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• 1662 - The Chinese pirate Koxinga seizes the island of Taiwan after a nine-month siege.
• 1788 - Isaac Briggs and William Longstreet patent the steamboat.
• 1790 - In New York City the Supreme Court of the United States convenes for the first time.
• 1793 - France declares war on the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
• 1796Events Edward Jenner develops vaccination, using cowpox to protect against smallpox February 1 The capital of Upper Canada is moved from Newark to York March 9 Widow Josephine de Beauharnais marries General Napoleon Bonaparte. March 30 Carl Gauss obtained - The capital of Upper CanadaUpper Canada is an early name for the land at the upstream end of the Saint Lawrence River in early North America the territory south of Lake Nipissing and north of the St. Lawrence River and Lakes Ontario and Erie plus the eastern shoreline of Georgian B is moved from Newark to YorkFor alternate meanings of Toronto, see Toronto (disambiguation). City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada (in detail) (in detail) Motto: Diversity Our Strength Area: 641 sq. Distance East to West: 43 km. Distance East to West: 21 km. Population Total (2001) Cdn..
• 1814Events January 14 Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden January 29 French army of Emperor Napoleon I wins the Battle of Brienne January 31 Gervasio Antonio de Posadas becomes Supreme Director of Argentina. February Congress of Chatillon see George Hamilton Gordo - Mayon VolcanoMayon Volcano is a volcano in the Philippines. It is found in the province of Albay in the Bicol Region. Its almost perfectly-shaped cone is considered by many people to be more beautiful than Mt. Fuji in Japan. A few kilometers to the south of the volcan, in the PhilippinesThe Republic of the Philippines is an island nation consisting of an archipelago of 7,107 islands, lying in the tropical western Pacific Ocean about 100 kilometers southeast of mainland Asia. Spain (1521-1898) and the United States (1898-1946), colonized, erupts, killing around 1,200 people; most devastating eruption of Mayon Volcano.
• 18611861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. Events January January 1 Benito Juarez captures Mexico City January 2 Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia dies and is succeeded by Wilhelm I January 3 American Civil War: Delaware votes not to secede from the United - American Civil War: Texas secedes from the United States.
• 1862 - Julia Ward Howe's " Battle Hymn of the Republic" is published for the first time ( Atlantic Monthly).
• 1884 - Edition one of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
• 1893 - Thomas A. Edison finishes construction of the first motion picture studio ( West Orange, New Jersey).
• 1896 - The opera La Bohème premieres ( Turin).
• 1908 - King Carlos I of Portugal and his son, Prince Luis Filipe are killed in Terreiro do Paco, Lisbon.
• 1913 - New York City's Grand Central Terminal opens as the world's largest train station.
• 1918 - Russia adopts the Gregorian Calendar.
• 1919 - The first Miss America is crowned ( New York City).
• 1920 - The Royal Canadian Mounted Police begin operations.
• 1929 - Frenchman Charles Rigoulet is the first weightlifter to lift over 400 pounds (181 kg) in the "clean and jerk" method.
• 1943 - World War II: Vidkun Quisling appointed Premier of Norway by the Nazi occupiers.
• 1946 - Trygve Lie of Norway is picked to be the first United Nations Secretary General.
• 1958 - Merger of Egypt and Syria to form the United Arab Republic, which lasted until 1961.
• 1968 - Vietnam War: A Viet Cong officer is executed by Nguyen Ngoc Loan a South Vietnamese National Police Chief. The execution was videotaped and photographed and helped sway public opinion against the war.
• 1978 - Director Roman Polanski skips bail and flees to France after pleading guilty to charges of engaging in sex with a 13-year-old girl.
• 1979 - Convicted bank robber Patty Hearst is released from prison after her sentence was commuted by President Jimmy Carter.
• 1979 - Ayatollah Khomeini is welcomed back into Tehran, Iran after nearly 15 years of exile.
• 1982 - Senegal and Gambia form a loose confederation known as Senegambia.
• 1992 - The Chief Judicial Magistrate of Bhopal court declares Warren Anderson, ex-CEO of Union Carbide, a fugitive under Indian law for failing to appear in the Bhopal Disaster case.
• 1994 - In Portland, Oregon Tonya Harding's ex-husband Jeff Gillooly pleads guilty for his role in attacking figure skater Nancy Kerrigan.
• 1995 - Manic Street Preachers lyricist Richey James Edwards goes missing from the Embasy Hotel in London, UK.
• 1996 - Communications Decency Act is passed by the United States Congress
• 1999 - North Dakota Public Radio is launched.
• 2003 - Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates over Texas upon reentry killing all seven astronauts onboard.
• 2004 - At least 244 people trampled to death in a stampede at the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.
• 2004 - Super Bowl XXXVIII: The New England Patriots defeat the Carolina Panthers, 32-29. During the half-time show Janet Jackson's right breast is bared.
• 2008 - Sweden plans to cease analog television broadcasts.
• 2019 - Predicted date of possible collision of (89959) 2002 NT₇ with Earth.