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| 1267 Synod of Breslau orders Jews of Silesia to wear special caps | ||
| 1499 France & Venice sign treaty against Milan | ||
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1537 Pope Paul III routes Cardinal Pole to England | |
| 1540 The first-recorded horse race in England was held at Roodeye Fields, Chester. | ||
| 1554 Battle at London: Sir Thomas Wyatt defeated | ||
| 1574 Louis of Nassau ends siege of Maastricht | ||
| 1621 Alexander Ludovisi is elected Pope Gregory XV (-1623) | ||
| 1674 Charles II of England signed the Treaty of Westminster, ending the war with the Dutch. | ||
| 1667 Treaty of Andrussovo: Russia/Poland signs peace treaty | ||
| 1674 English reconquer NY from Netherlands | ||
| 1775 English Parliament declares Mass colony is in rebellion | ||
| 1788 Austria declares war on Russia | ||
| 1799 USS Constellation captures French frigate Insurgents off Nevis, W I | ||
| Dostoïevski photographie de Panov, 9 juin 1880 Saint-Pétersbourg, musée Dostoïevski |
1801 France and Austria signed the Peace of Luneville, effectively ending the Holy Roman Empire. | |
| 1807 French Sanhedrin convened by Napoleon | ||
| 1822 American Indian Society organizes | ||
| 1825 House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams 6th US president | ||
| 1849 Giuseppe Mazzini proclaimed Rome a republic. | ||
| 1861 Jefferson Davis was chosen as president of the Confederate States of America, and Alexander Stephens as vice-president. |
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| 1861 Tennessee votes against secession | ||
| 1863 Fire extinguisher patented by Alanson Crane | ||
| 1881 Feodor Dostoievski, Russian novelist whose works included "Crime and Punishment," "The Idiot" and "The Brothers Karamazov," died. | ||
| 1885 1st Japanese arrive in Hawaii | ||
| 1893 "Falstaff," the last opera by Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi, was first performed in Milan. | ||
| 1900 Dwight Davis established a new tennis trophy, the Davis Cup | ||
| 1904 At the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War, the Russian ships Variag and Korietz were sunk off Korea. | ||
| 1906 Natal proclaims state of siege in Zulu uprising | ||
| 1909 France and Germany reached agreement over Morocco, with Germany recognizing French special interests there in return for economic concessions. | John Quincy Adams 6th US President |
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| 1922 Italian govt of Bonomi falls | ||
| 1923 Dobrolet, the Soviet state airline, was formed. It was renamed Aeroflot in 1932. | ||
| 1924 Nakhichevan ASSR constituted within Azerbaijan SSR | ||
| 1925 German Minister Stresemann proposes security treaty with France | ||
| 1929 The Litvinov protocol, a pact for the renunciation of war, was signed in Moscow between Russia, Poland, Romania, Estonia and Latvia. | ||
| 1932 US airship Columbia crashes during storm (Flushing, NY) | ||
| 1934 The Balkan Pact to prevent encroachment by the great powers was signed by Romania, Greece, Yugoslavia and Turkey. | ||
| 1939 Belgian Spaak govt falls | ||
| 1941 British troops conquer El Agheila | ||
| 1941 Nazi collaborators destroy pro-Jewish caf‚ Alcazar Amsterdam | ||
| 1941 in a speech directed at the United States, Winston Churchill said: "Put your confidence in us...give us the tools and we will finish the job." | ||
| 1942 Japanese troops land near Makassar, South Celebes | ||
| 1942 The French passenger liner Normandie burned and sank at its pier in New York City. | ||
| 1943 FDR orders minimal 48 hour work week in war industry | ||
| 1943 Nazis arrest Dutch sons of rich parents | ||
| 1943 U.S. troops reached Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, and discovered that the Japanese had evacuated | ||
| 1950 U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy said he had evidence there were individuals in the State Department who were card-carrying members of the Communist Party. | ||
| 1953 Allen W Dulles, becomes acting director of CIA | ||
| 1954 Mario Scelba forms new govt in Italy | ||
| 1961 Joseph Ileo appointed premier of Congo | ||
| 1962 Jamaica signs agreement to become independent | ||
| 1963 1st flight of Boeing 727 jet | ||
| 1964 9th Winter Olympic games close at Innsbruck, Austria | ||
| 1968 Rotterdam metro opened by princess Beatrix | ||
| 1969 Boeing 747 made its 1st commercial flight | ||
| 1971 Apollo 14 returns to Earth | ||
| 1975 Soyuz 17 returns to Earth | ||
| 1979 Nigeria amends constitution | ||
| 1986 Tomb of Tutanchamon's treasurer Maya found in Egypt | ||
| 1990 Namibia's constitution ratified | ||
| 1993 Army of opium king Khun Sa kills 60 in NE Burma | ||
| 1994 Israeli minister Shimon Perez signs accord with PLO's Arafat | ||
| 2002 XIX Winter Olympics opens in Salt Lake City Utah/Quebec City | ||
