Thursday, July 24, 2025
Today: 1567: Mary, Queen of Scots, was forced to abdicate her throne in favor of her one-year-old son, James VI. 1701: Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac founded the trading post at Fort Pontchartrain, which later became the city of Detroit. 1847: Brigham Young led 148 Mormon pioneers into the Salt Lake Valley, leading to the […]
Wednesday, July 23, 2025
Today: 1829: William Austin Burt patented the “typographer,” an early precursor to the typewriter in the United States. 1885: Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th president of the United States and a Civil War general, died at the age of 63. 1914: Austria-Hungary issued a harsh ultimatum to Serbia, nearly a month after the assassination of […]
Tuesday, July 22, 2025
Today: 1686: Albany, New York, was formally chartered as a municipality. 1793: Alexander Mackenzie reached the Pacific Ocean, becoming the first recorded person to complete a transcontinental crossing of North America. 1862: President Abraham Lincoln presented to his Cabinet a preliminary draft of the Emancipation Proclamation. 1894: The world’s first competitive motor race was held […]
Monday, July 21, 2025
Today: 356 BC – The Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, is destroyed by arson. 1798 – Napoleon Bonaparte’s French forces defeated the Mamluks at the Battle of the Pyramids in Egypt. 1861 – The First Battle of Bull Run, the first major land battle of the American […]
Sunday, July 20, 2025
Today: 1304: King Edward I of England captured Stirling Castle in Scotland during the Scottish War of Independence. 1402: Timur, ruler of the Timurid Empire, defeated the forces of Ottoman Empire sultan Bayezid I at the Battle of Ankara. 1810: Citizens of Bogotá, New Granada (now Colombia), declared independence from Spain. 1881: Hunkpapa Teton Sioux […]
Saturday, July 19, 2025
Today: 64 AD: The Great Fire of Rome began, causing widespread devastation and burning for six days, ultimately destroying much of the city. 1553: Lady Jane Grey was deposed as Queen of England after only nine days on the throne, being replaced by Mary I. 1799: The Rosetta Stone, a tablet with hieroglyphic translations into […]
Friday, July 18
Today: 64 AD: The Great Fire of Rome began, which devastated much of the city. 1536: The English Parliament passed an act effectively voiding the authority of the Pope in England, a significant step in the English Reformation. 1792: John Paul Jones, a naval hero of the American Revolution, died in Paris. 1863: The 54th […]
Thursday, July 17, 2025
Today: 1453: The Battle of Castillon, the final battle of the Hundred Years’ War, saw French forces decisively defeat the English. 1791: The Champ de Mars Massacre occurred in Paris, as the French National Guard opened fire on a crowd of demonstrators. 1821: Spain formally ceded Florida to the United States. 1917: Britain’s King George […]
Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Today: 1779: During the American Revolutionary War, American troops led by General Anthony Wayne successfully captured a fortified British position at Stony Point, New York, in a midnight bayonet attack. 1790: The Residence Act was signed into law, designating a site along the Potomac River as the permanent seat of the United States government, which […]
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Today: 1099: Christian soldiers of the First Crusade captured Jerusalem after a difficult siege. 1799: The Rosetta Stone was found in the Egyptian village of Rosetta by French Captain Pierre-François Bouchard during Napoleon’s Egyptian Campaign. 1806: United States Army Lieutenant Zebulon Pike began an expedition from Fort Bellefontaine near St. Louis, Missouri, to explore the […]