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678 St Agatho begins his reign as Catholic Pope

1358 Republic of Dubrovnik is founded

1542 Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo claims California for Spain

1580 Duke of Alva's army occupies Portugal

1652 New Amsterdam (now New York City) enacts first speed limit law in North America

1693 1st sea battle of Lagos: a French fleet under Anne Hilarion de Tourville defeated an Anglo-Dutch fleet under George Rooke

1693 1st woman's magazine "Ladies' Mercury" published (London)

1697 Polish parliament selects monarch August of Saxony as king

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