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Events
- 1652 - Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp at the Cape of Good Hope, which eventually becomes Cape Town.
- 1814 - Napoleon abdicates. He is then exiled to Elba.
- 1862 - American Civil War: The Battle of Shiloh begins - in Tennessee
- 1896 - In Athens, the opening of the first modern Olympic Games is celebrated
- 1909 - Robert Peary and Matthew Henson allegedly reach the North Pole.
- 1917 - World War I: United States declares war on Germany.
Births
- 1483 - Raphael, Italian painter and architect (d. 1520)
- 1671 - Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French poet (d. 1741)
- 1926 - Ian Paisley, Northern Irish politician
- 1928 - James Watson, American scientist
Deaths
- 1199 - King Richard I of England (b. 1157)
- 1528 - Albrecht Dürer, German artist (b. 1471)
