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683 - Saint Leo II ends his reign as Catholic Pope.

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1423 - Birth of Louis XI king of France (1461-83).

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1567 - Birth of Samuel de Champlain explorer (Lake Champlain).

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1608 - City of Québec founded by French explorer Samuel de Champlain.

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1731 - Birth of Samuel Huntington (Governor-Connecticut), Continental Congress president.

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1738 - Birth of John Singleton Copley Massachusetts, finest colonial American artist.

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1754 - George Washington surrenders to French, Fort Necessity (7 Years' War).

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1778 - British forces massacre 360 men, women and children in Wyoming, Pennsylvania.

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1806 - Michael Keens exhibits first cultivated strawberry.

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1814 - Americans capture Fort Erie, Canada.

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