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1282 The great massacre of the French in Sicily The Sicilian Vespers comes to an end.

1547 In France, Francis--king since 1515--dies and is succeeded by his son Henry II.

1776 Abigail Adams writes to husband John that women are "determined to foment a rebellion" if the new Declaration of Independence fails to guarantee their rights.

1779 Russia and Turkey sign a treaty by which they promise to take no military action in the Crimea.

1790 In Paris, France, Maximilien Robespierre is elected president of the Jacobin Club.

1836 The first monthly installment of The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens is published in London.

1862 Skirmishing between Rebels and Union forces takes place at Island 10 on the Mississippi River.

1880 The first electric street lights ever installed by a municipality are turned on in Wabash, Indiana.

1889 The Eiffel Tower in Paris officially opens on the Left Bank as part of the Exhibition of 1889.

1916 General John Pershing and his army rout Pancho Villa's army in Mexico.

JOTD: The man who invented the cough drop has died. There was no coffin at his funeral.