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1.1 1500-1899

• 1578 - Battle of Al Kasr al Kebir - Moroccans defeat Portuguese. King Sebastian of Portugal is defeated and killed in North Africa, leaving his elderly uncle, Cardinal Henry, as his heir. This initiates a succession crisis in Portugal.
• 1704 - During the War of the Spanish Succession an Anglo-Dutch force seizes the rock of Gibraltar.
• 1735 - Freedom of the press: New York Weekly Journal writer John Peter Zenger is acquitted of seditious libel against the royal governor of New York, on the basis that what he published was true.
• 1789 - The feudal system is abolished in France.
• 1790Events January 8 George Washington gives the first State of the Union Address. January 30 The first boat specialized as a lifeboat is tested on the River Tyne. February 1 In New York City the Supreme Court of the United States convenes for the first time. - A newly passed tariffA tariff is a tax placed on imported and/or exported goods, sometimes called a customs duty''. A revenue tariff is set with the intent of raising money for the government. A protective tariff usually applied to imported goods, is intended to artificially act creates the Revenue Cutter ServiceThe United States Revenue Cutter Service was established by Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton in 1790 as an armed maritime law enforcement service. Throughout its entire existence the Revenue Cutter Service operated under the authority of the U (the forerunner of the United States Coast GuardThe United States Coast Guard is the coast guard of the United States. One of the seven uniformed services of the United States, and the smallest armed service of the United States, it has a broad and important role in law enforcement, search-and-rescue,).
• 1821Events February 23 The Philadelphia College of Apothecaries founds the first pharmacy college. March 25 Greece declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire, beginning the Greek War of Independence. July 10 The United States takes possession of its ne - Atkinson & Alexander publish the Saturday Evening PostThere have been many publications called the Saturday Evening Post several were/are local British newspapers. The Saturday Evening Post was also a weekly magazine published in the United States from August 4, 1821 to February 8, 1969. For much of that per for the first time as a weekly newspaperBrookgreen Gardens Pawleys Island, South Carolina A newspaper is a lightweight and disposable publication, usually printed on low-cost paper called newsprint, containing a journal of current news in a variety of topics. These topics can include political.
• 1873Events The United Kingdom declares war against Ghana's King Kofi KariKari, who was involved in the trading of slaves. The war ended by July and the British established the Gold Coast Colony. January 17 Indian Wars: First Battle of the Stronghold during th - Indian Wars: While protecting a railroad survey party in Montana, the United States 7th Cavalry , under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer, clash for the first time with the Sioux (near the Tongue River; only one man on each side is killed).
• 1892 - The family of Lizzie Borden is found murdered in their Fall River, Massachusetts home.