1621 King James I of England gives Sir William Alexander a royal charter for colonisation of Nova Scotia 1792 French Revolution: The National Convention passes a proclamation announcing the formal abolition of the French monarchy 1898 Empress Dowager Cixi seizes power and ends the Hundred Days' Reform in China, imprisoning the Guangxu Emperor 1915 Cecil Chubb buys English prehistoric monument Stonehenge for £6,600 1922 US President Warren G. Harding signs a joint resolution of approval to establish a Jewish homeland in Palestine 1936 Spanish fascist junta names Francisco Franco to Generalissimo and Supreme Commander 1949 Chinese Communist leaders proclaim the People's Republic of China | 
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