837 15th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
1526 Saxony and Hesse form League of Gotha (league of Protestant princes)
1531 Evangelical German towns form Schmalkaldische Union
1557 1st Russian Embassy arrives in London
1563 William Byrd is appointed organist at Lincoln Cathedral
1526 Saxony and Hesse form League of Gotha (league of Protestant princes)
1531 Evangelical German towns form Schmalkaldische Union
1557 1st Russian Embassy arrives in London
1563 William Byrd is appointed organist at Lincoln Cathedral
1594 Henry IV crowned King of France
King
Henry IV of France
1626 Yuan Chonghuan is appointed Governor of Liaodong, after he led the Chinese into a great victory against the Manchurians under Nurhaci
1665 Battle at Elmina, Gold Coast: Vice-admiral De Ruyter beats English
King
Henry IV of France
1626 Yuan Chonghuan is appointed Governor of Liaodong, after he led the Chinese into a great victory against the Manchurians under Nurhaci
1665 Battle at Elmina, Gold Coast: Vice-admiral De Ruyter beats English
1667 Abraham Crijnssen conquers Fort Willoughby (Zeelandia), Suriname
1670 Jews expelled from Austria by order of Leopold I
1678 Earl of Shaftesbury freed from the Tower of London
1696 English/Welsh nobles lay down Oath of Association
1700 Pacific Island of New Britain discovered
1713 French troops bomb Willemstad, Curacao
1801 Washington, D.C. placed under Congressional jurisdiction
1803 Great fire in Bombay, India
1670 Jews expelled from Austria by order of Leopold I
1678 Earl of Shaftesbury freed from the Tower of London
1696 English/Welsh nobles lay down Oath of Association
1700 Pacific Island of New Britain discovered
1713 French troops bomb Willemstad, Curacao
1801 Washington, D.C. placed under Congressional jurisdiction
1803 Great fire in Bombay, India
Event of Interest
1860 Abraham Lincoln makes a speech at Cooper Union in the city of New York that is largely responsible for his election to the Presidency
16th US President
Abraham Lincoln
1861 Russians shoot at Poles protesting Russian rule of Poland in Castle Square, Warsaw
1861 US Congress authorizes 1st stamped newspaper wrappers for mailing
1864 6th and last day of battle at Dalton, Georgia (about 600 casualties)
1864 Near Andersonville, Georgia, rebels open a new POW camp "Camp Sumpter"
1865 Civil War skirmish near Sturgeon, Missouri
1869 John Menard is 1st African American to make a speech in the US Congress
1871 Meeting of Alabama claims commission
1872 Charlotte Ray, 1st African American woman lawyer in USA, graduates from Howard University
1873 Dutch socialist Samuel van Wooden demands law against child labor
1874 Baseball 1st played in England at Lord's Cricket Ground
Election of Interest
1877 US Electoral College declares Rutherford B. Hayes winner of the presidential election
19th US President
Rutherford B. Hayes
1879 Constantine Fahlberg discovers saccharin (artificial sweetener)
1881 Battle at Amajuba: South African Boers vs British army under General Colley
1883 Oscar Hammerstein patents 1st cigar-rolling machine
1890 D Needham and P Kerrigan box 100 rounds (6 h 39 m) in San Francisco; match is a draw
1860 Abraham Lincoln makes a speech at Cooper Union in the city of New York that is largely responsible for his election to the Presidency
16th US President
Abraham Lincoln
1861 Russians shoot at Poles protesting Russian rule of Poland in Castle Square, Warsaw
1861 US Congress authorizes 1st stamped newspaper wrappers for mailing
1864 6th and last day of battle at Dalton, Georgia (about 600 casualties)
1864 Near Andersonville, Georgia, rebels open a new POW camp "Camp Sumpter"
1865 Civil War skirmish near Sturgeon, Missouri
1869 John Menard is 1st African American to make a speech in the US Congress
1871 Meeting of Alabama claims commission
1872 Charlotte Ray, 1st African American woman lawyer in USA, graduates from Howard University
1873 Dutch socialist Samuel van Wooden demands law against child labor
1874 Baseball 1st played in England at Lord's Cricket Ground
Election of Interest
1877 US Electoral College declares Rutherford B. Hayes winner of the presidential election
