Canada no longer accepted US silver coins as legal tender in the country.
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Under the command of Gustavus Adolphus, Swedish forces defeated the Holy Roman Empire's armies in the Battle of Rain.
St Matthew Passion by Johann Sebastian Bach premiered in Leipzig, Germany.
The King of England, Henry VIII, appointed Thomas Cromwell as the Chief Secretary.
The Hillsborough disaster occurred.
The Titanic sunk at 2:20 am in the North Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Newfoundland.
