Sunday, October 28, 2012

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Year 1635

John West becomes Crown Governor of Virginia


Year 1643

Cardinal Giovanni Stefano Donghi becomes Cardinal Deacon of St George in Velabro


On 31 August

Born in Italy

  Year 1656   Samuel Mathews becomes Commonwealth of England Governor of Virginia     Year 1670   Virginia has an estimated 6000 slaves present in the state     Year 1683   Karl von Leichtenstein resigns as Bishop of Wroclaw by Papal Order  

Saturday, October 20, 2012

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Year 1638

The town of Barnstable, Massachusetts is incorporated


Year 1641

Cardinal Guido Bentivoglio D’Aragona becomes Cardinal of the Suburbicarian See of Palestrina.


On 1 July

  Year 1671   Cardinal Rinaldo D’Este becomes Cardinal of the Suburbicarian See of Palestrina.

On 24 August

  Year 1844   Alabama Senator William R King resigns his seat.

On 15 April

  Year 1851   Buena Vista County Iowa is established from Clay County Iowa and from Sac County Iowa and is named after the Battle of Buena Vista which was a battle during the Mexican American War

On 15 January

 

Tuesday, October 09, 2012

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Year 1929

Charles F Adams III becomes the Secretary of the Navy


Year 1931

Edward P Costiga becomes a Senator of Colorado


Year 1940

Luigi Delmotte becomes Bishop of Tournai


Year 1945

An announcement of victory over Germany was presented on Moscow Radio at 0200.


On 9 May

  Year 1957   Prince George of Greece and Denmark dies.

On 25 November