1602: United Dutch East Indian Company (VOC) forms granted a monopoly in all Dutch sea-borne trade with Asia

1800: Alessandro Volta reports his discovery of the electric battery in a letter to Joseph Banks, president of the Royal Society of London

1815: Napoléon Bonaparte enters Paris after his escape from Elba, begins 100-day rule

1854: Republican Party formally organized in Ripon, Wisconsin

1900: US Secretary of State John Hay announces that all nations to whom he sent notes calling for an ‘open door’ policy in China have essentially accepted his stand

1933: Dachau the first Nazi concentration camp, is completed
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2016: Barack Obama becomes the first US President to visit Cuba since 1928, arriving for a three-day tour with First Lady Michelle

2024: New rule limiting tailpipe pollution, aimed at greatly expanding electric vehicles in the US is announced by President Joe Biden

2024: Vaughan Gething confirmed as Welsh new first minister and the first black leader of a national government in Europe

Source: Onthisday.com