Sunday, June 15, 2025
Today: 1215: England’s King John sealed Magna Carta at Runnymede, a document that greatly influenced constitutional law and limited the power of the monarchy. 1667: The first fully documented human blood transfusion was performed by French physician Jean-Baptiste Denys, transfusing a small amount of sheep blood into a 15-year-old boy. 1775: The Continental Congress voted […]
Saturday, June 14, 2025
Today: 1645: The Parliamentarian New Model Army, led by Oliver Cromwell, decisively defeated the Royalist forces at the Battle of Naseby during the English Civil War. 1775: The Continental Congress established the Continental Army, which is considered the birth of the United States Army. 1777: The Continental Congress adopted the “Stars and Stripes” as the […]
Friday, June 13, 2025
Today: 1381: During the Peasants’ Revolt, a large mob of English peasants led by Wat Tyler marches into London and begins burning and looting the city. 1777: Marie-Joseph Paul Roch Yves Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, a 19-year-old French aristocrat, arrives in South Carolina with the intent to serve as General George Washington’s second-in-command […]
Thursday, June 12, 2025
Today: 1859: The Comstock Lode, one of the most important silver strikes in American history, was discovered near Virginia City, Nevada. 1898: Filipino rebels, led by Emilio Aguinaldo, declared the independence of the Philippines from Spain. 1939: The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum was dedicated in Cooperstown, New York. 1942: Anne Frank received […]
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Today: In 1509, King Henry VIII of England married Catherine of Aragon, his first of six wives. In 1770, Captain James Cook ran aground on the Great Barrier Reef while exploring the coast of Australia. In 1776, the Continental Congress appointed the “Committee of Five” (Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert […]
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
Today: In 1692, Bridget Bishop was hanged at Gallows Hill near Salem, Massachusetts, becoming the first person executed during the Salem witch trials. In 1752, Benjamin Franklin reportedly flew a kite during a thunderstorm, collecting ambient electrical charge in a Leyden jar and demonstrating the connection between lightning and electricity. In 1854, the U.S. Naval […]
Monday, June 9, 2025
Today: 68 – Roman Emperor Nero committed suicide after being declared a public enemy by the Senate. 721 – Odo of Aquitaine defeated the Moorish forces of Al-Samh ibn Malik al-Khawlani at the Battle of Toulouse. 1311 – Duccio’s Maestà altarpiece was unveiled in the Siena Cathedral in Italy. 1534 – Jacques Cartier became the […]
Sunday, June 8, 2025
Today: In 632 CE, Muhammad, the prophet who spread Islam, is believed to have died in Medina. In 1504, Michelangelo’s statue of David was reportedly installed in Florence. In 1789, James Madison introduced a proposed Bill of Rights to the U.S. Congress. In 1874, Apache chief Cochise died on the Chiricahua reservation in southeastern Arizona. […]
Saturday, June 7, 2025
Today: 1494: Spain and Portugal signed the Treaty of Tordesillas, dividing the newly discovered lands outside Europe between them. 1692: A massive earthquake devastated Port Royal, Jamaica, killing thousands. 1776: Richard Henry Lee of Virginia introduced a resolution for independence to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia. 1893: Mohandas K. Gandhi committed his first act of […]
Friday, June 6, 2025
Today: In 1523, Gustav Vasa was elected King of Sweden, effectively ending the Kalmar Union. In 1674, Shivaji, the founder of the Maratha Empire in India, was crowned king. In 1833, President Andrew Jackson became the first U.S. President to ride on a train. In 1844, the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) was founded in […]