King Baldwin I of Jerusalem begins the siege of Acre
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King of Jerusalem from 1100 to 1118
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Spanish and German troops sack Rome; many scholars consider this the end of the Renaissance.
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Habsburg siege and subsequent sack of Papal Rome
The Siege of Cuzco commences
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1536–37 attempt by the Inca Empire to retake Cuzco from Spanish conquistadores
King Henry VIII orders English-language Bibles be placed in every church. In 1539 the Great Bible would be provided for this purpose.
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King of England from 1509 to 1547
Francis Xavier reaches Old Goa
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Navarese Catholic saint and missionary (1506–1552)
The Dutch city of Coevorden held by the Spanish
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City and municipality in Drenthe, Netherlands
English Restoration: A faction of the British Army removes Richard Cromwell as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth and reinstalls the Rump Parliament.
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1660 restoration of the monarchy in the British Isles
Louis XIV of France moves his court to the Palace of Versailles.
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King of France from 1643 to 1715
English poet Christopher Smart is admitted into St Luke’s Hospital for Lunatics in London
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English poet (1722–1771)
The end of Konbaung–Hanthawaddy War
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Conflict between states of Burma (Myanmar) from 1752–57
Battle of Prague: A Prussian army fights an Austrian army in Prague during the Seven Years’ War.
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Part of the Third Silesian War
Construction begins on the Grand Palace
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Royal residence in Bangkok, Thailand
Captain Thomas Cochrane in the 14-gun HMS Speedy captures the 32-gun Spanish frigate El Gamo.
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British naval officer, politician and mercenary (1775–1860)
The Penny Black postage stamp becomes valid for use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
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World's first adhesive postage stamp
The East India Company disbands the 34th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry whose sepoy Mangal Pandey had earlier revolted against the British in the lead up to the War of Indian Independence.
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British joint-stock company (1600–1858)
American Civil War: Arkansas secedes from the Union.
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1861–1865 conflict in the United States
American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville ends with a major defeat of the Union’s Army of the Potomac under Joseph Hooker by the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia under Robert E. Lee.
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1863 American Civil War battle
Chief Crazy Horse of the Oglala Lakota surrenders to United States troops in Nebraska.
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Lakota war leader (c. 1840–1877)
The United States Congress passes the Chinese Exclusion Act.
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Bicameral legislature of the United States