History Today 14th May

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  •            Today history in the world.

  • 649 Theodore I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
  • 1027 Robert II, the Vrome, names son Henry I, king of France
  • 1264 Battle of Lewes, 2nd Barons' War: Simon de Montfort the younger, Earl of Leicester, defeats English King Henry III
  • 1483 Coronation of Charles VIII of France ("Charles l'Affable").
  • 1509 Battle of Agnadello, French beat Venetians in Northern Italy
  • 1576 Dutch Council of State replaced by Council of Beroerten
  • 1607 1st permanent English settlement in New World, Jamestown, Va
  • 1608 The Protestant Union is founded in Auhausen.
  • 1842 Illustrated London News; the world's first illustrated weekly newspaper, begins publication
  • 1845 Utrecht-Arnhem Railway opens
  • 1853 Gail Borden, land surveyor, newspaper publisher, and inventor, patents his process for condensed milk
  • 1861 The Canellas meteorite, an 859-gram chondrite-type meteorite, strikes the earth near Barcelona, Spain.
  • 1862 Adolphe Nicole of Switzerland patents chronograph
  • 1863 American Civil War: The Battle of Jackson, MS takes place.
  • 1868 Japanese Boshin War: end of the Battle of Utsunomiya Castle, former Shogunate forces withdraw northward to Aizu by way of Nikkō.
  • 1874 1st admission charge at a football game, Harvard beats Uni of McGill (Montreal) 3-0
  • 1878 Vaseline is granted a patent (U.S. Patent 127,568)
  • 1879 The first group of 463 Indian indentured labourers arrive in Fiji aboard the Leonidas.
  • 1884 Anti-Monopoly party forms in US
  • 1885 11th Kentucky Derby: Babe Henderson aboard Joe Cotton wins in 2:37.25
  • 1886 12th Kentucky Derby: Paul Duffy aboard Ben Ali wins in 2:36.50
  • 1888 14th Kentucky Derby: George Covington aboard MacBeth II wins in 2:38.00
  • 1889 The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) is launched in London.
  • 1890 16th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Murphy aboard Riley wins in 2:45
  • 1892 Vitesse 1892 soccer team forms in Arnhem
  • 1894 Fire in Boston bleachers spreads to 170 adjoining buildings
  • 1896 Lowest US temperature in May recorded (-10°F /-23°C at Climax, Colorado)
  • 1897 Great Britain signs treaty with Emperor Menelik II of Abyssinia

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