19th US President
Rutherford B. Hayes
1879 Constantine Fahlberg discovers saccharin (artificial sweetener)
1881 Battle at Amajuba: South African Boers vs British army under General Colley
1883 Oscar Hammerstein patents 1st cigar-rolling machine
1890 D Needham and P Kerrigan box 100 rounds (6 h 39 m) in San Francisco; match is a draw
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837 15th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
1526 Saxony and Hesse form League of Gotha (league of Protestant princes)
1531 Evangelical German towns form Schmalkaldische Union
1557 1st Russian Embassy arrives in London
1563 William Byrd is appointed organist at Lincoln Cathedral
Event of Interest
1594 Henry IV crowned King of France
King
Henry IV of France
1626 Yuan Chonghuan is appointed Governor of Liaodong, after he led the Chinese into a great victory against the Manchurians under Nurhaci
1665 Battle at Elmina, Gold Coast: Vice-admiral De Ruyter beats English
1667 Abraham Crijnssen conquers Fort Willoughby (Zeelandia), Suriname
1670 Jews expelled from Austria by order of Leopold I
1678 Earl of Shaftesbury freed from the Tower of London
1696 English/Welsh nobles lay down Oath of Association
1700 Pacific Island of New Britain discovered
1713 French troops bomb Willemstad, Curacao
1801 Washington, D.C. placed under Congressional jurisdiction
1803 Great fire in Bombay, India
1813 1st federal vaccination legislation enacted
1813 US Congress authorizes use of steamboats to transport mail
Music Premiere
1814 Ludwig van Beethoven's 8th Symphony in F premieres
Composer
Ludwig van Beethoven
Event of Interest
1816 Dutch regain Suriname from the French after the defeat of Napoleon
French Emperor
Napoléon Bonaparte
1827 1st Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans
1844 Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti (National Day)
1850 12th Grand National: Chris Green aboard Abd-El-Kader wins
1854 Composer Robert Schumann saved from suicide attempt in Rhine
1856 18th Grand National: George Stevens aboard Freetrader wins
Event of Interest
1860 Abraham Lincoln makes a speech at Cooper Union in the city of New York that is largely responsible for his election to the Presidency
16th US President
Abraham Lincoln
1861 Russians shoot at Poles protesting Russian rule of Poland in Castle Square, Warsaw
1861 US Congress authorizes 1st stamped newspaper wrappers for mailing
1864 6th and last day of battle at Dalton, Georgia (about 600 casualties)
1864 Near Andersonville, Georgia, rebels open a new POW camp "Camp Sumpter"
1865 Civil War skirmish near Sturgeon, Missouri
1869 John Menard is 1st African American to make a speech in the US Congress
1871 Meeting of Alabama claims commission
1872 Charlotte Ray, 1st African American woman lawyer in USA, graduates from Howard University
1873 Dutch socialist Samuel van Wooden demands law against child labor
1874 Baseball 1st played in England at Lord's Cricket Ground
Election of Interest
1877 US Electoral College declares Rutherford B. Hayes winner of the presidential election
19th US President
Rutherford B. Hayes
1879 Constantine Fahlberg discovers saccharin (artificial sweetener)
1881 Battle at Amajuba: South African Boers vs British army under General Colley
1883 Oscar Hammerstein patents 1st cigar-rolling machine
1890 D Needham and P Kerrigan box 100 rounds (6 h 39 m) in San Francisco; match is a draw
1900 Battle at Pietershoogte during the Boer War
1900 Boer General Cronjé surrenders to British in Pardenberg, South Africa
1900 In London, the Trades Union Congress and the Independent Labour Party (formed in 1893) meet, results in a Labour Representative Committee and eventually the modern Labour Party in 1906
1901 NL Rules Committee decrees that all fouls are to count as strikes except after two strikes
1901 A General Committee of National Liberal Federation meets and adopts a resolution deploring the continuation of the war in South Africa and condemning the British Government's insistence on unconditional surrender by the Boers
