10th of december6/30/2023 ![]() ![]() 1861 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America accept a rival state government's pronouncement that declares Kentucky to be the 13th state of the Confederacy.1817 – Mississippi becomes the 20th U.S.1799 – France adopts the metre as its official unit of length.1768 – The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica is published.1684 – Isaac Newton's derivation of Kepler's laws from his theory of gravity, contained in the paper De motu corporum in gyrum, is read to the Royal Society by Edmond Halley.1665 – The Royal Netherlands Marine Corps is founded by Michiel de Ruyter.1652 – Defeat at the Battle of Dungeness causes the Commonwealth of England to reform its navy.1541 – Thomas Culpeper and Francis Dereham are executed for having affairs with Catherine Howard, Queen of England and wife of Henry VIII.1520 – Martin Luther burns his copy of the papal bull Exsurge Domine outside Wittenberg's Elster Gate. ![]()
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