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1293 – Raden Wijaya is crowned as the first monarch of Majapahit kingdom of Java, taking throne name Kertarajasa Jayawardhana. 1580 – After a three-day…

1706 – The Acts of Union 1707 are agreed upon by commissioners from the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland, which, when passed…

  608 – The city of Quebec was founded by Samuel de Champlain. 1775 – U.S. Gen. George Washington took command of the Continental Army…

1543 – England and Scotland signed the peace of Greenwich. 1596 – An English fleet under the Earl of Essex, Lord Howard of Effingham and…

 1704 French & Indians attack Deerfield, Mass, kill 50, abduct 100 1940 Finland initiates Winter War peace negotiations  1956 Islamic Republic forms in Pakistan  1996…

320 – Pappus of Alexandria, Greek philosopher, observes an eclipse of the Sun and writes a commentary on The Great Astronomer (Almagest). 614 – King…

875 – Charles the Bald King of the Franks is crowned as Holy Roman Emperor Charles II. 1851 – The first American YMCA opens in…

418 – Pope Boniface I is elected. 457 – Majorian is acclaimed emperor of the Western Roman Empire and recognized by Emperor Leo I the…

333 – Roman Emperor Constantine the Great elevates his youngest son Constans to the rank of Caesar. 336 – First documentary sign of Christmas celebration…

1297 – Battle of Stirling Bridge: Scots jointly-led by William Wallace and Andrew Moray defeat the English. 1390 – Lithuanian Civil War (1389–92): The Teutonic…

1600 – British East India Company chartered 1744 – English astronomer James Bradley announces discovery of Earth’s nutation motion (wobble) 1756 – Russia joins the…

1814 – Destruction of schooner Carolina, the last of Commodore Daniel Patterson’s make-shift fleet that fought a series of delaying actions that contributed to Andrew…

1776 – George Washington defeats Hessians at Battle of Trenton in American Revolutionary War 1793 – Battle of Geisberg: French defeat Austrians. 1917 – US…

1688 – King James II, the last Roman Catholic British monarch flees to France from William of Orange 1690 – English astronomer John Flamsteed observes…

1898 – Scientists Pierre and Marie Curie discover radium 1907 – Dutch government of De Master falls due to war budget 1909 – U of…

1830 – Great Britain, France, Prussia, Austria and Russia recognize Belgium 1879 – Tom Edison privately demonstrated incandescent light at Menlo Park 1917 – A…

1928 – 1st autogyro flight in US 1932 – British Broadcasting Corp begins transmitting overseas 1941 – Hitler takes complete command of German Army 1945…

1718 – France, Britain and Austria declare war on Spain (War of the Quadruple Alliance 1718–1720) 1777 – France recognizes independence of British colonies in…

1653 – Oliver Cromwell became lord protector of England, Scotland and Ireland. 1773 – Nearly 350 chests of tea were dumped into Boston Harbor off…