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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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?? ?? ?? 1564 Feb 21 Philip II routes Cardinal Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle to Franche-ComteNL ?? ?? 1574 Feb 21 Spanish garrison of Middelburg Netherlands surrenders NE Sc Gv 1583 Feb 21 Groningen Netherlands begins using Gregorian calendar AS Sc Gv 1598 Feb 21 Boris Godunov elected czar of Russia
AS Sc Gv 1613 Feb 21 Michael I , son of Patriarch Philaret of Moscow , elected Russian tsarNE Sc Gv 1673 Feb 21 Michiel de Ruyter appointed lt-admiral-general of Dutch fleetNE Sc Gv 1675 Feb 21 Prince William III appointed viceroy of Gelderland GB Sc Bd 1715 Feb 21 Charles Calvert , 3rd Baron Baltimore, dies
GB Sc Gv 1764 Feb 21 John Wilkes thrown out of English House of Commons for Essay on Women NA Cf Ar 1777 Feb 21 George Weedon is promoted to brigadier general
?? ?? ?? English ambassador Joseph Yorke demands dismissal of Governor Johannes de Graaff for saluting the U.S. flag NA Sc Gv 1782 Feb 21 U.S. congress resolves establishment of a U.S. mint NA Sc Gv 1792 Feb 21 Congress passes President Succession Act FR Sc Gv 1795 Feb 21 Freedom of worship established in France under constitution SA Cf Fv 1797 Feb 21 Trinidad, West Indies surrenders to British
GB Sc Gw 1804 Feb 21 First locomotive, Richard Trevithick ’s, runs for first time, in Wales NE Sc Md 1816 Feb 21 Russian grand-duchess Anna Pavlovna marries the Prince of Orange -- the future Dutch King William II of the Netherlands
NA Me Pr 1828 Feb 21 First American Indian newspaper in U.S., Cherokee Phoenix , publishes in New Echota, GA
AS Sc Gv Russia and Persia sign Treaty of Turkmenchay
NA Se Iv 1842 Feb 21 First known sewing machine patented in U.S., John Greenough, Washington D.C.
NA Sc Gw 1846 Feb 21 First U.S. woman telegrapher, Sarah G. Bagley, Lowell, Mass
GB Me Pr 1848 Feb 21 Karl Marx publishes his Manifesto
NA Se Mn John Quincy Adams suffers a stroke while addressing the House of Representatives
NA Sc Cm 1853 Feb 21 U.S. authorizes minting of $3 gold pieces
NA Sc Lc 1857 Feb 21 Congress outlaws foreign currency as legal tender in US NA Sc Cm U.S. issues flying eagle cents
NA Sc Gw 1858 Feb 21 Edwin T. Holmes installs first electric burglar alarm (Boston, Massachusetts)
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