1720-Sweden, Prussia sign peace treaty
1789-Chinese troops driven out of Vietnam capital Thang Long
1793-France declares war on England, Netherlands
1814-Volcano Mayon on Luzon, Philippines, erupts, killing 1,200
1864-Second German-Danish war begins
1884-First volume of the Oxford English Dictionary, A-Ant, published
1893-Thomas Edison completes world's first movie studio (West Orange, NJ)
1896-Giacomo Puccini's Opera "La Boheme" premieres in Turin
1902-China's empress Tzu-hsi forbids binding woman's feet
1933-German parliament dissolves, Gen. Ludendorf predicts catastrophe
1940-Russia begins new offensive against Finland
1946-Republic of Hungary proclaimed
1950-USSR demands condemnation of Emperor Hirohito for war crimes
1953-Flooding in Netherlands kills 1,835
1958-Egypt, Syria announce plans to merge into United Arab Republic
1965-Martin Luther King Jr. and 700 demonstrators arrested in Selma
1789-Chinese troops driven out of Vietnam capital Thang Long
1793-France declares war on England, Netherlands
1814-Volcano Mayon on Luzon, Philippines, erupts, killing 1,200
1864-Second German-Danish war begins
1884-First volume of the Oxford English Dictionary, A-Ant, published
1893-Thomas Edison completes world's first movie studio (West Orange, NJ)
1896-Giacomo Puccini's Opera "La Boheme" premieres in Turin
1902-China's empress Tzu-hsi forbids binding woman's feet
1933-German parliament dissolves, Gen. Ludendorf predicts catastrophe
1940-Russia begins new offensive against Finland
1946-Republic of Hungary proclaimed
1950-USSR demands condemnation of Emperor Hirohito for war crimes
1953-Flooding in Netherlands kills 1,835
1958-Egypt, Syria announce plans to merge into United Arab Republic
1965-Martin Luther King Jr. and 700 demonstrators arrested in Selma
