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*532 – Nika riots in Constantinople.
*888 – Odo, Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks.
*1328 – Edward III of England marries Philippa of Hainault, daughter of the Count of Hainault.
*1435 – Sicut Dudum is promulgated by Pope Eugene IV about the enslaving of black natives in Canary Islands by Spanish natives.
*1547 – Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey is sentenced to death.
*1607 – The Bank of Genoa fails after announcement of national bankruptcy in Spain.
*1733 – James Oglethorpe and 130 colonists arrive in Charleston, South Carolina.
*1785 – John Walter publishes the first issue of the Daily Universal Register (later renamed The Times).
*1797 – French Revolutionary Wars: A naval battle between a French ship of the line and two British frigates off the coast of Brittany ends with the French vessel running ashore, resulting in the death of over 900.
*1815 – War of 1812: British troops capture Fort Peter in St. Marys, Georgia, the only battle of the war to take place in the state.
*1822 – The design of the Greek flag is adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus.
*1830 – The Great fire of New Orleans, Louisiana begins.
*1832 – President Andrew Jackson writes to Vice President Martin Van Buren expressing his opposition to South Carolina's defiance of federal authority in the Nullification Crisis.
*1840 – The steamship Lexington burns and sinks four miles off the coast of Long Island with the loss of 139 lives.
*1842 – Dr. William Brydon, an assistant surgeon in the British East India Company Army during the First Anglo-Afghan War, becomes famous for being the sole survivor of an army of 4,500 men and 12,000 camp followers when he reaches the safety of a garrison in Jalalabad, Afghanistan.
*1847 – The Treaty of Cahuenga ends the Mexican–American War in California.
*1869 – National convention of black leaders meets in Washington, D.C.
*1893 – The Independent Labour Party of the United Kingdom holds its first meeting.
*1893 – U.S. Marines land in Honolulu, Hawaii from the USS Boston to prevent the queen from abrogating the Bayonet Constitution.
*1898 –
c/p from Wikipedia
*532 – Nika riots in Constantinople.
*888 – Odo, Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks.
*1328 – Edward III of England marries Philippa of Hainault, daughter of the Count of Hainault.
*1435 – Sicut Dudum is promulgated by Pope Eugene IV about the enslaving of black natives in Canary Islands by Spanish natives.
*1547 – Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey is sentenced to death.
*1607 – The Bank of Genoa fails after announcement of national bankruptcy in Spain.
*1733 – James Oglethorpe and 130 colonists arrive in Charleston, South Carolina.
*1785 – John Walter publishes the first issue of the Daily Universal Register (later renamed The Times).
*1797 – French Revolutionary Wars: A naval battle between a French ship of the line and two British frigates off the coast of Brittany ends with the French vessel running ashore, resulting in the death of over 900.
*1815 – War of 1812: British troops capture Fort Peter in St. Marys, Georgia, the only battle of the war to take place in the state.
*1822 – The design of the Greek flag is adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus.
*1830 – The Great fire of New Orleans, Louisiana begins.
*1832 – President Andrew Jackson writes to Vice President Martin Van Buren expressing his opposition to South Carolina's defiance of federal authority in the Nullification Crisis.
*1840 – The steamship Lexington burns and sinks four miles off the coast of Long Island with the loss of 139 lives.
*1842 – Dr. William Brydon, an assistant surgeon in the British East India Company Army during the First Anglo-Afghan War, becomes famous for being the sole survivor of an army of 4,500 men and 12,000 camp followers when he reaches the safety of a garrison in Jalalabad, Afghanistan.
*1847 – The Treaty of Cahuenga ends the Mexican–American War in California.
*1869 – National convention of black leaders meets in Washington, D.C.
*1893 – The Independent Labour Party of the United Kingdom holds its first meeting.
*1893 – U.S. Marines land in Honolulu, Hawaii from the USS Boston to prevent the queen from abrogating the Bayonet Constitution.
*1898 –
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