In 1843 Congress allocated $30,000 to string one between Baltimore & Washington; it was completed in 1844
In 1584 William I of Orange was assassinated in this Dutch city known for its blue & white pottery
When Ferdinand VII died in 1833, his 3-year-old daughter Isabella II ascended this country's throne
This dictator's last battle was his defeat of Pompey's sons at Munda in 45 B.C.
In January 1943 FDR & Winston Churchill met in this North African city to discuss the war effort
In 1701 this pirate was hanged in London for murder & 5 counts of piracy
In 1898 Britain leased the New Territories from China, adding to the area of this dependency
The first European to round Africa's southern tip, he was also on the voyage that discovered Brazil
In 1273 Rudolf I became the first from this family to rule the Holy Roman Empire, though he was never crowned
The "hyper" type of this economic event struck Germany in 1923, when a U.S. dollar was worth 4 trillion marks