Monday, March 25, 2024
Today: 1. 1306: Robert the Bruce became the King of Scotland. 2. 1634: The first settlers arrived in Maryland, in what is now the United States, aboard the ships the Ark and the Dove. 3. 1807: The Slave Trade Act was passed in the United Kingdom, abolishing the slave trade in the British Empire. 4. […]
Sunday, March 24, 2024
Today: 1. 1603: Queen Elizabeth I of England died after a 44-year reign. She was succeeded by James VI of Scotland, who became James I of England. 2. 1882: German scientist Robert Koch announced the discovery of the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis (TB), Mycobacterium tuberculosis. 3. 1958: Elvis Presley was inducted into the U.S. Army […]
Saturday, March 23, 2024
Today: 1. 1801: Tsar Paul I of Russia was assassinated in his bedroom at St. Michael’s Castle in Saint Petersburg. 2. 1839: The initials “O.K.” were first published in The Boston Morning Post, originating from the misspelling of “all correct” as “oll korrect.” 3. 1903: The Wright brothers obtained an airplane patent, which they used […]
Friday, March 22, 2024
Today: 1. 1622: Indigenous Powhatan warriors killed 347 English settlers throughout the Jamestown colony in present-day Virginia, which became known as the Jamestown Massacre. 2. 1765: The British Parliament passed the Stamp Act, imposing the first direct tax on the American colonies, leading to widespread protests and contributing to the tensions that led to the […]
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Thursday, March 21, 2024
Today: 1. 1556: Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer was burned at the stake for heresy under Queen Mary I of England. 2. 1804: The French civil code, known as the Napoleonic Code, was enacted, which served as the basis for modern French civil law. 3. 1871: Journalist Henry Morton Stanley set out from Zanzibar to […]
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Today: 1. 1602: The Dutch East India Company was established, with the goal of monopolizing trade between the Netherlands and Asia. 2. 1852: Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” was published in book form, having previously been serialized in an abolitionist newspaper. 3. 1916: Albert Einstein published his theory of general relativity in a […]
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Today: 1. 1687: French explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle was murdered by his own men while searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River, leading to the failure of his expedition. 2. 1812: The United States Congress authorized the issue of $22 million in interest-bearing Treasury notes, marking the first time the U.S. government […]
Monday, March 18, 2024
Today: 1. 1673: Lord Berkeley sold his half of New Jersey to the Quakers. 2. 1766: The British Parliament repealed the Stamp Act, a taxation measure imposed on the American colonies, which had caused widespread protests. 3. 1834: The Tolpuddle Martyrs, a group of six agricultural workers from Dorset, England, were sentenced to transportation to […]
Sunday, March 17, 2024
Today: 1. 180: Emperor Marcus Aurelius died in Vindobona (modern-day Vienna) during a military campaign against the Quadi, leading to the ascension of his son, Commodus, as emperor of Rome. 2. 461: Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, is believed to have died on this date. It later became known as St. Patrick’s Day. […]