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July 2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December // See also: Timeline of the War in Afghanistan (July 2002) A Russian Tupolev Tu-154 airliner and a Boeing 757 operated by DHL collide at 35,000ft over Uberlingen, due to failure of correct communication from... 2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Deaths: July 3 - Mordecai Richler July 23 - Eudora Welty July 31 - Poul Anderson Films: July 4 - Cats and Dogs July 6 - Kiss of the Dragon starring Jet Li July 18 - Jurassic Park III July 27 - Planet of... 2000 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December This is a timeline for events in July, 2000. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... 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Events

• 180 - Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa executed for being Christians. This is the earliest record of Christianity in that part of the world.
• 1048 - Damasus II appointed Pope.
• 1203 - Fourth Crusade captures Constantinople by assault; the Byzantine emperor Alexius III Angelus flees from his capital into exile.
• 1453 - Hundred Years' War: Battle of Castillon - The French under Jean Bureau utterly defeat the English under the Earl of Shrewsbury, who is killed in the battle in Gascony
• 1762 - Catherine II becomes tzar of Russia upon the accidental murder of Peter III of Russia.
• 1771 - Bloody Falls Massacre: Chipewyan chief Matonabbee traveling as the guide to Samuel Hearne on his Arctic overland journey, massacre a group of unsuspecting Inuit.
• 1791 - Massacre at the Champ de Mars, Paris, during the French Revolution. 1200-1500 people were killed, including women and children.
• 1794 - The sixteen Carmelite Martyrs of Compiegne are executed 10 days prior to the end of the French Revolution's Reign of Terror.
• 1815 - Napoleonic Wars: In France, Napoleon surrenders at Rochefort, Charente-Maritime to British forces.
• 1816 - The French passenger ship Medusa runs aground off the coast of Senegal.
• 1821 - Spain cedes Florida to the United States
• 1841 - The first issue of the magazine Punch is published in London
• 1856 - The Great Train Wreck of 1856, occurs in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania killing over 60 people.
• 1858 - Salving of the Lutine bell. The bell is subsequently hung in Lloyd's of London.
• 1897 - Klondike gold rush begins when first successful prospectors arrive in Seattle, Washington.
• 1898 - Spanish-American War: Battle of Santiago Bay - Troops under United States General William R. Shafter take the city of Santiago de Cuba from the Spanish.
• 1899 - NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital.
• 1917 - King George V of the United Kingdom issues a Proclamation stating that the male line descendants of the British royal family will bear the surname Windsor.
• 1918 - By order of the Bolshevik Party and carried out by Cheka, Emperor Nicholas II of Russia, his immediate family, and retainers were murdered at the Ipatiev House in Ekaterinburg, Russia.
• 1933 - After successfully crossing the Atlantic ocean, the Lithuanian research aircraft Lituanica crashes in Europe under mysterious circumstances.
• 1936 - Spanish Civil War: An Armed Forces rebellion against the recently-elected leftist Popular Front government of Spain starts the Spanish civil war.
• 1941 - Joe DiMaggio's baseball hitting streak ends at 56 games, by Cleveland Indian pitchers, Al Smith & Jim Bagby.
• 1944 - Port Chicago disaster: Near the San Francisco Bay, two ships laden with ammunition for the war explode in Port Chicago, California, killing 320.
• 1944 - World War II: The largest convoy of the war embarks from Halifax, Nova Scotia under Royal Canadian Navy protection.
• 1944 - Napalm incendiary bombs were dropped for the first time by American P-38 pilots on a fuel depot at Coutances, near St. Lô, France
• 1945 - World War II: Potsdam Conference - At Potsdam, President Harry S. Truman, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, the three main Allied leaders, begin their final summit of the war. The meeting will end on August 2.
• 1951 - Western New England College in Springfield, Massachusetts is chartered.
• 1955 - Disneyland televises its grand opening in Anaheim, California
• 1962 - Nuclear testing: The "Small Boy" test shot Little Feller I becomes the last atmospheric test detonation at the Nevada Test Site.
• 1964 - British speed pioneer Sir Donald Campbell sets a new land speed world record of 429mph in his car, Bluebird.
• 1968 - The date of the July 17th Revolution in Iraq when Abdul Rahman Arif was overthrown and the Ba'ath Party installed as the governing power in Iraq with Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr as the new Iraqi President.
• 1973 - King Mohammed Zahir Shah of Afghanistan is deposed by his cousin Mohammed Daoud Khan while in Italy undergoing eye surgery.
