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{{calendar}} {{day}} ==Events== === Up to 1900 === * [[250]] &ndash; Emperor [[Decius]] begins widespread persecution of Christians in [[Rome]] * [[1265]] &ndash; The [[England|English]] [[Parliament]] conducts its first meeting. * [[1320]] &ndash; Duke [[Wladyslaw Lokietek]] becomes [[King]] of [[Poland]]. * [[1356]] &ndash; [[Edward Balliol]] [[abdicate]]s as [[King of Scotland]]. * [[1523]] &ndash; [[Christian III of Denmark|Christian III]] is forced to [[abdicate]] the thrones of [[Denmark]] and [[Norway]]. * [[1576]] &ndash; The city of [[León, Guanajuato|León]] in [[Mexico]] is founded. * [[1649]] &ndash; King [[Charles I of England|Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland]] goes on trial for treason and 'high crimes'. * [[1778]] &ndash; [[James Cook]] lands on the [[Hawaii]]an island of [[Kaua'i]]. * [[1783]] &ndash; [[Great Britain]] signs a [[peace treaty]] with [[France]] and [[Spain]]. * [[1788]] &ndash; The third and main part of the [[First Fleet]] of [[convict]]s from [[Great Britain]] arrives at [[Botany Bay]]. [[Arthur Phillip]] decides to move the convict colony slightly further along the coast to [[Port Jackson]], present–day [[Sydney]], [[Australia]]. * [[1801]] &ndash; [[John Marshall]] is appointed Chief Justice of the [[United States]]. * [[1839]] &ndash; [[Battle of Yungay]]: [[Chile]] defeats [[Peru]] and [[Bolivia]]. * [[1840]] &ndash; [[Jules Dumont D'Urville]]'s expedition to [[Antarctica]] discovers [[Adelie Land]]. * [[1841]] &ndash; [[Hong Kong]] comes under British control. * [[1855]] &ndash; [[LaMarcus Adna Thompson]] [[patent]]s the [[roller coaster]]. * [[1877]] &ndash; Last day of the [[Constantinople]] [[Conference]], which results in an agreement for political reforms in the Balkans. * [[1885]] &ndash; [[L.A. Thompson]] [[patent]]s the [[roller coaster]]. * [[1887]] &ndash; Off the [[Brazil]]ian coast, British [[immigrant]] [[ship]] ''Kapunda'' collides with the [[barque]] ''Ada Melmore'', causing it to sink within 5 [[minute]]s, killing 297 of the 313 people on board, incl