The Ottoman Empire ended when the last Sultan Mehmed VI was exiled to Malta on a British warship.
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Queen Elizabeth I was coronated and re-established the protestant Church of England.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky's 5th symphony was performed for the first time in St Petersburg, Russia.
The US Senate held its first session in the unfinished Capitol Building.
All of London's Jews (approx. 680) were accused and arrested for coin clipping and counterfeiting.
This day marked the beginning of The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia.
