380: Theodosius I makes his adventus, or first formal entry, into Constantinople 1639: 1st observation of Transit of Venus by Jeremiah Horrocks and William Crabtree – helped establish size of the Solar System 1642: Dutch explorer Abel Tasman is the first European to discover Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) 1859: English naturalist Charles Darwin publishes “On […]
1248: Conquest of Seville by Christian troops under King Ferdinand III of Castile after the city capitulates 1644: “Areopagitica”, a pamphlet by John Milton decrying censorship, is published 1869: The clipper Cutty Sark is launched In Dumbarton, Scotland, one of the last clippers ever built and the only one still surviving 2018: US Federal Climate […]
1497: Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama rounds Cape of Good Hope on way to first voyage from Europe to reach India 1926: Imperial Conference ends, giving autonomy inside British Commonwealth 1935: Flying boat “China Clipper” takes off from Alameda, California, carrying 100,000 pieces of mail on 1st trans-Pacific airmail flight 1963: US President John F. […]
164 BC: During Maccabbean revolt Judas Maccabaeus recaptures Jersusalem and rededicates the Second Temple, commemorated since as Jewish festival Hanukkah 1818: Russia’s Tsar Alexander I petitions for a Jewish state in Palestine 1906: China prohibits the opium trade 1970: General Hafez al-Assad becomes Prime Minister of Syria following a military coup 1971: Battle of Garibpur: […]
284: Roman general Diocletian proclaimed Emperor by armies of the east and west after the death of Carinus at the Battle of the Margus 762: Bögü, Khan of the Uyghurs, conquers Lo-Yang, capital of the Chinese Empire 1695: Zumbi, the last King of the Quilombo dos Palmares in early Brazil and ex-slave, is executed and […]
The Latin alphabet is undoubtedly the world’s most recognizable form of written language, whose history goes back in time to the eras of ancient Greek and Roman dominance of the entire Western world.
1530: “The Recess”, the final decree of the Diet of Augsburg signed by Charles V and Catholic princes reaffirming Catholic rites and principles (after departure of Protestant Princes) 1620: The Mayflower reaches Cape Cod and explores the coast 1805: Lewis and Clark Expedition, led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, reaches the Pacific Ocean, first […]
1477: First English dated printed book “Dictes & Sayengis of the Phylosophers” by William Caxton at his press in London 1626: St. Peter’s Basilica is consecrated in Rome, replacing an earlier basilica on the same site and becoming the world’s largest Christian basilica 1916: British General Douglas Haig finally calls off the 1st Battle of […]
1558: Elizabeth I aged 25, ascends the English throne upon death of her half sister, Queen “Bloody” Mary 1800: Congress holds its 1st session in Washington, D.C. in an incomplete Capitol Building 1831: Ecuador and Venezuela separated from Greater Colombia 1855: David Livingstone becomes the first European to see Victoria Falls, in what is now […]
534: Second and final revision of the Justinian Code published, a codified set of imperial and classical laws begun initially in 528 1532: Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro captures Inca Emperor Atahualpa after a surprise ambush at Cajamarca in the Peruvian Andes 1776: British troops capture Fort Washington during American Revolution 1945: Founding of UNESCO, the […]
