1815 The Congress of Vienna started. It brought stability to Europe for nearly a century. A precursor of the United Nations and also the European Community.
1847 Maria Mitchell became a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The first woman to be inducted. She was a stargazer, a Massachusetts Quaker who taught at Vassar.
1850 The University of Sydney was founded. It preceded Cal 1868 and the LSE 1895. It followed Toronto 1827.
1867 Karl Marx published the first value of ‘Das Kapital.’ He preferred seat G7 in the Reading Room of the British Library. Sat there.
1946 A dozen major Nazi leaders were sentenced to death at Nuremberg. No comment necessary.
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