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A collection of world events between 1492 and 1859, focusing on the 17th and 18th centuries. Please refer to the Guide
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EU ?? ?? 1495 May 20 French King Charles VIII leaves Naples AS Mv Ex 1498 May 20 Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama arrives at Calicut, India
NA Mv Ex 1501 May 20 Joao da Nova discovers Ascension Island
SP Sc Bd 1506 May 20 Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid, Spain
?? ?? ?? 1521 May 20 Ignatius of Loyola seriously wounded by a cannon ball
GB Mv Rl 1524 May 20 John Stewart , Duke of Albany, leaves ScotlandEU Me Pr 1570 May 20 Gilles Coppens de Diest publishes Abraham Ortelius ’ Theatrum Orbis Terrarum , the first true modern atlas
?? ?? ?? 1591 May 20 Spanish troops in Zutphen surrenders to William Louis of Nassau-Dillenburg / Maurice of Orange EU Cf Ty 1631 May 20 Sack of Magdeburg: German army under Earl Johann Tserclaes conquers Magdeburg
NA Sc Ed 1639 May 20 Dorchester, Massachusetts, forms first public school funded by local taxes
GB ?? ?? 1690 May 20 England passes Act of Grace, forgiving followers of James II
NA Sc Ed 1704 May 20 Elias Neau forms school for slaves in New YorkNA ?? ?? 1734 May 20 First Jockey Club forms in South Carolina GB Se Mn 1747 May 20 James Lind , a British doctor on one of His Majesty’s ships, begins clinical testing that uncovers the cause of scurvy and leads to its cure
NA ?? ?? Britain gives Quebec, Labrador and territory north of Ohio NA Sc Gv 1775 May 20 Citizens of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina declare independence of Britain
NA Cf Ar 1778 May 20 Battle of Barren Hill, Pennsylvania
EU Cf Ad 1784 May 20 England and the Netherlands sign peace treaty (Peace of Paris), ending the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War
NA Me Pr 1830 May 20 First railroad timetable published in newspaper (The Baltimore American ) ?? Se Iv D. Hyde patents fountain pen [check -- 1809, Purvis?] PA Sc Gv 1845 May 20 First legislative assembly convenes in Hawaii
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