Wednesday, November 5, 2025
Today: 610: Heraclius arrived at Constantinople, overthrew Byzantine Emperor Phocas, and became emperor. 1789: The Women’s March on Versailles began, a significant event in the French Revolution that forced King Louis XVI to return to Paris. 1813: During the War of 1812, American forces won the Battle of the Thames in Ontario, Canada. Shawnee leader […]
Tuesday, November 4, 2025
Today: 1493: Christopher Columbus reaches the Leeward Islands during his second voyage to the New World. 1737: The Teatro di San Carlo, the oldest continuously active public opera house in Europe, is inaugurated in Naples, Italy. 1842: Abraham Lincoln marries Mary Todd at her sister’s home in Springfield, Illinois. 1890: The City and South London […]
Monday, November 3, 2025
Today: 361: Emperor Constantius II dies of a fever, declaring his cousin Julian his rightful successor on his deathbed. 1493: Christopher Columbus first sights the island of Dominica during his second voyage to the New World. 1534: The English Parliament passes the first Act of Supremacy, declaring King Henry VIII the Supreme Head of the […]
Sunday, November 2, 2025
Today: 1721: Peter the Great was proclaimed Emperor of all the Russias. 1783: U.S. General George Washington delivered his “Farewell Address to the Army.” 1795: The French Directory, a five-man revolutionary government, was established. 1889: North Dakota and South Dakota were admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states. 1917: The Balfour Declaration was issued, […]
Saturday, November 1, 2025
Today: 1512: The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo, is exhibited to the public for the first time. 1604: William Shakespeare’s tragedy ‘Othello’ is presented for the first time at Whitehall Palace in London. 1755: A massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami devastate Lisbon, Portugal, resulting in tens of thousands of casualties. 1765: The […]
Friday, October 31, 2025
Today: 1517: Martin Luther posts his Ninety-five Theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany, sparking the Protestant Reformation. 1864: Nevada is admitted as the 36th U.S. state. 1913: The Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across the United States, is dedicated. 1922: Benito Mussolini is appointed Prime Minister of Italy, beginning […]
Thursday, October 30, 2025
Today: 1485: Henry Tudor is crowned King Henry VII of England, establishing the Tudor dynasty. 1735: John Adams, the second U.S. President, is born in Braintree, Massachusetts. 1831: Nat Turner is arrested in Virginia for leading a slave rebellion. 1905: Tsar Nicholas II of Russia issues the October Manifesto, granting basic civil liberties. 1918: The […]
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Today: 1618: Sir Walter Raleigh, the English writer and explorer, was executed in London. 1787: Mozart’s opera “Don Giovanni” premiered in Prague. 1863: Eighteen countries met in Geneva and agreed to form the International Red Cross. 1923: The Republic of Turkey was proclaimed, with Mustafa Kemal Atatürk as its first president. 1929: The New York […]
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Today: 312: Constantine I defeats Maxentius at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge, becoming the sole Roman emperor in the West. 1492: Christopher Columbus lands in Cuba during his first voyage to the New World. 1636: The Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony votes to establish a college, which later becomes Harvard […]
Monday, October 27, 2025
Today: 312: Constantine the Great reportedly received his Vision of the Cross, which he believed led to his victory at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge. 1275: The traditional date for the founding of the city of Amsterdam is established, based on a document granting toll-free status to its residents. 1682: William Penn founded the […]