Events on 20 October 34
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The city of Nuestra Señora de La Paz (Our Lady of Peace) is founded by Alonso de Mendoza by appointment of the king of Spain and Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V.
Year 1568
Battle of Jodoigne: the Spanish Duke of Alba defeats a Dutch rebel force under William the Silent.
Year 1572
Relief of Goes: Cristóbal de Mondragón, with 3000 soldiers of the Spanish Tercios, relieves the siege of the city.
Year 1740
Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria. France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony refuse to honour the Pragmatic Sanction and the War of the Austrian Succession begins.
Year 1781
The Patent of Toleration, providing limited freedom of worship, is approved in Habsburg Monarchy.
Year 1818
The Convention of 1818 is signed between the United States and the United Kingdom, which settles the Canada-United States border on the 49th parallel for most of its length.
Year 1827
In the Battle of Navarino, a combined Turkish and Egyptian fleet is defeated by British, French, and Russian naval forces in the last significant battle fought with wooden sailing ships.
Year 1873
Yale, Princeton, Columbia, and Rutgers universities draft the first code of American football rules.
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