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Spanish found Santa Fe
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In Massachusetts, the general court approves a law that makes religious heresy punishable by death.
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Rhode Island enacts the first law in the colonies declaring slavery illegal.
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The English monarchy is restored under King Charles II.
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Hostilities break out between Native Americans and settlers in North Carolina after the massacre of settlers there. The conflict, known as the Tuscarora Indian War will last two years.
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The first group of black slaves is brought to the Louisiana territory.
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New Orleans is founded by the French.
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King George II ascends the English throne.
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The first American public library is founded in Philadelphia by Benjamin Franklin.
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The Fall of Quebec - Battle of the "Plains of Abraham" - British defeat French, thus gaining control of Canada.
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England declares war on Spain, which had been planning to ally itself with France and Austria. The British then successfully attack Spanish outposts in the West Indies and Cuba.
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Also in March, the Quartering Act requires colonists to house British troops and supply them with food.
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1765 - August 26, a mob in Boston attacks the home of Thomas Hutchinson, Chief Justice of Massachusetts, as Hutchinson and his family narrowly escape.
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In April, news of the repeal of the Stamp Act results in celebrations in the colonies and a relaxation of the boycott of imported English trade goods.
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In January, the New York assembly refuses to completely comply with Gen. Gage's request to enforce the Quartering Act.
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The Supreme Court of Massachusetts abolishes slavery in that state.
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The Treaty of Paris is ratified by Congress. The Revolutionary War officially ends.
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September 22, 1784 - Russians establish their first settlement in Alaska, on Kodiak Island.
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Americans suffer from post-war economic depression including a shortage of currency, high taxes, nagging creditors, farm foreclosures and bankruptcies.
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The building of the Pnama Canal begins
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France governement of Gambetta falls
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Naval War College forms in Newport RI
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Hitler is born
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Austrian Jewish communities are defined by law
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Battle of Wounded Knee – 200 Native American women and children massacred by U.S. troops. Wounde Knee
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1st Woman's Christian Temperance Union meeting held (in Boston)
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Sherman Silver Purchase Act repealed.
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Gold discovered in the Yukons's Klondike.
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Treaty of Paris ends Spanish–American War, Philippine–American War begins
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Boer War Ends
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Tran-Siberian railways completed
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Bloody Sunday, Russian revolution begins
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Finland First European Country to Give Women the Right to Vote
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Ten rules of war established at the Second Hague Peace Conference
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Chinese Revolution
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Mona Lisa is stolen
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First Traffic Light in the united states
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American Genocide
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First Self-Service Grocery Store Opens in U.S.