• 1975 - Apollo-Soyuz Test Project: An American Apollo and a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft dock with each other in orbit marking the first such link-up between spacecraft from the two nations.
• 1976 - History of East Timor: East Timor was annexed, and became the 27th province of Indonesia.
• 1976 - The opening of the Summer Olympics is marred by 25 African teams boycotting the New Zealand team
• 1979 - Nicaraguan president General Anastasio Somoza Debayle resigns and flees to Miami.
• 1981 - Hyatt Regency walkway collapse: Two skywalks filled with people at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri collapse into a crowded atrium lobby during a "tea dance," killing 114.
• 1987 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the 2,500 mark for the first time at 2510.04.
• 1989 - First flight of the B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber.
• 1995 - The Midwestern heat wave in the United States reaches its peak. Chicago and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, among other cities, set all-time high temperature records. The heat claims over 400 lives on this day alone.
• 1995 - The Nasdaq stock index closes above the 1,000 mark for the first time.
• 1996 - Off the coast of Long Island, New York, a Paris-bound Boeing 747 carrying TWA flight 800 explodes, killing all 230 on board.
• 1997 - The F.W. Woolworth Company closes after 117 years in business.
• 1997 - Daniel Komen breaks the 2 mile world record in a time of 7:58.61.
• 1998 - In St. Petersburg, Nicholas II of Russia and his family are buried in St. Catherine Chapel exactly 80 years after he and his family were killed by Bolsheviks.
• 1998 - Papua New Guinea earthquake: A tsunami triggered by an undersea earthquake destroys 10 villages in Papua New Guinea killing an estimated 3,183, leaving 2,000 more unaccounted for and thousands more homeless.
• 1998 - Biologists report in the journal Science how they sequenced the genome of the bacterium that causes syphilis, Treponema pallidum.
• 2007 - The Channel Tunnel Rail Link in the UK is officially completed and handed over to Network Rail, marking the end of almost 20 years of planning and construction.
• 2007 - TAM Linhas Aéreas Flight 3054 crashed upon landing during rain in São Paulo. This is Brazil's worst aviation accident to date with an estimated 199 deaths.

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John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury (1384/90 – 17 July 1453) was an important English military commander during the Hundred Years War. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... 1762 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Catherine II of Russia, called the Great (Russian: Екатерина II Великая, Yekaterina II Velikaya; 2 May [O.S. 21 April] 1729 – 17 November [O.S. 6 November] 1796) reigned as Empress of Russia for 34 years, from June 28, 1762 until her death. ... Tsar, (Bulgarian цар�, Russian царь; often spelled Czar or Tzar in English), was the title used for the autocratic rulers of the First and Second Bulgarian Empires since 913, in Serbia in the middle of the 14th century, and in Russia from 1547 to 1917. ... Grand Duke Peter, 1753, by Alexei Antropov Peter III (February 21, 1728 - July 17, 1762) (Russian: Пётр III Федорович or Pyotr III Fyodorovitch) was Emperor of Russia for six months in 1762. ... 1771 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The Massacre at Bloody Falls was an incident that took place during Samuel Hearnes exploration of the Coppermine River in 1771. ... The Chipewyan are an aboriginal people in Canada. ... Matonabbee (c. ... Samuel Hearne (1745 – November 1792), English explorer of northern North America, was born in London. ... For other uses, see Inuit (disambiguation). ... 1791 (MDCCXCI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 11-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 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For the Doctor Who British TV serial, see The Reign of Terror (Doctor Who). ... April 5-12: Mount Tambora explodes, changing climate. ... Combatants Austria[1] Portugal Prussia[1] Russia[2] Sicily  Spain[3]  Sweden United Kingdom[4] French Empire Holland Italy Naples [5] Duchy of Warsaw Bavaria[6] Saxony[7] Denmark-Norway [8] Commanders Archduke Charles Prince Schwarzenberg Karl Mack von Leiberich João Francisco de Saldanha Oliveira e Daun Gebhard von... Napoléon I, Emperor of the French (born Napoleone di Buonaparte, changed his name to Napoléon Bonaparte)[1] (15 August 1769; Ajaccio, Corsica – 5 May 1821; Saint Helena) was a general during the French Revolution, the ruler of France as First Consul (Premier Consul) of the French Republic from... Rochefort is a commune in western France, a seaport on the Atlantic Ocean. ... 