926 Chronicle 1

46 BC: Julius Caesar dedicated the Temple of Venus in Rome to Venus, the mother goddess of his family. 1087: After the death of William I, known as 'William the Conqueror', William II was crowned King of England. 1580: The ships of English explorer Francis Drake completed their circumnavigation of the globe and returned to Plymouth, England. 1679: Denmark and Sweden signed the Treaty of Lund.[1] 1687: The army of the Republic of Venice bombarded the Parthenon, used as an ammunition depot by the Ottoman Empire, causing severe damage to the structure. 1754: Yin Jishan was appointed Governor-General of Liangjiang for the fourth time. 1777: During the American Revolutionary War, British forces successfully repelled the Continental Army led by George Washington and occupied Philadelphia, the center of the North American independence movement. 1789: Thomas Jefferson was appointed the first U.S. Secretary of State, John Jay the first Chief Justice of the United States, Samuel Osgood the first U.S. Postmaster General, and Edmund Randolph the first U.S. Attorney General. 1792: Macartney represented Britain on a diplomatic mission to Qing China.