Saturday, September 20, 2025
Today: 1780: Benedict Arnold committed treason during the American Revolutionary War by meeting with British Major John Andre to discuss handing over West Point. 1792: The National Convention in France voted to abolish the monarchy, establishing the First French Republic. 1897: The New York Sun published the famous editorial “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa […]
Friday, September 19, 2025
Today: 1356: The English, under the command of Edward, the Black Prince, defeat the French at the Battle of Poitiers and capture the French king, John II. 1778: The Continental Congress of the United States passes the first federal budget. 1796: George Washington’s Farewell Address is published for the first time in the American Daily […]
Thursday, September 18, 2025
Today: 96: Roman Emperor Domitian was assassinated, leading to the appointment of Nerva as his successor. 1793: The first cornerstone of the United States Capitol building was laid by President George Washington. 1810: Chile declared its independence from Spain. 1851: The first issue of The New-York Daily Times, which would later become The New York […]
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
Today: 1630: The city of Boston, Massachusetts, was founded by Puritan colonists from England. 1787: The United States Constitution was signed by 39 delegates at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1849: Abolitionist Harriet Tubman escaped from slavery in Maryland. She would later become a famous conductor on the Underground Railroad, helping many others to […]
Tuesday, September 16, 2025
Today: 1620: The Mayflower departed from Plymouth, England, carrying 102 passengers to the New World. 1810: Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, a priest in Dolores, Mexico, delivered his famous “Grito de Dolores,” initiating Mexico’s War of Independence from Spain. 1893: The Cherokee Strip Land Run began in Oklahoma, where settlers on horseback and in wagons raced […]
Monday, September 15, 2025
Today: 1776: British forces landed at Kip’s Bay, Manhattan, during the American Revolutionary War, leading to the occupation of New York City. 1821: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua declared their independence from Spain. 1830: The Liverpool and Manchester Railway, the world’s first inter-city passenger railway, officially opened. 1835: Charles Darwin, aboard HMS […]
Sunday, September 14, 2025
Today: 81: Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire after the death of his brother Titus. 1752: The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar, skipping eleven days. 1812: The French Grande Armée, under Napoleon, enters Moscow. The great fire of Moscow begins as Russian troops leave the city. 1814: Francis Scott Key pens the poem […]
Saturday, September 13, 2025
Today: 509 BC: The Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus on Rome’s Capitoline Hill was dedicated. 1759: The Battle of the Plains of Abraham was fought near Quebec City, a pivotal conflict in the Seven Years’ War between Great Britain and France. 1788: The Congress of the Confederation designated New York City as the temporary capital […]
Friday, September 12, 2025
Today: 490 BC: The Battle of Marathon is fought, where Athenians and their allies defeat a Persian invasion force. 1609: Henry Hudson, an English sea explorer, begins his exploration of the river that would later be named after him, the Hudson River. 1846: Poets Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning elope in London. 1940: Four teenagers […]
Wednesday, September 10, 2025
Today: 1608: John Smith was elected president of the Jamestown colony council. As a notable English explorer, soldier, and writer, his leadership was pivotal in the survival of the first permanent English settlement in North America. 1813: During the War of 1812, the United States Navy, under the command of Oliver Hazard Perry, defeated the […]