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King James II
John Franklin
Margaret Oliphant
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| 896 Formosus ended his reign as pope. | ||
| 1081 Alexius I Comnenus occupies Byzantine throne |
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| 1460 University of Basle in Swizerland forms | ||
| 1541 Ignatius of Loyola became the first superior-general of the Jesuits. | ||
| 1552 Mauritius van Saksen begins alliance with Karel Anikita Stroganov | ||
| 1558 Czar Ivan IV gives parts of North-Russia to fur traders | ||
| 1581 Frances Drake completed the circumnavigation of the world. | ||
| 1581 Francis Drake becomes knight | ||
| 1588 Christian IV succeeds Frederik II as king of Denmark | ||
| 1625 Viceroy Frederik Henry marries Amalia countess von Solms-Braunfels | ||
| 1655 Battle at Postage Farina, Tunis: English fleet beats Barbarian pirates | ||
| 1660 Declaration of Breda | ||
| 1660 English king Charles II ends Decl of Breda (freedom of religion) | ||
| 1686 English king James II publishes Declaration of Indulgence | ||
| 1687 King James II ordered his declaration of indulgence read in church. | ||
| 1696 Giovanni Battista Tiepoldo, painter was born | King James II |
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| 1716 Russian & Prussian troops occupy Wismar | ||
| 1716 John Evangelist Schreiber, composer was born | ||
| 1737 Anthony van Heim installed as Dutch pension advisor | ||
| 1752 Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, composer (Andromeda) was born | ||
| 1786 John Franklin, British explorer (Arctic) was born | ||
| 1818 Congress declared the U.S. flag to be 13 red and white stripes and 20 stars | ||
| 1828 Casparus van Wooden patents chocolate milk powder (Amsterdam) | ||
| 1828 Margaret Oliphant, Scotland, novelist/biographer (Beleaguered City) was born | ||
| 1832 Charles Darwin aboard HMS Beagle reaches Rio de Janeiro | ||
| 1836 Jerome Hopkins, composer was born | ||
| 1850 City of Los Angeles incorporated | ||
| 1859 Opera "Dinorah" is produced (Paris) | ||
| 1862 The Battle of Yorktown began. | ||
| 1862 US begins Peninsular Campaign aimed at capturing Richmond | ||
| 1887 Susanna Medora Salter was elected the first U.S. woman mayor, in Argonia, Kansas. |
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| 1896 Announcement of Gold in Yukon | ||
| 1900 Assassination attempt on prince of Wales/king Edward VII | ||
| 1900 British garrison of Reddersberg surrenders to Boer general De Wet | ||
| 1905 An earthquake in Kangra India, killed 370,000 people. | ||
| 1912 Army fires on striking mine workers at Lena-gold fields Siberia | ||
| 1912 Chinese republic proclaimed in Tibet | ||
| 1918 Food riot in Amsterdam | ||
| 1920 Arabs attack Jews in Jerusalem | ||
| 1926 Greek dictator Theodorus Pangalos elected president | ||
| 1932 Vitamin C 1st isolated, CC King, Univ of Pittsburgh | ||
| 1933 US Dirigible Akron crashes off coast of NJ, 73 die | ||
| 1939 Faisal II ascends to throne of Iraq | ||
| 1941 German troops conquer Banghazi | ||
| 1944 British troops capture Addis Ababa Ethiopia | John Franklin |
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| 1944 De Gaulle forms new regime in exile, with communists | ||
| 1945 Hungary liberated from Nazi occupation (National Day) | ||
| 1945 US forces liberated the Nazi death camp Ohrdruf in Germany | ||
| 1945 US tanks/infantry conquer Bielefeld | ||
| 1947 UN's International Civil Aviation Organization forms | ||
| 1949 Israel & Jordan sign armistice agreement | ||
| 1949 The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) treaty was signed. | ||
| 1951 Dutch Prince Bernhard visits Juan & Eva Per¢n in Buenos Aires | ||
| 1955 British govt signs military treaty with Iraq | ||
| 1958 1st march against nuclear weapons (Aldermaston England) | ||
| 1959 Fed of Mali, consisting of Senegal & French Sudan (dissolved 1960) | ||
| 1960 Senegal declares independence from France | ||
| 1966 Pirate Radio Scotland changes name to Radio Ireland |
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| 1967 Dutch De Young govt forms | ||
| 1969 Dr. Denton Cooley implanted the first temporary artificial heart. | ||
| 1972 1st electric power plant fueled by garbage begins operating | ||
| 1974 Hank Aaron hit his 714th home run, tying Babe Ruth's record. | ||
| 1975 130, killed as USAF plane evacuating Vietnamese orphans crashes | ||
| 1975 USAF transport carrying orphans from Saigon crashes killing 155 | ||
| 1976 Seni Pramoj's Democratic Party wins elections in Thailand | ||
| 1981 Henry Cisneros becomes 1st Mexican-American mayor (San Antonio) | ||
| 1986 Wayne Gretzky set an NHL record with 213th point of season. | ||
| 1990 Gloria Estefan released from hospital after her accident | Margaret Oliphant |
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| 1990 Securities law violator Ivan Boesky was released from federal custody. | ||
| 1992 Jury deliberations begin in Noriega case | ||
| 1992 Sali Berisha becomes president/Alexander Meksi premier of Albania | ||
| 1994 Netscape Communications founded as Mosaic Communications | ||
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