Sunday, July 28, 2024
Today: 1540 – Thomas Cromwell, chief minister to King Henry VIII of England, was executed for treason. 1794 – Maximilien Robespierre, a leading figure in the French Revolution, was executed by guillotine in Paris. 1821 – Peru declared its independence from Spain. 1868 – The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution was certified, granting […]
Saturday, July 27, 2024
Today: 1214 – The Battle of Bouvines: French forces under Philip II defeat the Holy Roman Emperor Otto IV. 1302 – The Battle of Bapheus: The Ottoman Turks achieve their first significant victory over the Byzantines. 1586 – Sir Walter Raleigh returns to England from the failed Roanoke Colony. 1663 – The English Parliament passes […]
Friday, July 26, 2024
Today: 657: The Battle of Siffin takes place between the forces of Ali, the fourth caliph, and Muawiyah, the governor of Syria. 811: Battle of Pliska: Byzantine Emperor Nikephoros I is killed and his heir Staurakios is seriously wounded. 1139: The Battle of Ourique takes place, which leads to the independence of Portugal from the […]
Thursday, July 25, 2024
Today: 306 – Constantine I is proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops. 1139 – Count Afonso I of Portugal defeats the Almoravid Moors at the Battle of Ourique. 1467 – The Battle of Molinella: the first battle in Italy in which firearms are used extensively. 1593 – Henry IV of France publicly converts from Protestantism […]
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
Today: 1411 – Battle of Harlaw, one of the bloodiest battles in Scottish history, takes place. 1534 – French explorer Jacques Cartier plants a cross on the Gaspé Peninsula and takes possession of the territory in the name of Francis I of France. 1567 – Mary, Queen of Scots, is forced to abdicate and replaced […]
Tuesday, July 23, 2024
Today: 1829 – William Austin Burt patents the typographer, a precursor to the typewriter. 1885 – Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States, dies. 1903 – The Ford Motor Company sells its first car. 1926 – Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film. 1940 […]
Monday, July 22, 2024
Today: 1298: Battle of Falkirk – King Edward I of England defeats William Wallace’s Scottish rebels. 1456: Battle of Nándorfehérvár – The Hungarian forces, led by John Hunyadi, defeat the Ottoman army. 1587: Colony of Roanoke – A second group of English settlers arrives on Roanoke Island, in North Carolina, to re-establish the deserted colony. […]
Sunday, July 21, 2024
Today: 1403: The Battle of Shrewsbury took place, where King Henry IV defeated rebels led by Henry “Hotspur” Percy in England. 1545: The French fleet sent to invade England was defeated by the English at the Battle of the Solent. 1773: Pope Clement XIV issued a papal bull suppressing the Society of Jesus, commonly known […]
Saturday, July 20, 2024
Today: 356 BCE: The Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, is destroyed by arson. 1304: The decisive Battle of Arques during the Franco-Flemish War results in a French victory. 1712: The Treaty of Utrecht is signed, ending the War of the Spanish Succession. 1866: The Austro-Prussian War […]
Friday, July 19, 2024
Today: 1545 – The Tudor warship Mary Rose sank off Portsmouth with the loss of nearly 500 men. 1553 – Lady Jane Grey was replaced by Mary I of England as Queen of England after only nine days of ruling. 1848 – The first Women’s Rights Convention began in Seneca Falls, New York, organized by […]