1906 France and Britain agree to joint control of New Hebrides
Event of Interest
1907 Psychiatrists Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud meet for the first time in Vienna
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837 15th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
1526 Saxony and Hesse form League of Gotha (league of Protestant princes)
1531 Evangelical German towns form Schmalkaldische Union
1557 1st Russian Embassy arrives in London
1563 William Byrd is appointed organist at Lincoln Cathedral
Event of Interest
1594 Henry IV crowned King of France
King
Henry IV of France
1626 Yuan Chonghuan is appointed Governor of Liaodong, after he led the Chinese into a great victory against the Manchurians under Nurhaci
1665 Battle at Elmina, Gold Coast: Vice-admiral De Ruyter beats English
1667 Abraham Crijnssen conquers Fort Willoughby (Zeelandia), Suriname
1670 Jews expelled from Austria by order of Leopold I
1678 Earl of Shaftesbury freed from the Tower of London
1696 English/Welsh nobles lay down Oath of Association
1700 Pacific Island of New Britain discovered
1713 French troops bomb Willemstad, Curacao
1801 Washington, D.C. placed under Congressional jurisdiction
1803 Great fire in Bombay, India
1813 1st federal vaccination legislation enacted
1813 US Congress authorizes use of steamboats to transport mail
Music Premiere
1814 Ludwig van Beethoven's 8th Symphony in F premieres
Composer
Ludwig van Beethoven
Event of Interest
1816 Dutch regain Suriname from the French after the defeat of Napoleon
French Emperor
Napoléon Bonaparte
1827 1st Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans
1844 Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti (National Day)
1850 12th Grand National: Chris Green aboard Abd-El-Kader wins
1854 Composer Robert Schumann saved from suicide attempt in Rhine
1856 18th Grand National: George Stevens aboard Freetrader wins
Event of Interest
1860 Abraham Lincoln makes a speech at Cooper Union in the city of New York that is largely responsible for his election to the Presidency
16th US President
Abraham Lincoln
1861 Russians shoot at Poles protesting Russian rule of Poland in Castle Square, Warsaw
1861 US Congress authorizes 1st stamped newspaper wrappers for mailing
1864 6th and last day of battle at Dalton, Georgia (about 600 casualties)
1864 Near Andersonville, Georgia, rebels open a new POW camp "Camp Sumpter"
1865 Civil War skirmish near Sturgeon, Missouri
1869 John Menard is 1st African American to make a speech in the US Congress
1871 Meeting of Alabama claims commission
1872 Charlotte Ray, 1st African American woman lawyer in USA, graduates from Howard University
1873 Dutch socialist Samuel van Wooden demands law against child labor
1874 Baseball 1st played in England at Lord's Cricket Ground
Election of Interest
1877 US Electoral College declares Rutherford B. Hayes winner of the presidential election
19th US President
Rutherford B. Hayes
1879 Constantine Fahlberg discovers saccharin (artificial sweetener)
1881 Battle at Amajuba: South African Boers vs British army under General Colley
1883 Oscar Hammerstein patents 1st cigar-rolling machine
1890 D Needham and P Kerrigan box 100 rounds (6 h 39 m) in San Francisco; match is a draw
1900 Battle at Pietershoogte during the Boer War
1900 Boer General Cronjé surrenders to British in Pardenberg, South Africa
1900 In London, the Trades Union Congress and the Independent Labour Party (formed in 1893) meet, results in a Labour Representative Committee and eventually the modern Labour Party in 1906
1901 NL Rules Committee decrees that all fouls are to count as strikes except after two strikes
1901 A General Committee of National Liberal Federation meets and adopts a resolution deploring the continuation of the war in South Africa and condemning the British Government's insistence on unconditional surrender by the Boers
1906 France and Britain agree to joint control of New Hebrides
Event of Interest
1907 Psychiatrists Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud meet for the first time in Vienna
Father of Psy