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-* [[536]] - [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] General [[Belisarius]] enters in [[Rome]] while the [[Ostrogothic]] garrison peacefully leaves the city, returning the old capital to its empire. 
-*[[1425]] - The [[Catholic University of Leuven]] is founded. 
-*[[1531]] - First apparition of the [[Blessed Virgin Mary|Virgin Mary]] ([[Our Lady of Guadalupe]]) to [[Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin]] on Tepeyac Hill  
-*[[1793]] - [[New York, New York|New York City]]'s first daily [[newspaper]], the ''American Minerva'', is established by [[Noah Webster]]. 
-*[[1824]] - Patriot forces led by General [[Antonio José de Sucre]] defeat a Royalist army in the [[Battle of Ayacucho]], putting an end to the [[Peruvian War of Independence]]. 
-*[[1835]] - The [[Republic of Texas]] captures [[San Antonio, Texas|San Antonio]]. 
-*[[1851]] - The first [[YMCA]] in [[North America]] is established in [[Montreal, Quebec]]. 
-*[[1856]] - The [[Iran]]ian city of [[Bushehr]] surrenders to occupying [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|British]] forces. 
-*[[1861]] - [[American Civil War]]: The [[Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War]] is established by the [[Congress of the United States|U.S. Congress]]. 
-*[[1872]] - In [[Louisiana]], [[P. B. S. Pinchback]] becomes the first serving [[African-American]] governor of a U.S. state. 
-*[[1875]] - [[Massachusetts Rifle Association]] "America's Oldest Active Gun Club" is founded. 
-*[[1888]] - Statistician [[Herman Hollerith]] installs his computing device at the [[United States War Department]]. 
-*[[1892]] - The football clubs Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End merge to form [[Newcastle United F.C.]] 
*[[1897]] - Activist [[Marguerite Durand]] founds the [[feminist]] daily [[newspaper]], ''[[La Fronde]]'' in [[Paris]]. *[[1897]] - Activist [[Marguerite Durand]] founds the [[feminist]] daily [[newspaper]], ''[[La Fronde]]'' in [[Paris]].
*[[1905]] - In [[France]], the law [[1905 law on secularity|separating church and state]] is passed. *[[1905]] - In [[France]], the law [[1905 law on secularity|separating church and state]] is passed.

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