1066 William the Conqueror's troops set sail for England
1290 Earthquake in the Gulf of Chihli (Bohai Sea) near China, reportedly kills 100,000 people
1540 Society of Jesus (Jesuits) founded by Ignatius Loyola confirmed by Pope Paul III in Rome
1779 John Adams negotiates Revolutionary War peace terms with Great Britain
1821 Mexican revolutionary forces led by Agustín de Iturbide occupy Mexico City as Spanish withdraw, bringing an end to the Mexican War of Independence
1822 French scholar Jean-François Champollion announces that he has deciphered the Rosetta stone
1905 The physics journal Annalen der Physik publishes Albert Einstein's paper "Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?", introducing the equation E=mc².
1908 Henry Ford's first Ford Model T automobile leaves the Piquette Plant in Detroit, Michigan
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