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1640 |
Parliament is reconvened in England. |
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07/08/1663 |
Rhode Island is granted a royal charter by Charles II. |
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08/31/1767 |
Five tax commissioners are sent to Boston to begin collecting duties on the Townshend Acts. |
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01/17/1774 |
News of the Boston Tea Party reaches London. |
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01/21/1793 |
King Louis XVI of France is executed in France. |
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05/29/1794 |
John Quincy Adams is nominated as minister the Netherlands. |
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1795 |
Charles Talleyrand visits Boston. |
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08/05/1809 |
John Quincy Adams sails from Charlestown on board the Horace Benjamin Beckford. |
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06/30/1825 |
Gen. Lafayette visits Brighton. |
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11/24/1841 |
Prince de Joinville visits Boston. |
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