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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…

Indian Republic turns 72 1482 – “Pentateuch” (Jewish Bible) 1st printed as a book in Bologna, Italy 1697 – Isaac Newton receives Jean Bernoulli’s 6…

1802 – Napoleon Bonaparte elected president of Italian (Cisalpine) Republic 1881 – Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company. 1890 –…

1764 – Gov Winthrop Telescope is destroyed in a Harvard fire 1839 – Charles Darwin elected Fellow of the Royal Society 1857 – The University…

1571 – The Royal Exchange opens in London. 1719 – The Principality of Liechtenstein is created within the Holy Roman Empire. 1849 – English-born Elizabeth…

1666 – Shah Jahan, a descendant of Genghis Khan and Timur, died at the age of 74. He was the Mongul emperor of India that…

1793 – Prussia & Russia sign partition treaty, dividing Poland. 1793 – Louis XVI of France is executed by the guillotine in Paris, following his…

1778 – 1st American military court martial trial begins, Cambridge, Mass 1841 – China cedes Hong Kong to the British during the 1st Opium War…