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1784 – The United States ratified a peace treaty with England ending the Revolutionary War. 1873 – John Hyatt’s 1869 invention ‘Celluloid’ was registered as…

1559 – Elizabeth I crowned Queen of England in Westminster Abbey 1610 – Galileo Galilei discovers Callisto, 4th satellite of Jupiter 1842 – Dr. William…

1773 – The first public museum in America was established in Charleston, SC. 1807 – Gunpowder-ship explodes in Leiden, Netherlands, 150 die 1812 – 1st…

1849 – Elizabeth Blackwell becomes 1st woman in US to earn medical degree 1879 – Zulu war against British colonial rule in South Africa begins…

1839 – Tea from India 1st arrives in UK 1863 – 1st underground railway opens in London 1878 – US Senate proposes female suffrage 1910…

1431 – Judges’ investigations for the trial of Joan of Arc begin in Rouen, France, the seat of the English occupation government. 1718 – France…

1642 – Astronomer Galileo Galilei died in Arcetri, Italy 1656 – Oldest surviving commercial newspaper begins (Haarlem, Netherlands) 1790 – 1st US President George Washington…

1601 – Robert, Earl of Essex, leads revolt in London against Queen Elizabeth 1714 – Typewriter patented by Englishman Henry Mill (built years later) 1761…

1898 – 1st telephone message from a submerged submarine, by Simon Lake 1930 – 1st diesel engine automobile trip (in a Packard sedan) completed 1931…

1066 – Edward the Confessor dies childless, sparking a succession crisis that will eventually lead to the Norman conquest of England. 1477 – Battle of…

1642 – King Charles I with 400 soldiers attacks the English parliament 1698 – Most of the Palace of Whitehall in London, the main residence…

1757 – British troops occupy Calcutta India 1839 – 1st photo of the Moon (French photographer Louis Daguerre) 1905 – Elara, a satellite of Jupiter,…

1AD – Origin of Christian Era 1583 – 1st day of the Gregorian calendar in Holland & Flanders 1610 – German astronomer Simon Marius 1st…

535 – Byzantine general Belisarius completes the conquest of Sicily, defeating the Gothic garrison of Palermo (Panormos), and ending his consulship for the year. 1225…

1906 – Iran becomes a constitutional monarchy 1906 – The All India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India Empire, which later…

1782 – 1st nautical almanac in US published by Samuel Stearns, Boston 1860 – The first British seagoing iron-clad warship, HMS Warrior is launched. 1867…

1612 – First observation of Neptune – Galileo observes and records a “fixed star” without realising it is a planet 1893 – French lieutenant Boiteux…

537 – The Hagia Sophia is completed. 1703 – Portugal and England sign the Methuen Treaty which gives preference to Portuguese imported wines into England.…

887 – Berengar I is elected as king of Italy by the lords of Lombardy. He is crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy at…

1901 – Battle at Tweefontein: British force camped on a hill is surprised by a Boer attack at 2am 1914 – Legendary “Christmas Truce” takes…