1. In 1194, King Richard I of England gave Portsmouth its first royal charter.

2. In 1230, William de Braose, 10th Baron Abergavenny, was hanged by Prince Llywelyn the Great.

3. In 1335, Otto the Merry, Duke of Austria, became Duke of Carinthia.

4. In 1345, there were battles between fullers and weavers in Ghent.

5. In 1497, John Cabot's expedition departed Bristol searching for new lands across the Atlantic.

6. In 1526, the German evangelical monarchy joined the Schmalkaldic League.

7. In 1536, Anne Boleyn was arrested and taken to the Tower of London.

8. In 1595, King Philip II named Albert Archduke of Austria and his nephew governor of the Habsburg Netherlands.

9. In 1598, France and Spain signed the Peace of Vervins.

10. In 1660, the Battle of Long Sault began between 17 French colonist militia, their Huron and Algonquin allies and a large Iroquois army.

11. In 1668, the Treaty of Aix - la - Chapelle, 1st Peace of Aachen, ended the War of Devolution, the French - Spanish war in the Netherlands.

12. In 1670, King Charles II gave a royal charter to the Hudson's Bay Company.

13. In 1672, John Maitland became Duke of Lauderdale and Earl of March.

14. In 1703, Portugal signed a treaty with England to become a great covenant.

15. In 1749, Empress Maria Theresa signed the "Haug - witzschen State Reform".

16. In 1750, Carlo Goldoni's "La botega di caffè" premiered in Mantua.

17. In 1776, France and Spain agreed to give weapons to American rebels.

18. In 1780, William Herschel discovered the 1st binary star, Xi Ursae Majoris.

19. In 1783, architect Pierre Charles L'Enfant was promoted by brevet to major of engineers in recognition of his service to American liberty.

20. In 1808, the uprising against French occupation began in Madrid.

21. In 1809, Dartmoor prison in England opened to house French prisoners of war.

22. In 1824, Goethe visited Ettersberg (Buchenwald).

23. In 1829, after anchoring nearby, Captain Charles Fremantle of HMS Challenger declared the Swan River Colony in Australia.

24. In 1833, Russian Tsar Nicholas I banned the public sale of serfs.

25. In 1845, Argentinian Domingo Sarmiento published his anti - tyranny work "Facundo, Civilización y Barbarie".

26. In 1853, Franconi's Hippodrome opened in New York City.

27. In 1863, the South defeated the North in the Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia, and Stonewall Jackson was wounded.

28. In 1866, Peruvian defenders fought off the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Callao.

29. In 1869, the Folies Trévise (later cabaret hall Folies Bergère) opened as an opera house in Paris, France.

30. In 1876, the April Uprising broke out in Bulgaria.

31. In 1878, the US stopped minting the 20 - cent coin.

32. In 1885, "Good Housekeeping" magazine was first published, and the Congo Free State was formed by King Leopold II of Belgium.

33. In 1887, Gioachino Rossini's corpse was transferred to Santa Croce, Florence, and Hannibal Goodwin patented celluloid photographic film.

34. In 1889, Abyssinian Emperor Menelik II and Italy signed the Treaty of Wichale.

35. In 1890, the territory of Oklahoma was created.

36. In 1900, George Bernard Shaw's play "You Never Can Tell" premiered in London.

37. In 1903, the 29th Kentucky Derby was held, and Hal Booker riding Judge Himes won in 2:09.

38. In 1904, the 30th Kentucky Derby was held, and Shorty Prior riding Elwood won in 2:08.50.

39. In 1905, French newspapers published lists of Jules Verne's unpublished work.

40. In 1906, the 32nd Kentucky Derby was held, and Roscoe Troxler aboard Sir Huon won in 2:08.8. Tsar Nicholas II of Russia dismissed his moderate prime minister Witte and appointed Ivan Gore - my - kin, a conservative bureaucrat.

41. In 1907, Jules Baron de Trooz formed the Belgian government.

42. In 1908, Jack Norworth and Albert von Tilzer registered their popular song "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" for copyright.

43. In 1909, Honus Wagner stole his way around the bases in the 1st inning against the Cubs.

44. In 1911, French troops occupied Fès el Bali, Morocco.

45. In 1915, in the Bronx, New York City, Old Fordham Road was renamed Landing Road.

46. In 1916, in the Bronx, New York City, 2nd Ave and Bronx Terrace were renamed Bronx Blvd, Seward Place was renamed Sycamore Ave, and Herald Ave was renamed Dickinson Ave.

47. In 1917, in a pitching duel, Fred Tooney and Chic's Hippo Vaughn had a no - hitter. Vaughn gave up 2 hits and a run in the 10th, so Cincinnati won 1 - 0.

48. In 1918, General Motors acquired the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware.

49. In 1920, the 1st game of the National Negro Baseball League was played in Indianapolis.

50. In 1921, the 3rd anti - German revolt in Upper Silesia started.