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{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1950 === * [[217 BC]] &ndash; [[Battle of Raphia]]: [[Ptolemy IV of Egypt]] defeats [[Antiochus III the Great]] of the [[Seleucid kingdom]]. * [[168 BC]] &ndash; [[Battle of Pydna]]: [[Roman Republic|Romans]] under [[Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus|Lucius Aemilius Paullus]] defeat and capture [[Macedon]]ian King [[Perseus of Macedonia|Perseus]], ending the [[Third Macedonian War]]. * [[816]] &ndash; [[Pope Stephen IV]] is elected. * [[1593]] &ndash; [[Battle of Sisak]]: [[Slovenia|Slovene]] – [[Croat]] troops defeat the [[Turkish people|Turks]]. * [[1622]] &ndash; [[Portugal|Portuguese]] forces repel a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] invasion at the [[Battle of Macau]] during the [[Dutch-Portuguese War]]. * [[1633]] &ndash; The [[Holy Office]] in [[Rome]] forces [[Galileo Galilei]] to recant his scientific view that the [[Sun]], not the [[Earth]], is the center of the [[Universe]]. * [[1634]] &ndash; Dutch painter [[Rembrandt van Rijn]] marries [[Saskia van Uylenburgh]]. * [[1675]] &ndash; The [[Greenwich]] Royal Observatory is founded. * [[1774]] &ndash; The British pass the [[Quebec]] Act, setting out rules for governance of the [[colony]] of [[Quebec]] in what was then [[British North America]]. * [[1783]] &ndash; The poisonous cloud from the erupting [[Laki]] volcanic crater in [[Iceland]] reaches [[Le Havre]], on [[France]]'s [[English Channel]] coast. * [[1813]] &ndash; [[War of 1812]]: After learning of American plans to carry out a surprise attack on the Beavers Dams, [[Ontario]], [[Laura Secord]] sets out on a 30 [[kilometer]] journey on foot to warn [[James FitzGibbon]]. * [[1825]] &ndash; [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Parliament]] abolishes [[feudalism]] and the [[seigneurial system]] in [[British North America]]. * [[1866]] &ndash; [[Battle of Custoza (1866)|Battle of Custoza]]: an [[Austrian Empire|Austrian]] army defeats the Italian army during the [[Austro-Prussian War]]. * [[1870]] &ndash; The [[United States Congress]] creates the [[United States Department o