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• 1456 - Joan of Arc is acquitted of heresy (but she had already been executed).
• 1534 - European colonization of the Americas: First known exchange between Europeans and natives of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, in New Brunswick.
• 1798 - Quasi-War: The United States Congress rescinds treaties with France sparking the ' war.'
• 1799Events March 1 Federalist James Ross becomes President Pro Tempore of the United States Senate. March 7 Napoleon captures Jaffa in Palestine and his troops proceed to kill more than 2,000 Albanian captives. March 29 New York passes a law aimed at graduall - Ranjit SinghMaharaja Ranjit Singh was a Sikh ruler of the Punjab. His tomb is located in Lahore, Pakistan. External links Sikhism Indian history.'s men had taken their positions outside LahoreLahore is a major city in Pakistan that is the capital of the province of Punjab. It is located near the river Ravi and the Indian border. Lahore has 6. 5 million inhabitants and thus is the second largest city in Pakistan ( Karachi being the largest)..
• 1807Events February Napoleon attacks Russia February 8 Battle of Eylau Napoleon defeats Russians under General Benigssen February 19 In Alabama, Former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr is arrested for treason. March 2 The United States Congress - Napoleonic WarsThe Napoleonic Wars lasted from 1804 until 1815. They were a continuation of the conflicts sparked by the French Revolution and covered the duration of the First French Empire. The First and Second Coalitions For a more detailed account see the French Rev: Peace of Tilsit between France, Kingdom of PrussiaThe Kingdom of Prussia existed from 1701 until 1918, and from 1871 was the leading kingdom of the German Empire, comprising in its last form almost two-thirds of the area of the Empire. In 1688, Frederick William I, the "Great Elector", died and his posse and RussiaThe Russian Federation ( Russian: , transliteration: Rossiyskaya Federatsiya or Rossijskaja Federacija , or Russia (Russian: , transliteration: Rossiya or Rossija , is a country that stretches over a vast expanse of eastern Europe and northern Asia. With ends the Fourth Coalition.
• 1846 - Mexican War: Acting on instructions from Washington, DC, Commodore John Drake Sloat orders his troops to occupy Monterey and Yerba Buena, thus beginning the United States annexation of California.
• 1898 - History of United States imperialism: President of the United States William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States.
• 1917 - Russian Revolution: Prince Georgy Yevgenyevich Lvov forms Provisional Government in Russia after the deposing of the tsar.
• 1930 - Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser begins construction of the Boulder Dam (now known as Hoover Dam).
• 1937 - Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Lugou Bridge - Japanese forces invade China.
• 1941 - World War II: American forces land in Iceland to forestall an invasion by the Nazis.
• 1946 - Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini becomes the first American saint to be canonized.
• 1954 - In Memphis, Tennessee, WHBQ becomes the first radio station to air an Elvis Presley record.
• 1958 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Alaska Statehood Act into United States law.
• 1969 - French is made equal to English throughout the Canadian national government.
• 1978 - The Solomon Islands become independent from the United Kingdom.
• 1983 - Cold War: Samantha Smith, a U.S. schoolgirl, flies to the Soviet Union at the invitation of Premier Yuri Andropov
• 1991 - Yugoslav Wars: Brioni Agreement ended ten-day independence war in Slovenia against the rest of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
• 1994 - Aden is occupied by troops from North Yemen, completing the reunification of Yemen.
• 2004 - The last patent on the LZW compression algorithm (in Canada) expires.