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A collection of world events between 1492 and 1859, focusing on the 17th and 18th centuries. Please refer to the Guide
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IT Cf Sk 1494 Nov 08 Uprising against Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici in Florence Italy
NA Sc Gv 1519 Nov 08 First meeting of Moctezuma II and Hernando Cortez in Mexico
?? ?? ?? 1575 Nov 08 French Roman Catholics and Huguenots signs treaty NE Sc Gv 1576 Nov 08 Pacification of Ghent: 17 Dutch provinces signs anti-Spanish covenant
?? ?? ?? 1598 Nov 08 Spanish troops under of Bernardino de Mendoza conquer Doetinchem EU Cf Ty 1620 Nov 08 Battle of White Mountain, Prague
FR Cf Hr 1627 Nov 08 English fleet under George Villiers leaves Rhe after the failed Siege of Saint-Martin-de-Ré EU ?? ?? 1658 Nov 08 Battle of the Sound: Swedish fleet beats Dutch
NA Sc Bd 1718 Nov 08 Pirate Alexander Amand is hanged at White Point, Charleston, SC, and buried in the marsh below the low-water mark
NA Sc Ed 1731 Nov 08 In Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin opens first U.S. library ?? ?? ?? 1734 Nov 08 French master chef Vincent La Chapelle forms Free Masons Lodge in the Netherlands
NA Cf Ar 1775 Nov 08 George Washington seeks to make militias into a military
NA Sc Gw 1789 Nov 08 Bourbon Whiskey, first distilled from corn by Elijah Craig, Bourbon, Kentucky NA Sc Cl 1833 Nov 08 First recorded fatal rail accident when a train derails in Hightstown NJ; two die
NA Sc Ed 1837 Nov 08 Mount Holyoke Seminary in Massachusetts -- first U.S. college founded for women
FR Me Th 1838 Nov 08 Victor Hugo ’s Ruy Blas premieres in Paris
EU Sc Lc 1842 Nov 08 Belgium King Leopold I proclaims child labor laws GB Sc Bd 1847 Nov 08 Bram Stoker, the creator of Dracula, is born
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