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1842

Lombard Street riot

Three days of rioting erupted after a parade in Philadelphia, celebrating the end of slavery in the West Indies, was attacked by a mob.

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1814

Grand Jubilee of 1814

Britain celebrated the Grand Jubilee to mark 100 years since the accession of George I and 16 years since the start of the Battle of the Nile.

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1801

First Barbary War

First Barbary War: USS Enterprise, an American schooner, captured the Tripolitan polacca Tripoli in a single-ship action off the coast of Libya.

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1798

French Revolutionary Wars

French Revolutionary Wars: The Battle of the Nile, between a British fleet commanded by Horatio Nelson and a French fleet under François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, began at Aboukir Bay off the Egyptian coast.

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1774

Joseph Priestley

British scientist Joseph Priestley (pictured) liberated oxygen gas, corroborating the discovery of the element by the German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele.

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1714

Electorate of Hanover

George Louis, Elector of Hanover, became King George I of Great Britain, marking the beginning of the Georgian era.

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902

Arab–Byzantine wars

Arab–Byzantine wars: Led by Ibrahim II of Ifriqiya, Aghlabid forces captured the Byzantine stronghold of Taormina, concluding the Muslim conquest of Sicily.

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527

Justin I

Upon the death of Justin I, his nephew and adopted son Justinian I became the sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire.

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War of Actium

War of Actium: Octavian defeated the forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra at Alexandria, establishing Roman Egypt.

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