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• 1513 - Leo X is elected pope.
• 1649 - The Frondeurs (rebels) and the French government sign the Peace of Rueil .
• 1702 - The first regular English language newspaper, The Daily Courant . is published for the first time.
• 1818 - Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is published.
• 1824 - The United States War Department creates the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
• 1845Events January 29 The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe is published for the first time New York Evening Mirror . March 1 President John Tyler signs a bill authorizing the United States to annex the Republic of Texas. March 3 Florida is admitted as the 27th U. - The Flagstaff WarThe First Maori War also known as the Flagstaff War was fought between 11 March 1845 and 11 January 1846, in and around the Bay of Islands, New Zealand. Major actions included: The burning of Kororareka ( Russell) March 11, 1845 Burning of Pomare's Pa, Ap: Chiefs Hone HekeHone Wiremu Heke Pokai ( August 6, 1850) was a Maori chief and war leader in New Zealand. He is considered the principal instigator of the First Maori War. Born at Pakaraka south of Kerikeri in the Bay of Islands, Heke was a member of the Ngapuhi tribe bu and KawitiTe Ruki Kawiti was a prominent Maori chieftain (c1770 -1854), with Hone Heke he successfully fought the British in the First Maori War. Descended from Nukutawhiti and Rahiri he was born in the north of New Zealand to the Ngati Hine hapu, one of the subtri leads 700 Maoris to chop down the British flagpole and drive settlers out of the British colonial settlement of Kororareka because of breaches of the 18401840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). Events January 3 One of the predecessor papers to the Herald Sun of Melbourne, Australia, The Port Phillip Herald is founded by George Cavanaugh. January 10 Uniform penny postage Treaty of Waitangi.
• 1861 - American Civil War: The Constitution of the Confederate States of America is adopted.
• 1864 - The Great Sheffield Flood: The largest man-made disaster ever to befall England kills over 250 people in Sheffield.
• 1888 - The " Great Blizzard of '88" begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400.
• 1900 - Boer War: Boer leader Paul Kruger's peace overtures are rejected by Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Lord Salisbury.
• 1917 - Baghdad falls to the Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Maude.
• 1927 - In New York City, the Roxy Theatre is opened by Samuel Roxy Rothafel.
• 1936 - British Prime Minister pardons five convicted Irish militants who promise to join growing conflict with Germany.
• 1941 - World War II: President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act into law, allowing American-built war supplies to be shipped to the Allies on loan.
• 1942 - World War II: General Douglas MacArthur abandons Corregidor.
• 1978 - Palestinian terrorists on the Tel Aviv Haifa highway kill 34 Israelis.
• 1985 - Mikhail Gorbachev becomes Soviet leader.
• 1990 - Lithuania declares itself independent from the Soviet Union.
• 1990 - Patricio Aylwin is sworn-in as the first democratically-elected Chilean president since 1973.
• 1991 - A curfew is imposed on black townships in South Africa after fighting between rival political gangs killed 49.
• 1993 - Janet Reno is confirmed by the United States Senate and sworn-in the next day becoming the first female Attorney General of the United States.
• 1996 - John Howard comes to power as the twenty-fifth Prime Minister of Australia.
• 1997 - An explosion at a nuclear waste reprocessing plant in Japan exposes 35 workers to low-level radioactive contamination in the worst nuclear accident in Japan's history.
• 1999 - Infosys becomes the first Indian company to get listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange.
• 2003 - The International Criminal Court is founded in The Hague.
• 2004 - Simultaneous explosions on rush hour trains in Madrid kill 191 people.