1816 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The Raft of the Medusa is the name applied to an infamous catastrophic shipwreck of the French ship Medusa (original French name: La Méduse) in 1816 in the Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of Africa. ... Year 1821 (MDCCCXXI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Official language(s) English Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Largest metro area Miami metropolitan area Area  Ranked 22nd  - Total 65,795[1] sq mi (170,304[1] km²)  - Width 361 miles (582 km)  - Length 447 miles (721 km)  - % water 17. ... 1841 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Punch was a British weekly magazine of humour and satire published from 1841 to 1992 and from 1996 to 2002. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The Great Train Wreck of 1856 occurred on July 17, 1856 at Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, along the Sandy Run stream. ... Hillside houses in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania Fort Washington is an unincorporated census-designated place and suburb of Philadelphia in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. ... Year 1858 (MDCCCLVIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... It has been suggested that Council of Lloyds be merged into this article or section. ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Hunker Creek Valley, Klondike The Klondike is a region of the Yukon Territory in northwest Canada, east of the Alaska border. ... “Seattle” redirects here. ... Year 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Combatants United States Republic of Cuba Philippine Republic Spain Commanders Nelson A. Miles William R. Shafter George Dewey Máximo Gómez Emilio Aguinaldo Patricio Montojo Pascual Cervera Arsenio Linares Ramón Blanco Casualties 3,289 U.S. dead (432 from combat); considerably higher although undetermined Cuban and Filipino casualties... William Rufus Shafter (1835-1906) was a Major General in the United States Army. ... Santiago de Cuba is the capital city of Santiago de Cuba Province in the south-eastern area of the island nation of Cuba, some 540 miles (869 km) east south-east of the Cuban capital of Havana. ... Year 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday [1] of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... NEC Corporation (Jp. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ... George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was the first British monarch belonging to the House of Windsor, which he created from the British branch of the German House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. ... Members of the Royal Family on the balcony of Buckingham Palace after the Trooping the Colour ceremony The British Royal Family is shared between the Commonwealth Realms; this article focuses on the perspective of United Kingdom. ... The House of Windsor is the current Royal House of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and each of the other Commonwealth Realms. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... For other uses, see Bolshevik (disambiguation). ... Cheka-KGB emblem: sword and shield The Cheka (ЧК - чрезвычайная комиссия, extreme commission) was the first of a succession of Soviet state security organizations. ... Nicholas II redirects here. ... Snow-covered statue of Sverdlov in Yekaterinburg Yekaterinburgs Church on the Blood built on the spot where the Tsar and his family were executed. ... Year 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Steponas Darius and Stasys Girenas were Lithuanian pilots (USA citizens) who made a significant flight in the history of the worlds aviation. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Not to be confused with the Spanish Civil War of 1820-1823. ... A popular front is a broad coalition of different political groupings, often made up of leftists and centrists who are united by opposition to another group (most often fascist or far-right groups). ... Not to be confused with the Spanish Civil War of 1820-1823. ... For other uses, see 1941 (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about the sport. ... Major league affiliations American League (1901–present) Central Division (1994–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 3, 5, 14, 18, 19, 21, 42, 455 Name Cleveland Indians (1915–present) Cleveland Naps (1905-1914) Cleveland Bronchos (1902-1904) Cleveland Blues (1901) Other nicknames The Tribe, The Wahoos Ballpark Jacobs Field (1994–present... