1566 St. Augustine, Florida founded
1601 John Lancaster leads 1st East India Company voyage from London
1633 Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei arrived in Rome for trial before Inquisition for professing belief that earth revolves around the Sun
Galileo's Battle for the Heavens 1
1858 Sir Richard Burton and John Speake explore Lake Tanganyika, Africa
1907 English suffragettes storm British Parliament and 60 women are arrested
1920 Switzerland rejoin League of Nations; League of Nations recognizes perpetual neutrality of Switzerland
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