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– Alfred the Great ( 849 – 899 ), King of Wessex, England reportedly sent gifts “ in India to St. Thomas and to St. Bartholomew ”, through Sighelm, bishop of Sherborne.
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* 1844 – Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ( d. 1900 )
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* 1856 – Alfred Deakin, Australian politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia ( d. 1919 )
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* 1862 – American Civil War: The Andrews Raid ( the Great Locomotive Chase ) occurred, starting from Big Shanty, Georgia ( now Kennesaw ).
* 1738 – Premiere in London, England, Great Britain of Serse, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel.
* 1828 – Uruguay is formally proclaimed independent at preliminary peace talks brokered by Great Britain between Brazil and Argentina during the Cisplatine War.
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* 1679 – The brigantine Le Griffon, commissioned by René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, is towed to the south-eastern end of the Niagara River, to become the first ship to sail the upper Great Lakes of North America.
* 1963 – Great Train Robbery: in England, a gang of 15 train robbers steal £ 2. 6 million in bank notes.
* 1929 – Ronnie Biggs, English criminal, part of the Great Train Robbery of 1963
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* 1958 – Art Kane photographs 57 notable jazz musicians in the black and white group portrait " A Great Day in Harlem " in front of a Brownstone in New York City.
* 1964 – Charlie Wilson, one of the Great Train Robbers, escapes from Winson Green Prison in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom.
* 1783 – A huge fireball meteor is seen across Great Britain as it passes over the east coast.
* 1917 – A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece destroys 32 % of the city leaving 70, 000 individuals homeless.
* 1759 – Battle of Lagos Naval battle during the Seven Years ' War between Great Britain and France.
* 1770 – James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales.
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