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{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[1218]] &ndash; The [[Fifth Crusade]] leaves Acre, in present-day [[Israel]], for [[Egypt]]. * [[1276]] &ndash; [[Magnus Ladulas]] is crowned [[King]] of [[Sweden]] in [[Uppsala]] [[Cathedral]]. * [[1487]] &ndash; 10-year-old [[Lambert Simnel]] is crowned in Christ Church [[Cathedral]] in [[Dublin]], [[Ireland]], with the name Edward VI, in a bid to threaten the reign of King [[Henry VII of England]]. * [[1595]] &ndash; The [[Nomenclator]] of [[Leiden University]] [[Library]] in the [[Netherlands]] appears, the first printed [[catalog]] of an institutional [[library]]. * [[1607]] &ndash; 100 English settlers leave for [[Jamestown, Virginia]]. * [[1621]] &ndash; The [[Protestantism|Protestant]] Union is formally dissolved. * [[1626]] &ndash; [[Peter Minuit]] buys [[Manhattan]]. * [[1667]] &ndash; The [[France|French]] Royal [[Army]] crosses the border into the then-Spanish [[Netherlands]], starting the [[War of Devolution]] opposing [[France]] to the [[Spanish Empire]] and the [[Triple Alliance]]. * [[1689]] &ndash; The English [[Parliament]] passes the Act of Toleration, protecting Protestants, with Roman Catholics intentionally excluded. * [[1738]] &ndash; [[John Wesley]] is converted, establishing the [[Methodism|Methodist]] Movement. * [[1798]] &ndash; The [[Ireland|Irish]] Rebellion of [[1798]] against British rule begins. * [[1813]] &ndash; [[Simon Bolivar]] enters Mérida, [[Venezuela]]. * [[1819]] &ndash; [[Queen Victoria]] is born at [[Kensington Palace]] in [[London]]. At the time of her birth, she is not expected to become Queen. * [[1822]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Pichincha]] in [[Ecuador]]: [[Antonio José de Sucre]] secures the independence of the [[President|Presidency]] of [[Quito]]. * [[1830]] &ndash; ''Mary had a Little Lamb'' by [[Sarah Josepha Hale]] is published. * [[1832]] &ndash; The first [[Kingdom]] of [[Greece]] is declared at the London Conference. * [[1844]] &ndash; [[Samuel Morse]] sends the message ''What hath God wrought'' to inau