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1660 – The four-year-old Charles XI became King of Sweden upon his father's death.; 1891 – Frances Coles was killed in the last of eleven unsolved murders of women that took place in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London.
1699 – For the first time, the Ottoman Empire permanently cedes territory to the Christian powers. [6]1700 – The 8.7–9.2 M w Cascadia earthquake takes place off the west coast of North America, as evidenced by Japanese records.
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1377 – Gregory XI, the last Avignon pope, entered Rome after a four-month journey from Avignon, returning the papacy to its original city.; 1893 – Lorrin A. Thurston and the Citizens' Committee of Public Safety led the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom and the government of Queen LiliÊ»uokalani (pictured).
2004 – Flash Airlines Flight 604 crashes into the Red Sea, resulting in 148 deaths, making it one of the deadliest aviation accidents in Egyptian history. [ 46 ] 2009 – The first block of the blockchain of the decentralized payment system Bitcoin , called the Genesis block , is established by the creator of the system, Satoshi Nakamoto .
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474 BC – Roman consul Aulus Manlius Vulso celebrates an ovation for concluding the war against Veii and securing a forty years truce. [1]44 BC – The assassination of Julius Caesar takes place on the Ides of March.