Sunday, November 10, 2024
Today: 1775 – The United States Marine Corps is established by the Continental Congress to serve in the American Revolutionary War. 1793 – The French revolutionary government opens the Louvre as a public museum, showcasing a large collection of artwork for the first time. 1871 – Journalist Henry Morton Stanley finds Scottish missionary and explorer […]
Saturday, November 9, 2024
Today: 1799 – Napoleon Bonaparte launches a coup d’état, becoming the leader of France. 1848 – Robert Blum, a German revolutionary, is executed in Vienna as part of the suppression of the Revolutions of 1848. 1872 – The Great Boston Fire destroys about 65 acres of downtown Boston, Massachusetts. 1888 – Jack the Ripper’s last […]
Friday, November 8, 2024
Today: 1519 – Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán, marking the beginning of Spanish rule over the Aztec Empire. 1602 – The Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford opens to the public. 1793 – The Louvre Museum in Paris opens to the public for the first time as a public museum. 1837 – Mary Lyon founds […]
Thursday, November 7, 2024
Today: 1665 – The London Gazette, the oldest surviving journal, is first published. 1805 – Lewis and Clark Expedition arrives at the Pacific Ocean. 1837 – Elijah Parish Lovejoy, an abolitionist newspaper editor, is murdered by a mob in Alton, Illinois, making him a martyr for the abolitionist cause. 1872 – The cargo ship Mary […]
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
Today: 1528 – Spanish conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca is shipwrecked on Galveston Island, Texas, becoming one of the first Europeans to set foot in Texas. 1789 – Pope Pius VI appoints Father John Carroll as the first Catholic bishop in the United States. 1860 – Abraham Lincoln is elected as the 16th President […]
Tuesday, November 5, 2024
Today: 1605 – The Gunpowder Plot: A plot led by Guy Fawkes to blow up the English Parliament and King James I is foiled. 1688 – William of Orange sets sail for England, marking the beginning of the Glorious Revolution. 1831 – Nat Turner, leader of a slave rebellion in the United States, is tried […]
Monday, November 4, 2024
Today: 1333 – The River Arno flooding causes massive damage in Florence, Italy. 1576 – The Eighty Years’ War: In Flanders, Spain captures Antwerp, a major economic blow to the Dutch. 1677 – The future Mary II of England marries William, Prince of Orange; they later become co-rulers of England, Scotland, and Ireland. 1791 – […]
Sunday, November 3, 2024
Today: 1394 – King Charles VI of France orders the expulsion of all Jews from France. 1493 – Christopher Columbus reaches the island of Dominica on his second voyage to the Americas. 1534 – English Parliament passes the Act of Supremacy, establishing King Henry VIII as the Supreme Head of the Church of England. 1783 […]
Saturday, November 2, 2024
Today: 619 – The Avars lift the siege of Constantinople, ending their attempt to capture the city. 1410 – The Peace of Bicêtre is signed, ending the Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War in France. 1570 – A tidal wave in the North Sea devastates the coast of Holland, killing thousands. 1783 – General George Washington delivers his […]
Friday, November 1, 2024
Today: 1517 – Martin Luther nails his 95 Theses to the door of the Wittenberg Castle Church, sparking the Protestant Reformation. 1864 – Nevada is admitted as the 36th state of the United States. 1917 – The Battle of Beersheba occurs during World War I, with Australian forces achieving a significant victory. 1926 – Harry […]