A look back at history on this date
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American Civil War: Henry Halleck becomes general-in-chief of the Union Army.
The Province of Canada is created by the Act of Union.
In the United States, William Austin Burt patents the typographer, a precursor to the typewriter.
While the Mora Rebellion continues, Greeks capture Monemvasia Castle. Turkish troops and citizens are transferred to Asia Minor's coasts.
Sir Thomas Maitland is appointed as the first Governor of Malta, transforming the island from a British protectorate to a de facto colony.
Kingdom of Prussia re-conquers Mainz from France.
Scanian War: Denmark-Norway captures the harbor town of Marstrand from Sweden.
Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe, France.
A Knights Hospitaller fleet scores a crushing victory over an Aydinid fleet off Chios.
Byzantine emperor Nikephoros I plunders the Bulgarian capital of Pliska and captures Khan Krum's treasury.
Otto
Duke of Austria (died 1339)
Born 1301Louis I
Duke of Anjou (died 1384)
Born 1339Pier Paolo Vergerio the Elder
humanist (died 1444 or 1445)
Born 1370Francesco I Sforza
Italian husband of Bianca Maria Visconti (died 1466)
Born 1401Danjong of Joseon
King of Joseon (died 1457)
Born 1441Anne of Bohemia and Hungary (died 1547)
Anne of Bohemia and Hungary (died 1547)
Born 1503Bonaventura Peeters the Elder
Flemish painter (died 1652)
Born 1614Adam Dollard des Ormeaux
New France garrison commander (died 1660)
Born 1635He Ning
Chinese chancellor (born 898)
955Nuh II
Samanid emir (born 963)
997Gunter of Bamberg
bishop of Bamberg (c. 1025/1030)
1065Warner of Grez
French nobleman, relative of Godfrey of Bouillon
1100Qiu Chuji
Chinese religious leader, founded the Dragon Gate Taoism (born 1148)
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