History of 21st july

1.  Henry IV defeats the Percys in the Battle of Shrewsbury in England.on July 21 1403

2.  The Peace of Breda ends the Second Anglo-Dutch War and cedes Dutch New Amsterdam to the English.on July 21 1667

3.  Russia and Turkey sign the Treaty of Pruth, ending the year-long Russo-Turkish War.on July 21 1711

4.  The Treaty of Passarowitz is signed by Austria, Venice and the Ottoman Empire.on July 21 1718

5.  Pope Clement XIV abolishes the Jesuit order.on July 21 1773

6.  Napoleon Bonaparte defeats the Arab Mameluke warriors at the Battle of the Pyramids.on July 21 1798

7.  In the first major battle of the Civil War, Confederate forces defeat the Union Army along Bull Run near Manassas Junction, Virginia. The battle becomes known as Manassas by the Confederates, while the Union calls it Bull Run.on July 21 1861

8.  Wild Bill Hickok kills gunman Dave Tutt in Springfield, Missouri, in what is regarded as the first formal quick-draw duel.on July 21 1865

9.  The James Gang robs a train in Adair, Iowa.on July 21 1873

10. Mary Church Terrell founds the National Association of Colored Women in Washington, D.C.on July 21 1896

11. French Captain Alfred Dreyfus is vindicated of his earlier court-martial for spying for Germany.on July 21 1906

12. The British House of Lords ratifies the Versailles Treaty.on July 21 1919

13. John Scopes is found guilty for teaching evolution in Dayton, Tenn., and is fined $100.on July 21 1925

14. France accepts Japan’s demand for military control of Indochina.on July 21 1941

15. U.S. Army and Marine forces land on Guam in the Marianas.on July 21 1944

16. The French sign an armistice with the Viet Minh that ends the war but divides Vietnam into two countries.on July 21 1954

17. Sirimavo Bandaranaike becomes the first woman prime minister of Ceylon.on July 21 1960