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January, 7 #onthisday 1325. Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal. 1558. French troops, led by Francis, Duke of Guise, take Calais, the last continental possession of England. 1610. Galileo Galilei makes his first observation of the four Galilean moons: Ganymede, Callisto, Io and Europa, although he is not able to distinguish the last two until the following day. 1782. The first American commercial bank, the Bank of North America, opens. 1785. Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries travel from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in a gas balloon. #humanhistoricalstories #history #photographie #alfonsoiv #king #portugal #kingofportugal #france #francis #dukeofguise #calais #england #galileo #galilei #ganymede #callisto #europe #bank #commercial #american #jeanpierreblanchard #johnjeffries #dover #gasballoon #galileogalilei https://www.instagram.com/p/CJvDwpNna0T/?igshid=1k1avyurg1da8