📜 Events

• 1 260 – Sima Zhao's regicide of Cao Mao: The figurehead Wei emperor Cao Mao personally leads an attempt to oust his regent, Sima Zhao; the attempted coup is crushed and the emperor killed.
• 2 455 – Sack of Rome: Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for two weeks.
• 3 575 – Pope Benedict I is consecrated after obtaining imperial approval from Constantinople.
• 4 1098 – First Crusade: The first Siege of Antioch ends as Crusader forces take the city; the second siege began five days later.
• 5 1259 – Wedding of Manfred, King of Sicily, and Byzantine princess Helena Angelina Doukaina.
• 6 1608 – The Colony of Virginia gets a charter, extending borders from "sea to sea".
• 7 1615 – The first Récollet missionaries arrive at Quebec City, from Rouen, France.
• 8 1676 – Franco-Dutch War: France ensured the supremacy of its naval fleet for the remainder of the war with its victory in the Battle of Palermo.
• 9 1692 – Bridget Bishop is the first person to be tried for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts; she was found guilty the same day and hanged on June 10.
• 10 1763 – Pontiac's Rebellion: At what is now Mackinaw City, Michigan, Chippewas capture Fort Michilimackinac by diverting the garrison's attention with a game of lacrosse, then chasing a ball into the fort.
• 11 1774 – Intolerable Acts: The Quartering Act of 1774 is enacted, allowing a governor in colonial America to house British soldiers in uninhabited houses, outhouses, barns, or other buildings if suitable quarters are not provided.
• 12 1780 – The anti-Catholic Gordon Riots in London leave an estimated 300 to 700 people dead.
• 13 1793 – French Revolution: François Hanriot, leader of the Parisian National Guard, arrests 22 Girondists selected by Jean-Paul Marat, setting the stage for the Reign of Terror.
• 14 1805 – Napoleonic Wars: A Franco-Spanish fleet recaptures from the British the island of Diamond Rock, which guards the entrance to the bay leading to Fort-de-France, Martinique.
• 15 1848 – The Slavic Congress opens in Prague.

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