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• 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor.
• 1328 - Wars of Scottish Independence end: Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton - England recognises Scotland as an independent nation.
• 1699 - Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville founds the first European settlement in the Mississippi River Valley.
• 1707 - The Act of UnionThe Acts of Union were twin Acts of Parliament passed in 1707 (going into effect on 26 March) in the Scottish and the English Parliaments. The effect was twofold: to create a new Kingdom of Great Britain (though the name was used on occasion since 1604 to joins EnglandEngland and Wales (red), with the rest of the United Kingdom (pink). England and Wales are two separate countries within the United Kingdom. However, for many administrative purposes they are treated as the single entity England and Wales . Specifically,, and Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great BritainThe United Kingdom of Great Britain was created by the merger of the Kingdoms of Scotland and England in 1707 (see Act of Union 1707). A single parliament and government, based in Westminster in London, ran the entire kingdom. They had shared a monarch si.
• 1753Events January 1 Britain and its colonies adopt the idea that 1st January should be New Year's Day, following adoption of the Gregorian calendar in September 1752. The concept was first conceived in 1582, but suffered from slow public adoption. April 5 Fo - Publication of Species Plantarum by LinnaeusCarolus Linnaeus (later, Carl von Linn ( May 23, 1707 January 10, 1778) was a Swedish scientist who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of taxonomy. He is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology (see History of ecology). Biography Carl, and the formal start date of plantGreen algae land plants (embryophytes non-vascular embryophytes Hepatophyta liverworts Anthocerophyta hornworts Bryophyta mosses vascular plants (tracheophytes seedless vascular plants Lycopodiophyta clubmosses Equisetophyta horsetails Pteridophyta "true" taxonomyTaxonomy may refer to either a hierarchical classification of things, or the principles underlying the classification. Almost anythinganimate objects, inanimate objects, places, and eventsmay be classified according to some taxonomic scheme. Mathematicall adopted by the International Code of Botanical NomenclatureThe International Code of Botanical Nomenclature is the set of rules according to which plants are given their formal botanical names (scientific names). These names are sometimes called 'Latin' names. It specifies the standards and forms of names given t.
• 1776 - Adam Weishaupt founds the Illuminati in Ingolstadt, Germany.
• 1786 - Premier night of the opera The Marriage of Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Vienna.
• 1790 - The United States completes its first census.
• 1834 - The British colonies abolish slavery.
• 1840 - The Penny Black postage stamp is put on sale in the United Kingdom.
• 1851 - The Great Exhibition opens in London.
• 1863 - American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville begins - Union forces under Major General Joseph Hooker begin to fight Confederate troops commanded by General Robert E. Lee (Union defeat).
• 1869 - The Folies-Bergere opens in Paris.
• 1873 - The 1873 Vienna World's Fair opens in Vienna.
• 1882 - First Labour Day in the United States held in New York.
• 1883 - Buffalo Bill Cody put on his first Wild West Show .
• 1884 - Proclamation of the demand for eight-hour workday in the United States
• 1886 - The start of the general strike which eventually won the eight-hour workday in the United States. These events are today commemorated as May Day or Labour Day in most industrialized countries.
• 1893 - The World Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago, Illinois.
• 1894 - Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, arrives in Washington D.C..
• 1898 - Spanish-American War: The Battle of Manila Bay - The United States Navy destroys the Spanish Pacific fleet in the first battle of the war.
• 1901 - The Pan-American Exposition opens in Buffalo, New York.
• 1902 - Petrol Loco , the first prototype gasoline-powered "locomobile" ( automobile), is completed.
• 1931 - The Empire State Building is dedicated in New York City.
• 1940 - The 1940 Summer Olympics are cancelled due to war.
• 1941 - Orson Welles's Citizen Kane premieres in New York City
• 1941 - World War II: German forces launch major attack on Tobruk.
• 1941 - Cheerios is introduced as CheeriOats by the General Mills cereal company.
• 1948 - The Democratic People's Republic of Korea ( North Korea) is established, with Kim Il Sung as president.
• 1950 - Guam is organized as a United States commonwealth.
• 1954 - Taku is founded in Japan.
• 1956 - The polio vaccine developed by Jonas Salk is made available to the public.
• 1960 - Cold War: U-2 Crisis - Francis Gary Powers, in a U-2 spyplane, is shot down over the Soviet Union, beginning a crisis.
• 1963 - James Whittaker of Redmond, Washington, becomes the first American climb to the summit of Mt. Everest.
• 1967 - Elvis Presley marries Priscilla Beaulieu.
• 1971 - Amtrak is formed.
• 1972 - Vietnam War: Easter Offensive - North Vietnamese troops capture Quang Tri City , effectively giving them control Quang Tri Province .
• 1978 - Japan's Naomi Uemura , travelling by sled dog, becomes the first person to reach the North Pole alone.
• 1982 - The 1982 World's Fair opens in Knoxville, Tennessee.
• 1983 - Edwin El Chapo Rosario wins boxing's vacant WBC world Lightweight title by beating Jose Luis Ramirez in San Juan, by points in 12 rounds, becoming Puerto Rico's 14th world boxing champion. A young Julio Cesar Chavez also wins as part of the undercard.
• 1986 - Bill Elliott sets a stock car speed record at Talladega Speedway with a speed of 212.229 mph (339.956 km/h).
• 1991 - Texas Rangers pitcher Nolan Ryan hurls his seventh no-hitter in a 3-0 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays.
• 1991 - Oakland Athletics outfielder Rickey Henderson breaks the all-time record for stolen bases by stealing his 939th
• 1992 - Rickey Henderson steals his 1000th base.
• 1994 - Formula One driver Ayrton Senna is killed during the San Marino Grand Prix.
• 1995 - First issue of The Inner Swine published.
• 1997 - HM Prison Pentridge, Melbourne, Australia is offically closed.
• 2003 - War in Iraq: Aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln U.S. President George W. Bush announces the end of major combat operations in Iraq, an announcement that has since been criticized after the number of U.S. causalities continued to escalate in the months ahead.
• 2004 - Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia join the European Union.
• 2004 - Northwest and Continental join the Skyteam Alliance.