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1548: Alonso de Mendoza founds the city of Nuestra Signora de la Paz (Our Lady of Peace). 1720 – A Caribbean pirate, Calico Jack, is captured by the Royal Navy. 1818: The United States and the United Kingdom sign a treaty regulating the Canada-US border at 49th parallel for the most part. 1820: Prince Alexander K. Ypsilantis and the “Friends” decide to declare a revolution in Moldavia. 1827: The Battle of Navarino is fought, in which the fleet of the Great Powers under Admirals Derigny, Codrington and Hayden dominates the Turkish-Egyptian fleet of Ibrahim. 1888: The Zappeion Megaron is inaugurated in Athens. 1904 – Chile and Bolivia sign the Peace and Friendship Treaty, demarcating the border between the two countries. 1912: During the First World War, the Greek Army, crossing Sarandaporo, enters the fortified Giannitsa triumphantly, after a two-day battle. The Turks retreat to Thessaloniki, where is the destination of the Greeks, who want to overtake the Bulgarians. 1921: Mediator of the Asia Minor Campaign, the French ambassador, Franklin Bouillon, signs with Kemal Ataturk the […]

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