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In the Battle of Guaymas, Mexico, General José María Yáñez stops the French invasion led by Count Gaston de Raousset-Boulbon.
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The General Assembly's Institution, now the Scottish Church College, one of the pioneering institutions that ushered the Bengal R...
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The Carabinieri, the national gendarmerie of Italy, is established.
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The Battle of the Vosges is fought between French forces and those of Prussia and Austria.
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Journalist and French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat is assassinated in his bathtub by Charlotte Corday, a member of the opposing ...
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The Continental Congress enacts the Northwest Ordinance establishing governing rules for the Northwest Territory. It also establi...
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English Civil War: Battle of Roundway Down
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Eighty Years' War: the Siege of Haarlem ends after seven months.
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Battle of Gravelines: in France, Spanish forces led by Count Lamoral of Egmont defeat the French forces of Marshal Paul de Therme...
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