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American Revolutionary War: Colonists inflict heavy casualties on British forces while losing the Battle of Bunker Hill.
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Cúcuta, Colombia, is discovered by Juana Rangel de Cuéllar.
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French explorers Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet reach the Mississippi River and become the first Europeans to make a detaile...
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Mumtaz Mahal dies during childbirth. Her husband, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I, will spend the next 17 years building her mausoleu...
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The Dutch explorer Willem Barentsz discovers the Arctic archipelago of Spitsbergen.
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Sir Francis Drake claims a land he calls Nova Albion (modern California) for England.
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Matsunaga Hisahide assassinates the 13th Ashikaga shogun, Ashikaga Yoshiteru.
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Battle of Deptford Bridge
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Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II (The Night Attack) forcing him to retreat from Wallachia.
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