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590 – Khosrau II is crowned king of Persia. 706 – Byzantine emperor Justinian II has his predecessors Leontios and Tiberios III publicly executed in…

1014 – Pope Benedict VIII crowns Henry of Bavaria, King of Germany and of Italy, as Holy Roman Emperor. 1349 – Several hundred Jews are…

1542 – Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of Henry VIII of England, is executed for adultery 1689 – William and Mary are proclaimed co-rulers of…

881 – Pope John VIII crowns Charles the Fat, the King of Italy: Holy Roman Emperor 1541 – Santiago, Chile is founded by Pedro de…

660 BC Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu 1543 Battle at Wayna Daga: Ethiopian/Portugese troops beat Muslim army 1720 Sweden &…

1098 Crusaders defeat Prince Redwan of Aleppo at Antioch 1763 Treaty of Paris ends French-Indian War, surrendering Canada to Britain 1814 Napoleonic Wars: Battle of…

1788 – Austria declares war on Russia 1799 – USS Constellation captures French frigate Insurgents off Nevis, W I 1885 – 1st Japanese arrive in Hawaii 1916 –…

421 – Constantius III becomes co-Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. 1587 – Mary, Queen of Scots, is executed on suspicion of having been involved…

457 – Leo I the Thracian becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire. 1301-Edward of Caernarvon (later King Edward II of England) becomes the first English…

1819 – Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founds Singapore. 1900 – The Holland Senate ratified the 1899 peace conference decree that created in international arbitration court…

1846 – “The Oregon Spectator”, based in Oregon City, became the first newspaper published on the Pacific coast. 1870 – 1st motion picture shown to…

1784 – 1st unmanned balloon flight in Ireland 1920 – 1st flight from London to South Africa takes-off (lasts 1½ months) 1938 – Hitler seizes…

1509  – The Battle of Diu, between Portugal and the Ottoman Empire takes place in Diu, India. 1690 – The first paper money in America…

1863- Samuel Clemens first uses the pen nameMark Twain in a Virginia City newspaper, the “Territorial Enterprise” 1901 – Funeral of Queen Victoria. 1931- 1st…

1587  – Queen Elizabeth I of England signs death warrant for Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots 1669 – French King Louis XIV limits freedom of…

1851- Gail Borden announces invention of condensed milk 1862 – Alvan Graham Clark discovers the white dwarf star Sirius B, a companion of Sirius, through…

1948 – Mahatma Gandhi, India’s Father of the Nation was assassinated by Nathuram Godse. The great leader lost his life and India the man who lead…

 1856 – Britain’s highest military decoration, the Victoria Cross, was founded by Queen Victoria.  1886 – The first successful petrol-driven motorcar, built by Karl Benz,…

1624 – Sir Thomas Warner founds the first English colony in the Caribbean, on Saint Kitts. 1819 – British Statesman and Founder of Singapore Sir…

1880 – Thomas Edison patented the electric incandescent lamp. 1888 – The National Geographic Society was founded in Washington, DC. 1926 – John Baird, a…