1621: King James I of England gives Scottish courtier and poet William Alexander a royal charter to colonize Nova Scotia

1792: French Revolution: The National Convention passes a proclamation announcing the formal abolition of the French monarchy

1898: Empress Dowager Cixi seizes power and ends the Hundred Days’ Reform in China, imprisoning the Guangxu Emperor

1915: Cecil Chubb buys the prehistoric monument Stonehenge for £6,600 and later donates it to the British nation

1922: US President Warren G. Harding signs a joint resolution of approval to establish a Jewish homeland in Palestine

1936: Spanish fascist junta names Francisco Franco Generalísimo and Supreme Commander

1949: Mao Zedong and Chinese Communist leaders proclaim the People’s Republic of China

Source: Onthisday.com