John Hancock, one of Boston’s wealthiest merchants and a leading figure in Boston politics, forcibly removed customs officials from his ship Lydia.
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By the start of the 17th century merchants from the Dutch Republic had begun to undertake voyages to the ‘Spice Islands’ of the Indian Ocean.
Fidel Castro’s nationalisation of American-owned businesses and private property led the Eisenhower administration to cut all diplomatic ties with Cuba.
France and the United States signed the first two treaties ever negotiated by the American government, and which formally recognised the independence of the United States.
European and Japanese naval forces fought for the first time at the Battle of Fukuda Bay.
The First Barbary War lasted until June 1805, but continuing tensions led to the Second Barbary War in 1815.
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1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
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