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<div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date-text'>538</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>The Siege of Rome Ends</div><div class='timeline-text'>The Ostrogoths, under King Vitiges, end their siege of Rome, retreating to Ravenna.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date-text'>1088</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Urban II becomes Pope</div><div class='timeline-text'>Urban II is elected as the 159th Pope of the Catholic Church, becoming famous for initiating the Crusades.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date-text'>1622</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Canonization of Ignatius of Loyola and Francis Xavier</div><div class='timeline-text'>Founders of the Society of Jesus, Ignatius of Loyola and Francis Xavier, are canonized by the Roman Catholic Church.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date-text'>1912</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Founding of Girl Guides</div><div class='timeline-text'>The Girl Guides, which would later become the Girl Scouts of the USA, are founded.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date-text'>1913</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Naming of Canberra</div><div class='timeline-text'>Canberra, the future capital of Australia, is officially named on this day.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date-text'>1930</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Start of Gandhi's Salt March</div><div class='timeline-text'>Mahatma Gandhi commences the Salt March, a symbolic protest against the British monopoly on salt in India.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date-text'>1968</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Independence of Mauritius</div><div class='timeline-text'>Mauritius gains independence from the United Kingdom.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date-text'>1989</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Birth of the World Wide Web</div><div class='timeline-text'>Tim Berners-Lee submits his initial proposal for an information management system to CERN, laying the groundwork for the World Wide Web.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date-text'>1992</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Republic of Mauritius</div><div class='timeline-text'>Mauritius transitions to a republic while continuing its membership in the Commonwealth of Nations.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date-text'>1999</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Widening of NATO</div><div class='timeline-text'>Three former Warsaw Pact members - the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland - join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).</div></div></div>
