1851 – Christiana Resistance: Escaped slaves led by William Parker fight off and kill a slave owner who, with a federal marshal and an armed party, sought to seize three of his former slaves in Christiana, Pennsylvania, thereby creating a cause célèbre between slavery proponents and abolitionists.1836 – The Riograndense Republic is proclaimed by rebels after defeating Empire of Brazil's troops in the Battle of Seival, during the Ragamuffin War.
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1813 – War of 1812: British troops arrive in Mount Vernon and prepare to march to and invade Washington, D.C.1803 – Battle of Delhi, during the Second Anglo-Maratha War, between British troops under General Lake, and Marathas of Scindia's army under General Louis Bourquin.1802 – France annexes the Kingdom of Piedmont.1800 – The Maltese National Congress Battalions are disbanded by British Civil Commissioner Alexander Ball.1792 – The Hope Diamond is stolen along with other French crown jewels when six men break into the house where they are stored.1789 – Alexander Hamilton is appointed the first United States Secretary of the Treasury.1786 – The beginning of the Annapolis Convention.1780 – American Revolutionary War: Sugarloaf massacre: A small detachment of militia from Northampton County, Pennsylvania, are attacked by Native Americans and Loyalists near Little Nescopeck Creek.1777 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Brandywine: The British celebrate a major victory in Chester County, Pennsylvania.1776 – British–American peace conference on Staten Island fails to stop nascent American Revolutionary War.1775 – Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec leaves Cambridge, Massachusetts.1758 – Battle of Saint Cast: France repels British invasion during the Seven Years' War.1714 – Siege of Barcelona: Barcelona, capital city of Catalonia, surrenders to Spanish and French Bourbon armies in the War of the Spanish Succession.1709 – Battle of Malplaquet: Great Britain, Netherlands, and Austria fight against France.The army is defeated nine months later in the Battle of Poltava, and the Swedish Empire ceases to be a major power. 1708 – Charles XII of Sweden stops his march to conquer Moscow outside Smolensk, marking the turning point in the Great Northern War.1697 – Battle of Zenta: a major engagement in the Great Turkish War (1683–1699) and one of the most decisive defeats in Ottoman history.1683 – Battle of Vienna: Coalition forces, including the famous winged Hussars, led by Polish King John III Sobieski lift the siege laid by Ottoman forces.1649 – Siege of Drogheda ends: Oliver Cromwell's Parliamentarian troops take the town and execute its garrison.1609 – Henry Hudson arrives on Manhattan Island and meets the indigenous people living there.1565 – Ottoman forces retreat from Malta ending the Great Siege of Malta.1541 – Santiago, Chile, is attacked by indigenous warriors, led by Michimalonco, to free eight indigenous chiefs held captive by the Spaniards.1390 – Lithuanian Civil War (1389–92): The Teutonic Knights begin a five-week siege of Vilnius.1297 – Battle of Stirling Bridge: Scots jointly led by William Wallace and Andrew Moray defeat the English.1185 – Isaac II Angelos kills Stephen Hagiochristophorites and then appeals to the people, resulting in the revolt that deposes Andronikos I Komnenos and places Isaac on the throne of the Byzantine Empire.9 – The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends: The Roman Empire suffers the greatest defeat of its history and the Rhine is established as the border between the Empire and the so-called barbarians for the next four hundred years.
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