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{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[1341]] &ndash; The [[Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347]] begins. * [[1597]] &ndash; [[Imjin War]]: [[Admiral]] [[Yi Sun-sin]] decisively defeats the [[Japan]]ese [[navy]] of 300 [[ship]]s with only 13 ships of his own. * [[1640]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Ripon]] is signed, restoring peace between [[Scotland]] and [[Charles I of England|Charles I of Scotland and England]]. * [[1689]] &ndash; The [[Bill of Rights 1689]] is recognised by [[Great Britain]]'s dual monarchy. * [[1689]] &ndash; [[General officer|General]] [[Enea Silvio Piccolimini]] of [[Austria]] burns down [[Skopje]], in the present–day [[Republic of Macedonia]]. * [[1708]] &ndash; The final stone of the newly rebuilt [[St. Paul's Cathedral]] in [[London]] is laid by the son of [[Christopher Wren]]. * [[1774]] &ndash; The First [[Continental Congress]] adjourns in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]]. * [[1775]] &ndash; [[George III of the United Kingdom|George III of Great Britain and Ireland]] authorises [[military]] force against the American colonies. * [[1776]] &ndash; [[Benjamin Franklin]] leaves the [[United States]] for [[France]] to seek French support for the [[American Revolutionary War]]. * [[1811]] &ndash; [[Argentina]]'s [[government]] declares the [[freedom]] of expression for the press by decree. * [[1813]] &ndash; [[War of 1812]]: A combined force of [[United Kingdom|British]] regulars, [[Canada|Canadian]] militia and [[Mohawk people|Mohawk]]s defeats the [[United States|Americans]] in the [[Battle of Chateauguay]]. * [[1825]] &ndash; The [[Erie Canal]] opens, linking [[Albany, New York]] to [[Lake Erie]]. * [[1859]] &ndash; British [[Clipper (ship)|clipper]] ''Royal Charter'' gets into a [[storm]] of the island of [[Anglesey]], [[Wales]], being thrown against [[Rock (geology)|rocks]] before sinking, killing 449 people, including all the women and children on board. * [[1861]] &ndash; The [[Pony Express]] officially ends operations. * [[1863]] &ndash; The English [[Football Associa