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161 Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, an unprecedented political arrangement in the Roman Empire

321 Roman Emperor Constantine I decrees that the dies Solis Invicti (sun-day) is the day of rest in the Empire.

138 Conrad II von Hohenstaufen re-elected German king
1277 Condemnation of 219 philosophical and theological theses by Stephen Tempier, Bishop of Paris.

1530 King Henry VIII's divorce request is denied by the Pope. Henry then declares that he, not the Pope, is supreme head of England's church

1560 Christian fleet under Gian Andrea lands at Djerba, N Africa
1573 Turkey & Venice sign peace treaty
1621 John Pieterszoon Coen's troops land on Lontor, East Indies
1633 Prince Frederik Henry appoints himself viceroy of Limburg
1644 Massachusetts establishes 1st two-chamber legislature in colonies
1696 English King William III departs Netherlands
1774 British close port of Boston to all commerce

1778 Capt James Cook 1st sights Oregon coast, at Yaquina Bay


1785 James Hutton, geologist, presents his full theory of uniformitarianism at a meeting of the Royal Society of Edinburgh




1798 The French army enters Rome: the birth of the Roman Republic.
1799 The Royal Institution of Great Britain founded; dedicated to scientific research and education.
1801 Massachusetts enacts 1st state voter registration law
1808 Portugal's regent Dom Juan IV arrives in Rio De Janeiro


1814 Napoleon I of France wins the Battle of Craonne.

824 Meyerbeers opera "Il Crociati in Egitto" premieres in Venice
1827 Shrigley Abduction: Ellen Turner, a wealthy heiress in Cheshire, England is abducted by Edward Gibbon Wakefield, a future politician in colonial New Zealand.
1835 HMS Beagle returns from Concepcion to Valparaiso
1843 1st Catholic governor in US, Edward Kavanagh of Maine, takes office
1847 US General Scott occupies Vera Cruz Mexico
1848 In Hawaii, Great Mahele (division of lands) signed

1850 Daniel Webster endorses Compromise of 1850

1851 Poll tax levied on Russo-Polish Jews entering Austrian Galicia ends
1852 Dutch telegraph traffic regulated by law
1854 Charles Miller patents 1st US sewing machine to stitch buttonholes
1855 17th Grand National: John Hanlon aboard Wanderer IRE wins
1857 Baseball decides 9 innings constitutes an official game, not 9 runs
1860 22nd Grand National: Mr Tommy Pickernell aboard Anatis IRE wins
1862 Battle of Elkhorn Tavern, Day 2, Generals Ben McCulloch & James McIntosh killed
1865 -10] Battles round Kinston NC
1866 28th Grand National: Mr Alec Goodman aboard Salamander IRE wins
1870 Cin Red Stockings, 1st pro BB team, begin 8-mo tour of Midwest & East
1872 -8°F (-22°C ) in Boston, MA

1876 Alexander Graham Bell patents telephone

1906 Finnish Senate accepts universal suffrage, except for poor
1908 Cincinnati Mayor Mark Breith stood before city council & announces that, "women are not physically fit to operate automobiles"
1911 US sent 20,000 troops to Mexican border
1911 Willis Farnsworth, Petaluma, CA, patents coin-operated locker
1912 Roald Amundsen announces discovery of the South Pole
1914 Prince Wilhelm von Wied becomes King of Albania
1917 1st jazz record record released on a 78 by Original Dixieland Jass Band for the Victor Talking Machine Company ("Dixie Jazz Band One Step," one side "Livery Stable Blues" other)
1917 Russian February Revolution breaks out [OS=Feb 24] with strike at Putilov factory in Petrograd
1918 H Carroll & J McCarthy's musical "Oh, Look!" premieres in NYC
1918 Pres Wilson authorizes US Army's Distinguished Service Medal
1918 World War I: Finland forms an alliance with Germany.
76 Battle at Gura: Ethiopian emperor Yohannes beats Egyptians
1887 North Carolina State University is founded by the North Carolina General Assembly.
1896 Gilbert & Sullivan's last operette "Grand Duke" premieres in London
1900 Battle at Poplar Grove South Africa, Pres Kruger flees
1900 Stanley Cup: Montreal Shamrocks sweep Halifax Crescents in 2 games
1902 Boers beat British troop in Tweebosch Transvaal

1922 US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld Blanchard
1922 US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Sherwin Badger
1925 American Negro Congress organizes
1926 1st transatlantic telephone call (London-NY)
1927 Earthquake measuring 8 on Richter scale strikes Tango, Japan
1930 Georgetown High of Chicago defeats Homer 1-0 in basketball
1932 Riots at Ford-factory Dearborn Michigan, kills 4
1933 Game of "Monopoly" invented
1935 Saar incorporated into Germany

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