- On this day in history, some weird facts include12:
- A 15-year-old boy entered a soldiers’ training school in Paris and became the military genius Napoléon Bonaparte.
- The Windmill Girls, undressed but unmoving, were a big hit at a London theatre.
- Ferdinand II of Aragón married Isabella of Castile, uniting Spain.
- Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes.
- The boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania, the Mason-Dixon line, was agreed upon.
- The United States took possession of Alaska from Russia.
Learn more:✕This summary was generated using AI based on multiple online sources. To view the original source information, use the "Learn more" links.A 15-year-old boy entered a soldiers’ training school in Paris on this day. He was to become the military genius and great commander known as Napoléon Bonaparte. Undressed but unmoving, the Windmill Girls were a big hit at a London theatre that used the slogan, ‘We never closed.’www.onthisday.com/history/Ferdinand II of Aragón married Isabella of Castile, uniting Spain and making it a dominant world power. Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes. The boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania, the Mason-Dixon line, was agreed upon. The United States took possession of Alaska from Russia.
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