1622 - First American Indian (Powhatan) massacre of Europeans in Jamestown Virginia, 347 killed
1765 - Stamp Act passed; 1st direct British tax on American colonists, organized by Prime Minister George Grenville
1784 - The Emerald Buddha is moved with great ceremony to its current place in Wat Phra Kaew, Thailand
1832 - British Parliament, led by Charles Grey, passes the Reform Act, introducing wide-…
