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★17 Dec 1790
The Aztec calendar stone, now a modern symbol of Mexican culture, was excavated in the Zócalo, Mexico City's main square.

★03 May 1791
The Polish–Lithuanian Constitution of May 3, the oldest codified national constitution in Europe, was adopted by the Great Sejm.

★18 Mar 1793
War of the First Coalition: Habsburg Austrians together with Dutch Republic troops repulsed a series of French assaults after bitter fighting in Neerwinden, present-day Belgium.

★12 Jun 1798
Following the successful French invasion of Malta, the Knights Hospitaller surrendered Malta to Napoleon, initiating two years of French occupation.

★26 Mar 1830
The Book of Mormon, the defining sacred text of the Latter Day Saint movement, was first published.

★13 Nov 1841
Scottish surgeon James Braid observed a demonstration of animal magnetism, which inspired him to study the subject he eventually called hypnotism.

★10 Oct 1846
English astronomer William Lassell discovered Triton, the largest moon of the planet Neptune.

★23 Mar 1848
Scottish settlers on the John Wickliffe, captained by William Cargill, arrived at what is now Port Chalmers in the Otago Region of New Zealand.

★06 Mar 1853
Giuseppe Verdi's La traviata premiered at Venice's La Fenice, but the performance was considered so bad that it caused the composer to revise portions of the opera.

★14 May 1853
Mindon Min was crowned as King of Burma, beginning a 25-year rule.

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