Saturday, December 21, 2024
Today: 69 AD – Vespasian, the Roman general who suppressed the Jewish Revolt, was declared Emperor by the Senate, marking the end of the Year of the Four Emperors. 1620 – The Pilgrims, aboard the Mayflower, went ashore at Plymouth Rock in Massachusetts to establish Plymouth Colony. 1844 – The Rochdale Pioneers began operating their […]
Friday, December 20, 2024
Today: 1192 – Richard the Lionheart, returning from the Third Crusade, is captured near Vienna by Leopold V, Duke of Austria. 1606 – The Virginia Company expedition leaves London to establish the first permanent English colony in North America. 1803 – The Louisiana Purchase is formally transferred from France to the United States during a […]
Thursday, December 19, 2024
Today: 1154 – Henry II was crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey, marking the beginning of the Plantagenet dynasty. 1606 – The Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery ships set sail from England to establish the Jamestown Colony in Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. 1776 – Thomas Paine published his first […]