1854 - Commodore Matthew Perry signs the Treaty of Kanagawa with the JapanJapan (, Nippon/Nihon literally "the origin of the sun") is a country in East Asia situated on a chain of islands east of the Asian continent on the western edge of the Pacific Ocean. The largest of these islands are, from north to south, Hokkaido , Honshese government, opening the ports of ShimodaShimoda is the name of several places or a character. In Japan Shimoda City in Shizuoka Prefecture. Shimoda Town in Aomori Prefecture. Donald Shimoda is the name of the main character in Illusions by Richard Bach. and Hakodate to AmericanThe United States of America also referred to as the United States U. America ¹ or the States is a federal republic in central North America, stretching from the Atlantic in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west. It shares land borders with Canada in trade.
18661866 is a common year starting on Monday. Events January 6 Ottoman troops clash with men of a Maronite leader Karam in St. Doumit in Lebanon Turks are defeated January 12 Royal Aeronautical Society is formed ( London) January 28 800 Maronite troops clash - Spanish Navy bombs the harbour of Valparaíso, Chile
18851885 is a common year starting on Thursday (click on link for calendar) Events January January 4 The first successful appendectomy is performed (Dr. William Grant; patient was Mary Gartside). January 20 L. Thompson patents the roller coaster. January 26 T - The United Kingdom establishes a protectorate over Bechuanaland.
1998 - Netscape gives the code base of its browser under an open source license agreement, thus creating Mozilla, a non-lucrative organization in order to oversee the development.
2004 - Google announces Gmail, the first web-based mail service to offer 1 gigabyte of storage.