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Damage at the Port Chicago Pier after the 17 July 1944 explosion The Port Chicago disaster was a deadly explosion that took place on July 17, 1944 at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in Port Chicago, California, in the United States. ... San Francisco Bay, San Pablo Bay, and the Golden Gate San Francisco Bay is a shallow, productive estuary through which water draining approximately forty percent of California, flowing in the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers from the Sierra Nevada mountains, enters the Pacific Ocean. ... Ammunition, often referred to as ammo, is a generic term meaning (the assembly of) a projectile and its propellant. ... Port Chicago was a town on the southern banks of Suisun Bay, in Contra Costa County, California. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... The City of Halifax (1841-1996) was the capital of the province of Nova Scotia, and the largest city in Atlantic Canada. ... Motto: Munit Haec et Altera Vincit(Latin) One defends and the other conquers Capital Halifax Largest city Halifax Regional Municipality Official languages English, Canadian Gaelic Government - Lieutenant-Governor Mayann E. 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The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, were held in 1976 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... World map showing location of Africa A satellite composite image of Africa Africa is the worlds second_largest continent in both area and population, after Asia. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... Anastasio (Tachito) Somoza Debayle (December 5, 1925 – September 17, 1980) was officially the forty-fourth and forty-fifth President of Nicaragua from May 1, 1967 to May 1, 1972 and from December 1, 1974 to July 17, 1979. ... Miami redirects here. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... View of the lobby floor, during the first day of the investigation The Hyatt Regency hotel walkway collapse was a major disaster that occurred on July 17, 1981 in Kansas City, Missouri, killing 114 people and injuring more than 200 others during a tea dance. ... 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Births

• 1487 - Ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524)
• 1674 - Isaac Watts, English hymnwriter (d. 1748)
• 1698 - Pierre Louis Maupertuis, French mathematician (d. 1759)
• 1744 - Elbridge Gerry, 5th Vice President of the United States (d. 1814)
• 1745 - Petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (d. 1826)
• 1797 - Hippolyte Delaroche, French painter (d. 1856)
• 1831 - Xianfeng, Emperor of China (d. 1861)
• 1839 - Ephraim Shay, American inventor (d. 1916)
• 1888 - Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Israeli writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)
• 1898 - George Robert Vincent, American sound recording pioneer (d. 1985)
• 1889 - Erle Stanley Gardner, American lawyer and author (Perry Mason) (d. 1970)
• 1893 - Marvin Pierce, women's magazine publisher (d. 1969)
• 1898 - Osmond Borradaile, WW1 veteran and Canadian cinematographer (d. 1999)
• 1899 - James Cagney, American actor (d. 1986)
• 1900 - Marcel Dalio, French actor (d. 1983)
• 1901 - Bruno Jasieński, Polish poet (d. 1938)
• 1902 - Christina Stead, Australian novelist (d. 1983)
• 1911 - Ted Anderson, English footballer (d. 1979)
• 1913 - Bertrand Goldberg, American architect (d. 1997)
• 1912 - Art Linkletter, Canadian television host
• 1917 - Phyllis Diller, American comedian
• 1917 - Red Sovine, American country music singer (d. 1980)
• 1917 - Lou Boudreau, Major League baseball player and manager (d. 2001)
• 1918 - Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio, President of Guatemala (d. 2003)
• 1920 - Juan Antonio Samaranch, Spanish chairman of the International Olympic Committee
• 1920 - Kenneth Wolstenholme, English sports commentator (d. 2002)
• 1920 - Gordon Gould, inventor of the laser (d. 2005)
• 1921 - František Zvarík, Slovakian actor
• 1926 - Édouard Carpentier, French-born professional wrestler
• 1928 - Vince Guaraldi, American musician and composer (d. 1976)
• 1929 - Sergei K. Godunov, Russian mathematician
• 1935 - Diahann Carroll, American actor
• 1935 - Peter Schickele, American composer, author, and radio host
• 1935 - Donald Sutherland, Canadian actor
• 1939 - Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran
• 1939 - Andrée Champagne, French Canadian actress and politician
• 1940 - Tim Brooke-Taylor, English comedian
• 1941 - Spencer Davis, British singer and guitarist (Spencer Davis Group)
• 1941 - Jürgen Flimm, German theatre director and manager
• 1941 - Daryle Lamonica, American football player
• 1942 - Don Kessinger, baseball player
• 1942 - Peter Sissons, British newsreader
• 1944 - Carlos Alberto, Brazilian football player
• 1944 - Catherine Schell, Hungarian born British actress
• 1945 - Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia
• 1946 - Alun Armstrong, English actor
• 1947 - Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
• 1947 - Wolfgang Flür, German musician (Kraftwerk)
• 1948 - Ron Asheton, American musician and composer (Iggy Pop & The Stooges)
• 1948 - Luc Bondy, Swiss theatre and opera director
