Friday, October 31, 2025
Today: 1517: Martin Luther posts his Ninety-five Theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany, sparking the Protestant Reformation. 1864: Nevada is admitted as the 36th U.S. state. 1913: The Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across the United States, is dedicated. 1922: Benito Mussolini is appointed Prime Minister of Italy, beginning […]
Thursday, October 30, 2025
Today: 1485: Henry Tudor is crowned King Henry VII of England, establishing the Tudor dynasty. 1735: John Adams, the second U.S. President, is born in Braintree, Massachusetts. 1831: Nat Turner is arrested in Virginia for leading a slave rebellion. 1905: Tsar Nicholas II of Russia issues the October Manifesto, granting basic civil liberties. 1918: The […]
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Today: 1618: Sir Walter Raleigh, the English writer and explorer, was executed in London. 1787: Mozart’s opera “Don Giovanni” premiered in Prague. 1863: Eighteen countries met in Geneva and agreed to form the International Red Cross. 1923: The Republic of Turkey was proclaimed, with Mustafa Kemal Atatürk as its first president. 1929: The New York […]
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Today: 312: Constantine I defeats Maxentius at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge, becoming the sole Roman emperor in the West. 1492: Christopher Columbus lands in Cuba during his first voyage to the New World. 1636: The Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony votes to establish a college, which later becomes Harvard […]
Monday, October 27, 2025
Today: 312: Constantine the Great reportedly received his Vision of the Cross, which he believed led to his victory at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge. 1275: The traditional date for the founding of the city of Amsterdam is established, based on a document granting toll-free status to its residents. 1682: William Penn founded the […]
Sunday, October 26, 2025
Today: 1377: Tvrtko I is crowned as the first King of Bosnia. 1774: The First Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1825: The Erie Canal officially opens, connecting the Hudson River with Lake Erie. 1863: The Football Association is formed at the Freemasons’ Tavern in London, standardizing the rules of the game. 1881: The Gunfight […]
Saturday, October 25, 2025
Today: 1400: English poet Geoffrey Chaucer, author of The Canterbury Tales, dies. 1415: The English army, led by Henry V, defeats a larger French army at the Battle of Agincourt. 1760: George III begins his reign as King of Great Britain and Ireland. 1854: The Charge of the Light Brigade, a famous and disastrous cavalry […]
Friday, October 24, 2025
Today: 1648: The Peace of Westphalia is signed, marking the end of the Thirty Years’ War. 1861: The first transcontinental telegraph line across the United States is completed. 1901: Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel. 1929: “Black Thursday” occurs on the New York Stock Exchange, beginning […]
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
Today: 1746: The College of New Jersey received its charter, later becoming Princeton University. 1797: André-Jacques Garnerin made the first recorded parachute jump, descending from a balloon over Paris. 1836: Sam Houston was inaugurated as the first president of the Republic of Texas. 1879: Thomas Edison successfully tested his first practical incandescent light bulb, which […]
Tuesday, October 22, 2025
Today: 1520: Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan sails into the strait between the mainland tip of South America and Tierra del Fuego, which would later be named the Strait of Magellan. 1600: Tokugawa Ieyasu defeats his rivals in the Battle of Sekigahara, a decisive victory that leads to the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan. […]