    ==events== *1256 &ndash; the augustinian monastic order is constituted at the lecceto monastery when pope alexander iv issues a papal bull licet ecclesiae catholicae. *1415 &ndash; religious reformers john wycliffe and jan hus are condemned as heretics at the council of constance. *1436 &ndash; assassination of the swedish rebel (later national hero) engelbrekt engelbrektsson *1471 &ndash; wars of the roses: the battle of tewkesbury: edward iv defeats a lancastrian army and kills edward, prince of wales. *1493 &ndash; pope alexander vi divides the new world between spain and portugal along the line of demarcation. *1626 &ndash; dutch explorer peter minuit arrives in new netherland (present day manhattan island) aboard the see meeuw. *1675 &ndash; king charles ii of england orders the construction of the royal greenwich observatory. *1686 &ndash; the municipality of ilagan is founded in the philippines. *1776 &ndash; rhode island becomes the first american colony to renounce allegiance to king george iii. *1799 &ndash; fourth anglo-mysore war: the battle of seringapatam: the siege of seringapatam ends when the city is invaded and tipu sultan killed by the besieging british army, under the command of general george harris. *1814 &ndash; emperor napoleon i of france arrives at portoferraio on the island of elba to begin his exile. * 1814 &ndash; king ferdinand vii of spain signs the decrete of the 4th of may, returning spain to absolutism. *1836 &ndash; formation of ancient order of hibernians *1859 &ndash; the cornwall railway opens across the royal albert bridge linking the counties of devon and cornwall in england. *1869 &ndash; the naval battle of hakodate bay is fought in japan. *1871 &ndash; the national association, the first professional baseball league, opens its first season in fort wayne, indiana. *1886 &ndash; haymarket affair: a bomb is thrown at policemen trying to break up a labor rally in chicago, illinois, united states, killing eight and wounding 60. the police fire into the crowd. *1902 &ndash; 8 fishermen lose their lives in galway bay, county galway, ireland in the galway bay drowning tragedy. *1904 &ndash; the united states begins
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