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  • Sep 22, 1515

    Anne of Cleves

    Anne of Cleves
    1515 – Anne of Cleves (d. 1557)

  • Battle of Stephen

    Battle of Stephen
    1586 Battle of Stephen– B: Spanish victory over the English and Dutch.

  • Ben Jonson

    Ben Jonson
    1598 – English playwright Ben Jonson kills an actor in a duel and is indicted for manslaughter

  • Nathan Hale

    Nathan Hale
    1776 – Nathan Hale is hanged for spying during American Revolution

  • The office of United States

    The office of United States
    1789 – The office of United States Postmaster General is established.

  • Battle of Rymnik

    Battle of Rymnik
    1789 – Battle of Rymnik establishes Alexander Suvorov as a pre-eminent Russian military commander after his allied army defeat superior Ottoman Empire forces.

  • Michael Faraday

    Michael Faraday
    1791 – Michael Faraday, English physicist and chemist (d. 1867)

  • Slavery in the United States

    Slavery in the United States
    1862 – Slavery in the United States: A preliminary version of the Emancipation Proclamation is released

  • Billie Piper,

    Billie Piper,
    1982 – Billie Piper, English actress and singer

  • Nagerkovi school bombing

    Nagerkovi school bombing
    1995 – Nagerkovi school bombing, is carried out by the Sri Lanka Air Force in which at least 34 die, most of them ethnic Tamil school children.