1278 — 680 Jews arrested (293 hanged) in England for counterfeiting coins
1558 — Elizabeth I ascends English throne upon death of Queen Mary
1796 — Battle of Arcole-Napoleon I’s French forces beat Austrians in Italy
1800 — Congress held first session in Washington D.C.
1842 — Fugitive slave George Latimer, captured in Boston
1842 — The opera “Linda di Chamounix” is produced (London)
1853 — Street signs authorized at San Francisco intersections
1858 — Origin of Modified Julian Period
1862 — Confederate Secretary of War George B Randolph resigns