1570: Pius V excommunicates Queen Elizabeth I of England for heresy and persecution of English Catholics during her reign and absolves her subjects from allegiance to the crown 1836: Samuel Colt patents the first practical revolving-cylinder, multi-shot revolver, allowing it to fire multiple shots without reloading 1862: First Legal Tender Act of 1862 is passed […]
1525: Battle of Pavia: Holy Roman Emperor Charles V’s troops defeat the French, killing or wounding 5,000 and capturing French King Francis I 1582: Pope Gregory XIII announces the New Style calendar, commonly known as the Gregorian calendar 1739: Battle of Karnal: Army of Iranian ruler Nadir Shah defeats the forces of the Mughal emperor […]
Eugene Delacroix’s iconic 1826 oil painting “Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi” will travel to Greece in April for the first time since its creation, marking the 200th anniversary of the heroic Exodus of Messolonghi’s besieged defenders.
1455: Johannes Gutenberg prints his first Bible [estimated date] [1] 1540: Francisco Vázquez de Coronado’s expedition sets off from Mexico in search of the Seven Cities of Gold (Cibola) 1836: The Alamo is besieged for 13 days until March 6 by the Mexican army under General Santa Anna; the entire garrison is eventually killed 1904: […]
303: First official Roman edict for persecution of Christians issued by Emperor Diocletian at Nicomedia, ordering all churches to be closed and scriptures burnt 1632: Galileo Galilei’s book “Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems” is published comparing the Copernican and Ptolemaic systems and whether the Earth orbits the sun 1774: British House of Lords […]
1173: Pope Alexander III canonizes Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury 1613: Michael Romanov, son of the Patriarch of Moscow, is elected the first Russian Tsar of the House of Romanov 1804: World’s first steam locomotive, built by Richard Trevithick, runs for the first time along the tramway of the Penydarren Ironworks in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales […]
The city in the drawing is crouched low, almost like an extension of the lagoon. The unknown artist’s gaze sweeps over ruins that still bear witness to the ferocity of the siege. Huts on stilts and wooden posts mark the fishing zones. Most public squares and streets are dirt and mud, while the squat houses […]
1792: US postal service created, postage 6-12 cents depending on distance 1872: New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art opens 1873: British Naval Officer John Moresby is the first European to discover Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, claims it for the United Kingdom 1938: UK Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden resigns, stating Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain has […]
356: Roman Emperor Constantius II closes all pagan temples 1600: Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina explodes in the most violent eruption in South American recorded history 1878: Thomas Edison is granted a patent for his cylinder phonograph 1942: An estimated 150 Japanese warplanes attack the Australian city of Darwin 1942: FDR orders the detention and internment of […]
1519: Hernán Cortés leaves Cuba for the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico, with 11 ships and 500 men 1678: John Bunyan’s Christian novel “The Pilgrim’s Progress” is published in London by Nathaniel Ponder 1685: Fort St. Louis is established by a Frenchman at Matagorda Bay, forming the basis for France’s claim to Texas 1885: Mark Twain publishes […]
