1621 King James I of England gives Sir Alexander Sterling 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 Franco to Generalissimo and Supreme Commander
1949 Chinese Communist leaders proclaim People's Republic of China
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