    ==events== *1272 &ndash; while travelling during the ninth crusade, prince edward becomes king of england upon henry iii of england's death, but he will not return to england for nearly two years to assume the throne. *1491 &ndash; an auto-da-fÃ©, held in the brasero de la dehesa outside of Ãvila, concludes the case of the holy child of la guardia with the public execution of several jewish and converso suspects. *1532 &ndash; francisco pizarro and his men capture inca emperor atahualpa at the battle of cajamarca. *1632 &ndash; thirty years' war: battle of lÃ¼tzen is fought, the swedes are victorious but king gustavus adolphus of sweden dies in the battle. *1776 &ndash; american revolutionary war: british and hessian units capture fort washington from the patriots. * 1776 &ndash; american revolution: the united provinces (low countries) recognize the independence of the united states. *1793 &ndash; french revolution: ninety anti-republican catholic priests are executed by drowning at nantes. *1797 &ndash; the prussian heir apparent, frederick william, becomes king of prussia as frederick william iii. *1805 &ndash; napoleonic wars: battle of schÃ¶ngrabern &ndash; russian forces under pyotr bagration delay the pursuit by french troops under joachim murat. *1822 &ndash; american old west: missouri trader william becknell arrives in santa fe, new mexico, over a route that became known as the santa fe trail. *1828 &ndash; greek war of independence: the london protocol entails the creation of an autonomous greek state under ottoman suzerainty, encompassing the morea and the cyclades. *1849 &ndash; a russian court sentences writer fyodor dostoyevsky to death for anti-government activities linked to a radical intellectual group; his sentence is later commuted to hard labor. *1852 &ndash; the english astronomer john russell hind discovers the asteroid 22 kalliope. *1857 &ndash; second relief of lucknow &ndash; twenty-four victoria crosses are awarded, the most in a single day. *1863 &ndash; american civil war: battle of campbell's station near knoxville, tennessee &ndash; confederate troops unsuccessfully attack union forces. *1885 &ndash; canadian rebel leader of the mÃ©tis and "father of manitoba" louis riel is executed for treason. *1904 &a
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