![]() ![]() 1836 – Sam Houston is inaugurated as the first President of the Republic of Texas.1797 – André-Jacques Garnerin makes the first recorded parachute jump, from 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) above Paris.1790 – Northwest Indian War: Native American forces defeat the United States, ending the Harmar Campaign.1784 – Russia founds a colony on Kodiak Island, Alaska.1777 – American Revolutionary War: American defenders of Fort Mercer on the Delaware River repulse repeated Hessian attacks in the Battle of Red Bank. ![]() 1739 – The War of Jenkins' Ear begins with the first attack on La Guaira.1721 – The Russian Empire is proclaimed by Tsar Peter I after the Swedish defeat in the Great Northern War.In response, the first Longitude Act is enacted in 1714.1707 – Four British naval vessels run aground on the Isles of Scilly because of faulty navigation.1633 – The Ming dynasty defeats the Dutch East India Company. ![]() Rival claimants begin a period of civil war and disorder.1383 – The male line of the Portuguese House of Burgundy becomes extinct with the death of King Fernando, leaving only his daughter Beatrice. ![]()
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