Todays History (historyorb/today/) 241 BC - First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands - The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing the First Punic War to an end. 418 - Jews are excluded from public office in the Roman Empire 1535 - Bishop Tomés de Berlanga discovers Galapagos Islands 1578 - Queen Elizabeth I gives Johan Casimir £20,000 to aid Dutch rebellion 1624 - England declares war on Spain 1629 - King Charles I dissolved Parliament; he recalled it 11 years later 1661 - French King Louis XIV ends office of premier 1681 - English Quaker William Penn receives charter from Charles II, making him sole proprietor of colonial American territory Pennsylvania 1734 - Spanish army under Don Carlos (III) draws into Naples 1735 - An agreement between Nadir Shah and Paul I of Russia is signed near Ganja and Russian troops are withdrawn from Baku. 1762 - French Huguenot Jean Calas, who was wrongly convicted of killing his son, dies after being tortured by authorities; the event inspired Voltaire to begin a campaign for religious tolerance and legal reform 1789 - Franklin College founded 1791 - John Stone, Concord, Mass, patents a pile driver 1791 - Pope condemns Frances Civil Constitution of the clergy 1801 - First census in Great Britain
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