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1219
The port of Damietta falls to the Crusaders after a siege.
1556
The Emperor Akbar defeats the Hindus at Panipat and secures control of the Mogul Empire.
1605
Guy Fawkes is betrayed and arrested in an attempt to blow up the British Parliament in the "Gunpowder Plot." Ever since, England has celebrated Guy Fawkes Day.
1653
The Iroquois League signs a peace treaty with the French, vowing not to wage war with other tribes under French protection.
1757
Frederick II of Prussia defeats the French at Rosbach in the Seven Years War.
1768
William Johnson, the northern Indian Commissioner, signs a treaty with the Iroquois Indians to acquire much of the land between the Tennessee and Ohio rivers for future settlement.
1814
Having decided to abandon the Niagara frontier, the American army blows up Fort Erie.
1840
Afghanistan surrenders to the British army.
1854
British and French defeat the Russians at Inkerman, Crimea.
1862
President Abraham Lincoln relieves General George McClellan of command of the Union armies and names Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside commander of the Army of the Potomac.
1872
Susan B. Anthony is arrested for trying to vote.
1911
Calbraith P. Rodgers ends first transcontinental flight–49 days from New York to Pasadena, Calif.
1912
Woodrow Wilson is elected 28th president of the United States.
1914
France and Great Britain declare war on Turkey.
1917
General John Pershing leads U.S. troops into the first American action against German forces.
1930
Sinclair Lewis becomes the first American to win a Nobel Prize in Literature for his novelBabbit.
1935
Parker Brothers company launches "Monopoly," a game of real estate and capitalism.
1940
President Franklin D. Roosevelt is re-elected for third term.
Source: Today In History - November 5th - eReporter
1219
The port of Damietta falls to the Crusaders after a siege.
1556
The Emperor Akbar defeats the Hindus at Panipat and secures control of the Mogul Empire.
1605
Guy Fawkes is betrayed and arrested in an attempt to blow up the British Parliament in the "Gunpowder Plot." Ever since, England has celebrated Guy Fawkes Day.
1653
The Iroquois League signs a peace treaty with the French, vowing not to wage war with other tribes under French protection.
1757
Frederick II of Prussia defeats the French at Rosbach in the Seven Years War.
1768
William Johnson, the northern Indian Commissioner, signs a treaty with the Iroquois Indians to acquire much of the land between the Tennessee and Ohio rivers for future settlement.
1814
Having decided to abandon the Niagara frontier, the American army blows up Fort Erie.
1840
Afghanistan surrenders to the British army.
1854
British and French defeat the Russians at Inkerman, Crimea.
1862
President Abraham Lincoln relieves General George McClellan of command of the Union armies and names Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside commander of the Army of the Potomac.
1872
Susan B. Anthony is arrested for trying to vote.
1911
Calbraith P. Rodgers ends first transcontinental flight–49 days from New York to Pasadena, Calif.
1912
Woodrow Wilson is elected 28th president of the United States.
1914
France and Great Britain declare war on Turkey.
1917
General John Pershing leads U.S. troops into the first American action against German forces.
1930
Sinclair Lewis becomes the first American to win a Nobel Prize in Literature for his novelBabbit.
1935
Parker Brothers company launches "Monopoly," a game of real estate and capitalism.
1940
President Franklin D. Roosevelt is re-elected for third term.
Source: Today In History - November 5th - eReporter
