1968 Event Executive Council decides both AL and NL to divide into 2 divisions 1944 Event European Advisory Commission decides to divide Germany 1940 Birthday Carlin Glynn, U.S. actress, Continental Divide 1910 Death William V Moody, U.S. poet (Sabine Woman, Great Divide), dies 1909 Birthday Mona Barrie, Smith, born in London, England, actress, Dawn on Great Divide 1906 Event William Vaughan Moody's "Great Divide," premieres in New York City 1899 Event U.S. and Germany agree to divide Samoa between them 1890 Event British and French accord to divide African colonization 1886 Event Great Britain/Germany divide boundaries in East-Africa 1878 Event Treaty of Berlin divide Africa up for colonization 1878 Event Congress of Berlin meets to divide African colonization 1862 Event Confederate armies officially divide into corps 1771 Event West Indian Company and Amsterdam divide up Suriname 1757 Event Austria and France divide Prussia 1699 Event Treaty of Preobrasjensku Denmark/Russia/Saksen/Poland divide Sweden 1648 Event Dutch and French agree to divide St. Maarten, Leeward Islands 1584 Event 7 Westfriese towns divide monasteries of Egmond/Blokker/St-Pietersdal 1529 Event Treaty of Saragosa: Spain and Portugal divide eastern hemisphere 1500 Event Treaty of Granada: France and Aragon divide Naples 1494 Event Treaty of Tordesillas, Spain and Portugal divide America 870 Event Kings Charles the Bare and Louis the German divide Lutherans 843 Event Treaty of Verdun: Brothers Lotharius I, Louis the German and Charles the Bare divide France 768 Event Charles the Great and Charlamane II divide French republic