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Events:C/P.
1264 Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured and forced to sign the Mise of Lewes, making Simon de Montfort the de facto ruler of England.
1509 Battle of Agnadello: In northern Italy, French forces defeat the Venetians.
1607 Jamestown, Virginia is settled as an English colony.
1608 The Protestant Union is founded in Auhausen.
1610 Henry IV of France is assassinated, bringing Louis XIII to the throne.
1643 Four-year-old Louis XIV becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Louis XIII.
1747 War of the Austrian Succession: A British fleet under Admiral George Anson defeats the French at the First Battle of Cape Finisterre.
1787 In Philadelphia, delegates convene a Constitutional Convention to write a new Constitution for the United States; George Washington presides.
1796 Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox inoculation.
1804 The Lewis and Clark Expedition departs from Camp Dubois and begins its historic journey by traveling up the Missouri River.
1811 Paraguay: Pedro Juan Caballero, Fulgencio Yegros and Josι Gaspar Rodrνguez de Francia start actions to depose the Spanish governor
1836 The Treaties of Velasco are signed in Velasco, Texas.
1863 American Civil War: The Battle of Jackson takes place.
1868 Boshin War: The Battle of Utsunomiya Castle ends as former Tokugawa shogunate forces withdraw northward to Aizu by way of Nikkō.
1870 The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.
1879 The first group of 463 Indian indentured laborers arrives in Fiji aboard the Leonidas.
1889 The children's charity, the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children is launched in London.
1897 The Stars and Stripes Forever is first performed in public near Willow Grove Park, Philadelphia.
1913 Governor of New York William Sulzer approves the charter for the Rockefeller Foundation, which begins operations with a $100 million donation from John D. Rockefeller.
1925 Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs Dalloway is published.
1929 Wilfred Rhodes takes his 4000th first-class wicket during a performance of 9 for 39 at Leyton; he is the only player in history to have reached that number.
1931 Εdalen shootings: Five people are killed in Εdalen, Sweden, as soldiers open fire on an unarmed trade union demonstration.
1935 The Philippines ratifies an independence agreement.
1939 Lina Medina becomes the youngest confirmed mother in medical history at the age of five.
1940 World War II: Rotterdam is bombed by the German Luftwaffe.
1940 World War II: The Battle of the Netherlands ends with the Netherlands surrendering to Germany.
1940 The Yermolayev Yer-2, a long-range Soviet medium bomber, makes its first flight.
1943 World War II: A Japanese submarine sinks AHS Centaur off the coast of Queensland.
1948 Israel is declared to be an independent state and a provisional government is established. Immediately after the declaration, Israel is attacked by the neighboring Arab states, triggering the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
1951 Trains run on the Talyllyn Railway in Wales for the first time since preservation, making it the first railway in the world to be operated by volunteers.
1955 Cold War: Eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact.
1961 American civil rights movement: The Freedom Riders bus is fire-bombed near Anniston, Alabama, and the civil rights protesters are beaten by an angry mob.
1963 Kuwait joins the United Nations.
1970 The Red Army Faction is established in West Germany.
1973 Skylab, the United States' first space station, is launched.
1988 Carrollton bus collision: A drunk driver traveling the wrong way on Interstate 71 near Carrollton, Kentucky, United States hits a converted school bus carrying a church youth group. Twenty-seven die in the crash and ensuing fire.
2004 The Constitutional Court of South Korea overturns the impeachment of President Roh Moo-hyun.
2012 Agni Air Flight CHT crashes near Jomsom Airport in Jomsom, Nepal, after a failed go-around, killing 15 people.
2013 Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan declares a state of emergency in the northeast states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa due to the terrorist activities of Boko Haram.
Events:C/P.
1264 Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured and forced to sign the Mise of Lewes, making Simon de Montfort the de facto ruler of England.
1509 Battle of Agnadello: In northern Italy, French forces defeat the Venetians.
1607 Jamestown, Virginia is settled as an English colony.
1608 The Protestant Union is founded in Auhausen.
1610 Henry IV of France is assassinated, bringing Louis XIII to the throne.
1643 Four-year-old Louis XIV becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Louis XIII.
1747 War of the Austrian Succession: A British fleet under Admiral George Anson defeats the French at the First Battle of Cape Finisterre.
1787 In Philadelphia, delegates convene a Constitutional Convention to write a new Constitution for the United States; George Washington presides.
1796 Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox inoculation.
1804 The Lewis and Clark Expedition departs from Camp Dubois and begins its historic journey by traveling up the Missouri River.
1811 Paraguay: Pedro Juan Caballero, Fulgencio Yegros and Josι Gaspar Rodrνguez de Francia start actions to depose the Spanish governor
1836 The Treaties of Velasco are signed in Velasco, Texas.
1863 American Civil War: The Battle of Jackson takes place.
1868 Boshin War: The Battle of Utsunomiya Castle ends as former Tokugawa shogunate forces withdraw northward to Aizu by way of Nikkō.
1870 The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.
1879 The first group of 463 Indian indentured laborers arrives in Fiji aboard the Leonidas.
1889 The children's charity, the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children is launched in London.
1897 The Stars and Stripes Forever is first performed in public near Willow Grove Park, Philadelphia.
1913 Governor of New York William Sulzer approves the charter for the Rockefeller Foundation, which begins operations with a $100 million donation from John D. Rockefeller.
1925 Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs Dalloway is published.
1929 Wilfred Rhodes takes his 4000th first-class wicket during a performance of 9 for 39 at Leyton; he is the only player in history to have reached that number.
1931 Εdalen shootings: Five people are killed in Εdalen, Sweden, as soldiers open fire on an unarmed trade union demonstration.
1935 The Philippines ratifies an independence agreement.
1939 Lina Medina becomes the youngest confirmed mother in medical history at the age of five.
1940 World War II: Rotterdam is bombed by the German Luftwaffe.
1940 World War II: The Battle of the Netherlands ends with the Netherlands surrendering to Germany.
1940 The Yermolayev Yer-2, a long-range Soviet medium bomber, makes its first flight.
1943 World War II: A Japanese submarine sinks AHS Centaur off the coast of Queensland.
1948 Israel is declared to be an independent state and a provisional government is established. Immediately after the declaration, Israel is attacked by the neighboring Arab states, triggering the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
1951 Trains run on the Talyllyn Railway in Wales for the first time since preservation, making it the first railway in the world to be operated by volunteers.
1955 Cold War: Eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact.
1961 American civil rights movement: The Freedom Riders bus is fire-bombed near Anniston, Alabama, and the civil rights protesters are beaten by an angry mob.
1963 Kuwait joins the United Nations.
1970 The Red Army Faction is established in West Germany.
1973 Skylab, the United States' first space station, is launched.
1988 Carrollton bus collision: A drunk driver traveling the wrong way on Interstate 71 near Carrollton, Kentucky, United States hits a converted school bus carrying a church youth group. Twenty-seven die in the crash and ensuing fire.
2004 The Constitutional Court of South Korea overturns the impeachment of President Roh Moo-hyun.
2012 Agni Air Flight CHT crashes near Jomsom Airport in Jomsom, Nepal, after a failed go-around, killing 15 people.
2013 Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan declares a state of emergency in the northeast states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa due to the terrorist activities of Boko Haram.