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1301 – King Andrew III died without any male heirs, ending the Árpád dynasty, which had ruled Hungary since the late 9th century.; 1900 – Giacomo Puccini's opera Tosca (poster pictured), based on the play La Tosca by French dramatist Victorien Sardou, premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome.
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1377 – Gregory XI, the last Avignon pope, entered Rome after a four-month journey from Avignon, returning the papacy to its original city.; 1893 – Lorrin A. Thurston and the Citizens' Committee of Public Safety led the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom and the government of Queen LiliÊ»uokalani (pictured).
Events. 1801 - Washington, DC is placed under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Congress.; 1860 - Abraham Lincoln makes a speech at Cooper Union in the city of New York that was largely responsible for his election to the Presidency.
The Oxford English Dictionary is the largest and most popular historical dictionary of the English language, with an aim to cover all words which saw some significant use at any time between the early Middle English period and the present day. The earlier history of English is covered in more detail by the Middle English Dictionary (1954–2001 ...
Victoria Day (French: Fête de la Reine) Canada: Celebrates the birthday of Queen Victoria and the current reigning Canadian Monarch. Observed on the last Monday preceding May 25th. [6] June 19: Juneteenth: Emancipation Day: United States: Commemorates the end of slavery in Texas as a result of the Emancipation Proclamation. [7] July 4: Fourth ...
April 1, 1932 On this day, a singing nun, an unsinkable brown girl, a widow, a divorcee, a dancer, a sitcom star, a girl scout and two rats were born at the same time in El Paso, Texas.--Coin945 17:02, 6 February 2013 (UTC) April 1, 1893 On this day, the United States Navy decided that some men were permitted to be petty.