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The
Bonneville Slide
blocks the
Columbia River
near the site of present-day
Cascade Locks, Oregon
with a land bridge 200 feet (60 m) high. The river eventually removes the blockage, but this event is remembered in the local legends of the
Native Americans
as the
Bridge of the Gods
.
The first
newspaper
to be published in
English
World leaders
King
Frederick IV of Denmark
(
1699
-
1730
).
King
William III of England and Scotland
(
1689
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1702
).
Queen
Anne of Great Britain
(
1702
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1714
).
King
Louis XIV of France
(
1643
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1715
).
Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor
(
1658
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1705
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Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor
(
1705
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1711
).
Tsar
Peter I of Russia
(
1682
-
1725
).
King
Charles XII of Sweden
(
1697
-
1718
).
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