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{{calendar}} {{day}} ==Events== === Up to 1900 === * [[1472]] &ndash; [[Orkney]] and [[Shetland]] are annexed to the crown of [[Scotland]]. * [[1547]] &ndash; [[Edward VI of England]] is crowned [[King of England]] at [[Westminster Abbey]]. * [[1724]] &ndash; The premiere of ''[[Giulio Cesare]]'', an [[Italian language|Italian]] [[opera]] by [[George Frideric Handel]], takes place in [[London]]. * [[1725]] &ndash; The first reported case of white men scalping [[Native American (US)|Native Americans]] takes place in [[New Hampshire]] colony. * [[1792]] &ndash; The [[Postal Service Act]], establishing the [[United States Postal Service|United States Post Office Department]], is signed by President [[George Washington]]. * [[1798]] &ndash; [[Louis–Alexandre Berthier]] removes [[Pope Pius VI]] from power. * [[1799]] &ndash; The Blackbrook [[Reservoir]] in [[Leicestershire]], [[England]], breaks. * [[1810]] &ndash; [[Andreas Hofer]], [[Tyrol (region)|Tyrolean]] [[patriot]] and leader of [[rebellion]] against [[Napoleon I of France|Napoleon]]'s forces, was [[execution (legal)|executed]]. * [[1816]] &ndash; [[Gioachino Rossini]]'s ''[[The Barber of Seville]]'' debuts at [[Largo di Torre Argentina|Teatro Argentina]], with a ''fiasco''. * [[1835]] &ndash; [[Concepción, Chile]] is destroyed by an [[earthquake]] * [[1846]] &ndash; [[Poland|Polish]] insurgents lead an uprising in [[Krakow]] to incite a fight for independence. * [[1864]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The [[Battle of Olustee]] takes place in [[Florida]]. * [[1865]] &ndash; The [[Uruguayan War]] ends. * [[1872]] &ndash; In [[New York City]] the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] opens. * [[1873]] &ndash; The [[University of California]] opens its first [[medical school]] in [[San Francisco, California]]. * [[1877]] &ndash; Tchaikovsky's [[ballet]] [[Swan Lake]] is first performed at the [[Bolshoi Theatre]], [[Moscow]]. * [[1878]] &ndash; [[Pope Leo XIII]] is elected. === 1901 &ndash; 2000 === * [[1901]] &ndash; The legislature of [[Hawaii]] Territory convenes f