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• 1340 - King Edward III of England is declared King of France.
• 1500 - Vicente Yáñez Pinzón become the first European to discover Brazil.
• 1531 - Lisbon, Portugal is hit by an earthquake--thousands die.
• 1699 - Treaty of Carlowitz signed.
• 1700 - The magnitudeDeveloped in 1935 by Charles Richter in collaboration with Beno Gutenberg, both of the California Institute of Technology, the Richter scale assigns a single number to quantify the size of an earthquake. It is more correctly called the M Scale (for local 9 Cascadia EarthquakeThe Cascadia Earthquake was a magnitude 9 megathrust earthquake of the Juan de Fuca Plate in the Pacific ocean, from mid- Vancouver Island of southwest Canada off British Columbia to northern California, off what is now the Pacific Northwest of the United took place off the coast of the 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 Northwest, as evidenced by JapaneseJapan (, 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 , Honsh records.
• 1736Events January 26 Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates his throne. february 12 Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor weds Maria Theresa, mother of Marie Antoinette May 8 Marriage of Frederick, Prince of Wales and Augusta of Saxe-Gotha. May 26 Battle of Ackia: British - Stanislaus I of PolandStanislaw I Leszczynski First Reign From 1704until 1709 Second Reign From 1733until 1736 Elected In 1704 in Poland. Coronation ? Coat of Arms Wieniawa Predecessor August II Mocny Successor August II Mocny, August III Sas Parents Rafal Leszczynski. Anna Ka abdicates his throne.
• 1785Events January 1st The first issue of the Daily Universal Register later known as The Times is published in London. January 7 Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries travel from Dover, England to Calais, France in a hydrogen gas balloon - Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin ( January 17, 1706 — April 17, 1790) was an American journalist, publisher, author, philanthropist, abolitionist, public servant, scientist, librarian, diplomat, and inventor. One of the leaders of the American Revolution, he was well kn writes a letter to his daughter expressing disappointment over the selection of the eagle as the symbol of the United States; he wanted the turkey.
• 1788 - The British First Fleet, led by Arthur Phillip, land at Botany Bay just outside present-day Sydney to establish the first permanent European settlement on the continent. Celebrated as Australia Day.
• 1802 - The United States Congress passes an act calling for a library to be established within the U.S. Capitol; eventually this becomes the Library of Congress.
• 1837 - Michigan is admitted as the 26th U.S. state.
• 1841 - The United Kingdom formally occupies Hong Kong, which China had ceded .
• 1863 - American Civil War: Massachusetts Governor receives permission from Secretary of War to raise a militia organization for men of African descent.
• 1870 - American Civil War: Virginia rejoins the Union.
• 1885 - Troops loyal to the Mahdi conquer Khartoum.
• 1887 - Battle of Dogali : Abyssinian troops defeat Italians.
• 1905 - The Cullinan Diamond is found near Pretoria, South Africa at the Premier Mine .
• 1911 - Glenn H. Curtiss flies the first successful seaplane.
• 1934 - The Apollo Theatre opens in Harlem, New York City.
• 1939 - Spanish Civil War: Troops loyal to Francisco Franco and aided by Italy take Barcelona.
• 1942 - World War II: The first American forces arrive in Europe landing in Northern Ireland.
• 1946 - Félix Gouin becomes Prime Minister of France.
• 1950 - India promulgates its constitution forming a republic and Rajendra Prasad is sworn in as its first president.
• 1956 - 1956 Winter Olympic Games open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
• 1961 - John F. Kennedy appoints Janet G. Travell to be his physician. This is the first time a woman holds this appointment.
• 1962 - Ranger 3 is launched to study the moon. The space probe later missed the moon by 22,000 miles.
• 1965 - Hindi becomes the official language of India.
• 1970 - Folk rock duo Simon and Garfunkel release classic album Bridge Over Troubled Water.
• 1980 - Israel and Egypt establish diplomatic relations.
• 1983 - Lotus 1-2-3 is released.
• 1986 - Super Bowl XX: The Chicago Bears defeat the New England Patriots, 46-10.
• 1992 - Boris Yeltsin announces that Russia is going to stop targeting United States cities with nuclear weapons.
• 1992 - Super Bowl XXVI: The Washington Redskins defeat the Buffalo Bills, 37-24.
• 1993 - Václav Havel elected President of the Czech Republic.
• 1994 - A man fires two blank shots at Charles, Prince of Wales in Sydney, Australia.
• 1996 - Whitewater scandal: Hillary Rodham Clinton testifies before a grand jury.
• 1997 - The Green Bay Packers defeat the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XXXI, with a score of 35-21.
• 1998 - Lewinsky scandal: On American television, Bill Clinton denies he had "sexual relations" with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
• 1998 - Compaq buys Digital Equipment Corporation.
• 2001 - A 50-year-old Douglas DC-3 crashes near Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela killing 24.
• 2001 - An earthquake hits Gujarat, India, causing more than 20,000 deaths.
• 2003 - The Tampa Bay Buccaneers win their first Super Bowl title by defeating the Oakland Raiders in Super Bowl XXXVII, 48-21.