1099 |
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Members of the First Crusade witness an eclipse of the moon and interpret it as a sign they will recapture Jerusalem. |
1568 |
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Ferdinand, the Duke of Alba, crushes the Calvinist insurrection in Ghent. |
1595 |
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Henry IV’s army defeats the Spanish at the Battle of Fontaine-Francaise. |
1637 |
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American settlers in New England massacre a Pequot Indian village. |
1783 |
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Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier make the first public balloon flight. |
1794 |
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The U.S. Congress prohibits citizens from serving in any foreign armed forces. |
1827 |
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Athens falls to Ottoman forces. |
1851 |
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Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes the first installment of Uncle Tom’s Cabin in The National Era. |
1856 |
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U.S. Army troops in the Four creeks region of California, head back to quarters, officially ending the Tule River War. Fighting, however, will continue for a few more years. |
1863 |
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The Confederate raider CSS Alabama captures the Talisman in the Mid-Atlantic. |
1872 |
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The Republican National Convention, the first major political party convention to include blacks, commences. |
1880 |
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Wild woman of the west Myra Maybelle Shirley marries Sam Starr even though records show she was already married to Bruce Younger. |
1900 |
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British troops under Lord Roberts seize Pretoria from the Boers |
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