1878 The first female telephone operator starts work (Emma Nutt in Boston)
1897 Subway service in Boston, MA begins.
1905 Alberta &Saskatchewan become 8th &9th Canadian provinces
1906 Alberta adopts Mountain Standard Time
1906 Papua placed under Australian administration
1911 M Fourny sets world aircraft distance record of 720 km
1914 St Petersburg, Russia changes name to Petrograd
1916 Keating-Owen Act (child labor banned from interstate commerce)
