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May 26, 1538
Geneva expels John Calvin and his followers from the city. Calvin lives in exile in Strasbourg for the next three years.
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British kill about 500 Irish insurgents at the Battle of Tara
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Brazil is recognized by US
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Mysterious feral child Kaspar Hauser is discovered wandering the streets of Nuremberg.
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US slave Dred Scott and family freed by owner Henry Taylor Blow 3 months after US courts ruled against them.
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James Dunham murders six people in Campbell, California.
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Chicago White Sox Ed Walsh no-hits NY Highlanders, 8-1 in 5 inning game
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Germany passes legislation organizing Alsace and Lorraine as an autonomous state with a legislature
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Armenia defeats the Ottoman Army in the Battle of Sardarapat.
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The Supreme Council of Allies, meeting at Versailles, decides to recognize two White Russian leaders, Admiral Kolchak and General Denikin, and support them against the Bolsheviks