1580 Francis Drake completes circumnavigation of the world, sailing into Plymouth aboard the Golden Hind 1687 Acropolis in Athens attacked by Venetian army trying to eject Turks, damaging the Parthenon 1687 City council of Amsterdam votes to support William of Orange's invasion of England, which became the Glorious Revolution 1815 Russia, Prussia and Austria sign the Holy Alliance 1901 Great Britain annexes the Ashanti Kingdom and places it under the governor of the Gold Coast (Ghana) 1918 Beginning of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, more than 1 million American soldiers in the largest and most costly offensive of WWI | 
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