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1689 – The English Parliament passes the Act of Toleration protecting dissenting Protestants but excluding Roman Catholics. 1813 – South American independence leader Simón Bolívar enters Mérida, leading the invasion of Venezuela, and is proclaimed El Libertador. 1883 – The Brooklyn Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction….
1706 – John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, famed British prime minister Sir Winston Churchill’s ancestor, defeats a French army under Marshal François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy, at the Battle of Ramillies, in the war of the Spanish succession. 1829 – An accordion patent is granted to American inventor Cyrill Demian in Vienna, Austria….
