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-* [[879]] - [[Louis III of France|Louis III]] becomes King of the [[Western Franks]]. 
-*[[1500]] - [[Ludovico Sforza]] is captured by the Swiss troops at [[Novara]] and handed over to the French. 
-*[[1606]] - The [[London Company|Charter of the Virginia Company of London]] was established by royal charter by [[James I of England]] with the purpose of establishing [[British colonization of the Americas|colonial settlements in North America]]. 
-*[[1710]] - The first law regulating [[copyright]] is issued in [[Great Britain]]. 
-*[[1741]] - [[War of the Austrian Succession]]: [[Prussia]] defeats [[History of Austria#Charles VI and Maria Theresa (1711-1780)|Austria]] in the [[Battle of Mollwitz]]. 
-*[[1790]] - [[United States]] [[Patent]] system established 
-*[[1815]] - [[Mount Tambora]] eruption covers several islands with ash in [[Indonesia]]. 
-*[[1816]] - The [[United States|U.S.]] [[government]] approved the creation of a [[Second Bank of the United States]]. 
-*[[1821]] - [[Patriarch Gregory V of Constantinople]] is hanged by the Turks from the main gate of the Patriarchate and his body is thrown into the [[Bosphorus]]. 
-*[[1826]] - The 10,500 inhabitants of the Greek town [[Messolonghi]] start leaving the town after a year's siege by Turkish forces. Very few of them survive. 
-*[[1856]] - [[Theta Chi]] Fraternity Founded at [[Norwich University]] 
-*[[1857]] - The [[Indian Rebellion of 1857|Sepoy Mutiny]] popularly known as the "Revolt of 1857" broke out in [[Meerut]], India as part of the [[Indian independence movement]].  
-*[[1864]] - Archduke [[maximilian I of Mexico|Maximilian of Habsburg]] is elected emperor of [[Mexico]]. 
-*[[1865]] - [[American Civil War]]: A day after his surrender to [[United States|Union]] forces, [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] [[General]] [[Robert E. Lee]] addresses his troops for the last time. 
-* 1865 - The last photograph of [[Abraham Lincoln]] alive was taken. 
-*[[1866]] - The [[American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals]] ([[ASPCA]]) is founded in [[New York City]] by [[Henry Bergh]]. 
-*[[1868]] - At Arogee in Abyssinia, British and Indian forces defeat an army of Emperor [[Theodore]]. While 700 Ethiopians are killed and many more injured, only two die from the British/ Indian troops. 
-*[[1869]] - [[José Martí]] founds the [[Cuban Revolutionary Party]]. 
-*[[1896]] - [[Spiridon Louis]] wins the marathon of the first [[1896 Olympics|Olympic Games]]. 
*[[1906]] - ''The Four Million'', [[O. Henry]]'s second [[short story]] collection, is published. *[[1906]] - ''The Four Million'', [[O. Henry]]'s second [[short story]] collection, is published.
*[[1912]] - The [[RMS Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']] leaves port in [[Southampton]], [[England]] for her first and only voyage. *[[1912]] - The [[RMS Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']] leaves port in [[Southampton]], [[England]] for her first and only voyage.

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