987 - Hugh Capet was crowned King of France, the first of the Capetian dynasty which ruled France till the French RevolutionThe period of the French Revolution in the history of France covers the years between 1789 and 1799, in which democrats and republicans overthrew the absolute monarchy and the Roman Catholic Church perforce underwent radical restructuring. While France wo in 1792Events January 25 The London Corresponding Society is founded. February 20 The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by President George Washington. March 16 King of Sweden Gustav III Shot in the back by Jaco.
1608Events October 2 Dutch lensmaker Hans Lippershey demonstrates the first telescope in the Dutch parliament July 3 Quebec City founded by Samuel de Champlain. August 24 The first official English representative to India lands at Surat. Swedish troops enter - Quebec City founded by Samuel de ChamplainSamuel de Champlain by Theophile Hamel (1870) Samuel de Champlain 1567 1635 was a French geographer, draftsman, explorer and founder of Quebec City. Born in Brouage, France, much of Champlain's early life is unknown. His first trip to North America was on.
1844Events January 15 University of Notre Dame receives its charter from Indiana. February 27 The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti. February 28 A gun on the USS Princeton explodes while the boat is on a Potomac River cruise, killing two United - The last pair of Great AukAt 75 centimetres, the flightless Great Auk Pinguinus impennis was the largest of the auks. It was hunted for food and down for mattresses from at least the 8th century. It is classified as the only species in the genus Pinguinus . The Great Auk was onces is killed.
1863Events January-March January 1 Abraham Lincoln delivers the Emancipation Proclamation during the second year of the American Civil War. January 1 The first claim under the Homestead Act is made for a farm in Nebraska January 8 Ground is broken in Sacramen - The final and bloodiest day of the battle of Gettysburg, and the fall of the besieged Vicksburg to U.S. Grant.
