Playwright Thomas Kyd’s accusations of treason led to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe, who was his roommate.
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John Bellingham was sentenced to death for assassinating Spencer Perceval, the British Prime Minister.
The Crusaders lost control of the city of Acre, the Kingdom of Jerusalem's last bastion, after a fourteen-day siege.
Napoleon Bonaparte was declared the Emperor of France by the French Senate.
The US Congress passed Selective Service Act.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Tennessee Valley Act to build dams.
