Saturday, July 19, 2025
Today: 64 AD: The Great Fire of Rome began, causing widespread devastation and burning for six days, ultimately destroying much of the city. 1553: Lady Jane Grey was deposed as Queen of England after only nine days on the throne, being replaced by Mary I. 1799: The Rosetta Stone, a tablet with hieroglyphic translations into […]
Friday, July 18
Today: 64 AD: The Great Fire of Rome began, which devastated much of the city. 1536: The English Parliament passed an act effectively voiding the authority of the Pope in England, a significant step in the English Reformation. 1792: John Paul Jones, a naval hero of the American Revolution, died in Paris. 1863: The 54th […]
Thursday, July 17, 2025
Today: 1453: The Battle of Castillon, the final battle of the Hundred Years’ War, saw French forces decisively defeat the English. 1791: The Champ de Mars Massacre occurred in Paris, as the French National Guard opened fire on a crowd of demonstrators. 1821: Spain formally ceded Florida to the United States. 1917: Britain’s King George […]
Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Today: 1779: During the American Revolutionary War, American troops led by General Anthony Wayne successfully captured a fortified British position at Stony Point, New York, in a midnight bayonet attack. 1790: The Residence Act was signed into law, designating a site along the Potomac River as the permanent seat of the United States government, which […]
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Today: 1099: Christian soldiers of the First Crusade captured Jerusalem after a difficult siege. 1799: The Rosetta Stone was found in the Egyptian village of Rosetta by French Captain Pierre-François Bouchard during Napoleon’s Egyptian Campaign. 1806: United States Army Lieutenant Zebulon Pike began an expedition from Fort Bellefontaine near St. Louis, Missouri, to explore the […]
Monday, July 14, 2025
Today: 1789: The storming of the Bastille occurred in Paris, France, which marked a pivotal moment and the beginning of the French Revolution. 1798: The Sedition Act was passed in the United States, making it a federal crime to publish “false or malicious” content against the government. 1881: American outlaw Billy the Kid was shot […]
Sunday, July 13, 2025
Today: 1787: The United States Congress enacted the Northwest Ordinance, establishing procedures for territories to become states and banning slavery in the Northwest Territory. 1793: French revolutionary leader Jean-Paul Marat was assassinated in his bath by Charlotte Corday. 1814: The Carabinieri, Italy’s national military police force, was created. 1863: The New York City draft riots […]
Saturday, July 12, 2025
Today: 1389: Geoffrey Chaucer was appointed chief clerk by King Richard II in Westminster. 1543: King Henry VIII of England married his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr, at Hampton Court Palace. 1580: The Ostrog Bible, one of the earliest printed Bibles in a Slavic language, was published in Ostroh, Ukraine. 1862: The United States […]
Friday, July 11, 2025
Today: 1656: The first Quakers to arrive in America, Ann Austin and Mary Fisher, landed in Boston and were subsequently imprisoned and expelled. 1782: British forces evacuated Savannah, Georgia, during the final years of the American Revolution. 1798: The United States Marine Corps was formally re-established by an act of Congress, having been disbanded after […]
Thursday, July 10, 2025
Today: 1553: Lady Jane Grey was proclaimed Queen of England. 1832: U.S. President Andrew Jackson vetoed a bill to re-charter the Second Bank of the United States. 1890: Wyoming became the 44th state admitted to the United States. 1893: Dr. Daniel Hale Williams performed one of the world’s first successful open-heart surgeries in Chicago. 1925: […]