301 San Marino, one of the smallest nations in the world and the world's oldest republic still in existence, founded by Saint Marinus
1783 Treaty of Paris signed in Paris ends the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain and United States of America
1900 With a proclamation by General Lord Roberts, Britain annexes the Boer Republic of South Africa
1939 World War II: Britain declares war on Germany after invasion of Poland. France follows 6 hours later quickly joined by Australia, New Zealand, South Africa & Canada
1988 Estimated by this date 50,000 Kurdish civilians and soldiers killed by Iraq, many using chemical weapons, in aftermath of Iran-Iraq War
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