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1093 - Death of St. Ulrich von Zell in the Black Forest (born 1029 in Regensburg (Germany)).

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1486 - Birth of Andrea del Sarto Italy, painter (Recollets).

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1602 - Birth of Jules Mazarin France, cardinal, French first Minister (1642-61).

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1714 - Battle of Aland, Russian fleet overpowers larger Swedish fleet.

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1771 - Mission San Antonio de Padua founded in California.

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1789 - Citizens of Paris, France, storm the Bastille prison.

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1798 - First direct federal tax on the states-on dwellings, land and slaves.

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1798 - Sedition Act prohibits "false, scandalous and malicious" writing.

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1845 - First postmasters' provisional stamps issued, New York City.

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1847 - In Braunau, Bohemia, a 37-lb iron meteorite smashes through the roof of a house.

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