Thursday, May 30, 2024
Today: 1. 1431: Joan of Arc was burned at the stake in Rouen, France, after being convicted of heresy. 2. 1536: King Henry VIII of England married Jane Seymour, his third wife. 3. 1842: John Francis attempted to assassinate Queen Victoria. 4. 1854: The Kansas-Nebraska Act was signed into law by President Franklin Pierce, creating […]
Wednesday, May 29, 2024
Today: 1. 1453: Fall of Constantinople – The capital of the Byzantine Empire, Constantinople, falls to the Ottoman Turks led by Sultan Mehmed II, marking the end of the Byzantine Empire and a significant turning point in world history. 2. 1660: Restoration of the English Monarchy – Charles II is restored to the English throne […]
Tuesday, May 28, 2024
Today: 1. 585 BC – A solar eclipse occurred, which was predicted by the Greek philosopher and scientist Thales of Miletus, marking one of the earliest recorded instances of scientific prediction. 2. 1533 – The Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer declared the marriage of King Henry VIII of England to Anne Boleyn valid, which led […]
Monday, May 27, 2024
Today: 1. 1199: John is crowned King of England. 2. 1703: Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg. 3. 1813: Americans capture Fort George, Canada. 4. 1860: Giuseppe Garibaldi begins his attack on Palermo, Sicily, as part of the Italian unification process. 5. 1905: The Battle of Tsushima begins during the Russo-Japanese […]
Sunday, May 26, 2024
Today: 1. 1868 – The impeachment trial of U.S. President Andrew Johnson ends with his acquittal by one vote. 2. 1896 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average is first published, with an initial list of twelve stocks. 3. 1940 – The Dunkirk evacuation begins as Allied troops start to evacuate from Dunkirk, France, during World […]
Saturday, May 25, 2024
Today: 1. 1787 – The Constitutional Convention opened in Philadelphia with George Washington presiding, leading to the creation of the United States Constitution. 2. 1803 – Ralph Waldo Emerson, American philosopher and poet, was born in Boston, Massachusetts. 3. 1810 – The Argentine War of Independence began with the establishment of the first local government […]
Friday, May 24, 2024
Today: 1. 1738: John Wesley experienced his evangelical conversion at a meeting in Aldersgate, London, leading to the foundation of the Methodist movement. 2. 1819: Queen Victoria was born in Kensington Palace, London. She went on to become one of the most famous and longest-reigning monarchs in British history. 3. 1844: Samuel Morse sent the […]
Thursday, May 23, 2024
Today: 1. 1430: Joan of Arc was captured by Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne, France. 2. 1498: Girolamo Savonarola, an Italian Dominican friar, was burned at the stake in Florence on orders of Pope Alexander VI. 3. 1701: The infamous pirate Captain William Kidd was executed in London for piracy and murder. […]
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Today: 1. 1843: The first major wagon train heading for the Pacific Northwest sets out on the Oregon Trail with one thousand pioneers from Elm Grove, Missouri. 2. 1856: The Pottawatomie Massacre took place during the Bleeding Kansas conflicts, where abolitionist John Brown and his followers killed five pro-slavery settlers. 3. 1906: The Wright brothers […]
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Today: 1. 1927: Charles Lindbergh completes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight, landing in Paris. 2. 1881: The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton. 3. 1932: Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic. 4. 1966: The Ulster Volunteer Force declares war on the Irish Republican Army in […]