• 1949 - Terence "Geezer" Butler, British musician and lyricist (Black Sabbath)
• 1949 - John Wetton, British musician (King Crimson)
• 1949 - Snyder Rini, Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands for eight days
• 1949 - Charlie Steiner, American sports broadcaster
• 1951 - Lucie Arnaz, American actress
• 1950 - Derek de Lint, Dutch actor
• 1950 - P.J. Soles, German-born American actress
• 1952 - David Hasselhoff, American actor and musician
• 1952 - Phoebe Snow, singer and songwriter
• 1952 - Nicolette Larson, American singer (d. 1997)
• 1954 - Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany
• 1954 - J. Michael Straczynski, American author
• 1955 - Paul Stamets, American mycologist and environmentalist
• 1956 - Bryan Trottier, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1957 - Fern Britton, British television presenter
• 1958 - Wong Kar-wai, Chinese film director
• 1960 - Mark Burnett, English-born television producer
• 1960 - Robin Shou, Hong Kong actor
• 1960 - Jan Wouters, Dutch football player and manager
• 1963 - Matti Nykänen, Finnish ski jumper
• 1963 - Letsie III, King of Lesotho
• 1965 - Craig Morgan, American singer
• 1965 - Alex Winter, English film director
• 1965 - Santiago Segura, Spanish film director and actor
• 1966 - Sten Tolgfors, Swedish politician
• 1968 - Bitty Schram, American actress
• 1968 - John Ventimiglia, American actor
• 1971 - Jarrett Cordes, American hip-hip artist (P.M. Dawn)
• 1971 - Cory Doctorow, Canadian author and activist
• 1972 - Jason Rullo, American drummer (Symphony X and formerly Redemption)
• 1972 - Jaap Stam, Dutch footballer
• 1973 - Eric Moulds, American football player
• 1973 - Tony Dovolani, Albanian ballroom dancer
• 1973 - Liam Kyle Sullivan, American comedian and actor
• 1974 - Laura Macdonald, Scottish jazz musician
• 1975 - Konnie Huq, English television presenter
• 1975 - Cécile de France, Belgian actress
• 1975 - Elena Anaya, Spanish actress
• 1975 - Terence Tao, Australian Chinese mathematician
• 1976 - Gino D'Acampo, Italian celebrity chef
• 1976 - Dagmara Dominczyk, Polish actress
• 1977 - M.I.A., British rapper
• 1977 - Marc Savard, Canadian hockey player
• 1978 - Mike Hettinga, American professional wrestler
• 1978 - Katharine Towne, American actress
• 1979 - Mike Vogel, American actor
• 1980 - Ryan Miller, NHL hockey player
• 1980 - Javier Camuñas, Spanish footballer
• 1980 - Craig Hughes, minor Welsh rugby player
• 1981 - Elpida Romantzi, Greek archer
• 1982 - Natasha Hamilton, British singer (Atomic Kitten)
• 1983 - Ryan Guettler, professional Australian BMX rider
• 1983 - Adam Lind, American baseball player
• 1984 - Sotiris Leontiou, Greek footballer
• 1985 - Neil McGregor, Scottish footballer
• 1985 - Tom Fletcher, British singer (McFly)
• 1986 - Dana, Korean singer/dancer/actress (TSZX)
• 1988 - Kat DeLuna, Latina-American singer
• 1989 - Marko Todorović, Swiss swimmer
• 1992 - amy was born
• 1998 - Felipe Juan Froilán de Marichalar y de Borbón, Spanish royal

Events Richard Fox becomes Bishop of Exeter. ... Shah Ismail I, the founder of Safavid Dynasty of Iran pictured at battle against Abul-khayr Khan in a scene from the Tarikh-i alam-aray-i Shāh Ismāil Abul-Mozaffar bin Sheikh Haydar bin Sheikh Junayd Safawī (Persian: - Azerbaijani: ) (July 17, 1487 - May 23, 1524), Shah... One of the worlds longest-lasting monarchies, the Iranian monarchy went through many transformations over the centuries, from the days of Persia to the creation of what is now modern day Iran. ... Events March 1, 1524/5 - Giovanni da Verrazano lands near Cape Fear (approx. ... Events February 19 - England and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster. ... Isaac Watts (July 17, 1674 – November 25, 1748) is recognised as the Father of English Hymnody, as he was the first prolific and popular English hymnwriter, credited with some 750 hymns. ... Year 1748 (MDCCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Friday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ... Events January 4 - Palace of Whitehall in London is destroyed by fire. ... Pierre Louis Maupertuis, here wearing lapmudes or a fur coat from his Lapland expedition. ... 1759 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... // Events The third French and Indian War, known as King Georges War, breaks out at Port Royal, Nova Scotia The First Saudi State founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud Prague occupied by Prussian armies Ongoing events War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748) Births January 10 - Thomas Mifflin, fifth President... Elbridge Thomas Gerry (pronounced ) (July 17, 1744 – November 23, 1814) was an American statesman and diplomat. ... The Vice President of the United States (sometimes referred to as VPOTUS[1] or Veep) is the first in the presidential line of succession, becoming