• 1533 - King Henry VIII of England was excommunicated.
• 1798 - The United States Marine Corps was established.
• 1804 - Aaron Burr shot Alexander Hamilton in a duel.
• 1811 - Italian scientist Amedeo Avogadro published his memoir about molecular content of gases.
• 1859 - A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens was published.

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