597 BC Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king.
1079 Iran adopts solar Hijrah calendar
1190 York Program: Jews living in York, England, besieged in Clifford's Tower and massacred or commit suicide rather than submit to baptism
1249 The Servite Order is officially approved by Cardinal Raniero Capocci, papal legate in Tuscany.
1322 The Battle of Boroughbridge takes place in the First War of Scottish Independence.
1345 Holy spirit glides above fire: "the miracle of Amsterdam" (legend)
1527 Battle at Khanua: Mogol Emperor Babur beats Rajputen
1621 Native American chief visits colony of Plymouth Mass
1641 General court declares RI a democracy & adopts new constitution
1660 English Long Parliament disbands
1689 The 23rd Regiment of Foot or Royal Welch Fusiliers is founded.
1730 Willem Charles Henry Friso installed as viceroy of Drenthe
1731 Treaty of Vienna signed by Prince Eugene of Savoy, Count Sinzendorf and Count Gundacker, Thomas Stahremberg and the British envoy to Vienna, Sir Thomas Robinson.
1792 King Gustav III of Sweden is shot by Count Anckarström at a masked ball at the Opera; he dies on March 29.
1802 Law signed to establish US Military Academy (West Point, NY)
1802 US Army Corps of Engineers established (2nd time)
1815 Willem I proclaimed king of the Netherlands, including Belgium
1827 1st US black newspaper, "Freedom's Journal" (NYC), begins publishing
1829 Ohio authorizes high school night classes
1830 London's re-organised police force (Scotland Yard)
1830 New York Stock Exchange slowest day ever (31 shares traded)
1834 HMS Beagle anchors at Berkeley Sound, Falkland Islands
1836 Constitution of the Republic of Texas approved, legalizes slavery
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