1206 Chinese southern Song dynasty officially declares war on the northern Jin dynasty
1276 While taking exile in Fuzhou, southern China, from advancing Mongol invaders, remnants of the Song Dynasty court hold coronation ceremony for young prince Zhao Shi, making him Emperor Duanzong of Song.
1565 Catharina de Medici and Duke of Alva discuss Calvinism
1597 At 4:30 AM Willem Barents leaves Novaya Zemlya for Netherlands
1615 Jacques Le Maire sails to Zuidland/Terra Australis
1623 1st breach-of-promise lawsuit: Rev Gerville Pooley, Virginia files against Cicely Jordan, he loses
1634 Russia and Poland sign Peace treaty of Polianov
1642 1st compulsory education law in America passed by Massachusetts.
1658 Battle of the Dunes: English and French forces defeat the Spanish near Dunkirk during Franco-Spanish War
1673 Battle at Schooneveld: Michiel de Ruyter beats French/English fleet.
1800 Battle of Marengo (Alessandria): Bonaparte vs Austria
1807 Emperor Napoleon I’s French Grande Armee defeats the Russian Army at the Battle of Friedland in Prussia (modern Russian Kaliningrad Oblast) ending War of the Fourth Coalition
1821 Badi VII, king of Sennar, surrenders his throne and realm to Ismail Pasha, general of the Ottoman Empire, bringing the 300 year old Sudanese kingdom to an end.
1834 Hardhat diving suit patented by Leonard Norcross, Dixfield, Maine
1834 Sandpaper patented by Isaac Fischer Jr, Springfield, Vermont
1839 First Henley Regatta held (it became the Henley Royal Regatta in 1851)
1841 1st Canadian parliament opens in Kingston, Ontario
1846 Belgian Liberal Party forms
1846 California (Bear Flag) Republic proclaimed in Sonoma, declaring independence from Mexico
