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Highlights in history on this date: 1515 - Pope Leo X surrenders Parma and Piacenza to France by Treaty of Bologna.
1718 - Sweden's King Charles XII is killed at Frederikshall in expedition against Norway.
1806 - Saxony is made kingdom and enters Confederation of the Rhine by Peace of Posen with France.
1816 - Britain restores Java, Indonesia, to the Netherlands.
1845 - Sikhs cross Sutlej River in India and surprise British, causing outbreak of Anglo-Sikh war.
1853 - Britain annexes Nagpur, one of leading Mahrata states in India.
1878 - French-British dual control in Egypt is suspended. Today's birthdays: Hector Berlioz, French composer (1803-1869); Alfred De Musset, French author (1810-1857).
Thought for today: We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity-- gunpowder and romantic love--Andre Maurois, French writer (1885-1967).
