1027: Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II Holy Roman Emperor, founder of the Salian dynasty 1812: Earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter scale destroys 90% of Caracas, Venezuela and kills an estimated 15,000 to 20,000 people 1871: Municipal elections bring revolutionaries to power in Paris who form the short lived Paris Commune government 1909: In […]
31: The first Easter, according to calendar-maker Dionysius Exiguus 1436: Florence Cathedral, Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore, consecrated by Pope Eugene IV, the largest dome in the world (then) by Filippo Brunelleschi with support from Cosimo de’ Medici (begun 1296) 1807: British Parliament abolishes the slave trade throughout the British Empire; penalty of £120 […]
1603: Scottish King James VI son of Mary Queen of Scots, becomes King James I of England in succession to Elizabeth I, thus joining the English and Scottish crowns 1837: Canada gives its black citizens the right to vote 1882: German scientist Robert Koch discovers and describes the tubercle bacillus which causes tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis), […]
1490: First dated edition of Maimonides “Mishneh Torah”, a code of Jewish religious law is published 1775: Patrick Henry proclaims “Give me liberty or give me death” in speech in favor of Virginian troops joining US Revolutionary war 1919: 8th Congress of the Russian Communist Party re-establishes a five-member Politburo which becomes the center of […]
1622: First American Indian (Powhatan) massacre of Europeans in Jamestown Virginia, 347 killed 1765: Stamp Act passed; 1st direct British tax on American colonists, organized by Prime Minister George Grenville 1784: The Emerald Buddha is moved with great ceremony to its current place in Wat Phra Kaew, Thailand 1832: British Parliament, led by Charles Grey, […]
1602: United Dutch East Indian Company (VOC) forms 1800: Alessandro Volta reports his discovery of the electric battery in a letter to Joseph Banks, president of the Royal Society of London 1815: Napoléon Bonaparte enters Paris after his escape from Elba, begins 100-day rule 1854: Republican Party formally organized in Ripon, Wisconsin 1900: US Secretary […]
1279: A Mongolian victory at the naval Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China 1644: 200 members of Peking imperial family and court commit suicide in loyalty to the Emperor 1863: Confederate cruiser SS Georgiana destroyed on her maiden voyage with a cargo of munitions, and medicines then valued over $1,000,000. Wreck discovered […]
1123: First Council of the Lateran (9th ecumenical council) opens in Rome, agreements of the Concordat of Worms ratified 1314: Jacques de Molay, the 23rd and the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, is burned at the stake by King Philip IV of France 1325: According to legend, Tenochtitlan is founded on this date […]
432: Saint Patrick, aged about 16 is captured by Irish pirates from his home in Great Britain and taken as a slave to Ireland (traditional date) 1861: Italy is unified into a single kingdom under Victor Emmanuel II following the campaigns led by Giuseppe Garibaldi 1905: Albert Einstein finishes his scientific paper detailing his Quantum […]
597 BC: Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king 1521 Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reaches the Philippines, landing at Homonhon Island after crossing the Pacific Ocean 1527: Battle of Khanua: Mughal Emperor Babur defeats Rajput forces led by Rana Sanga consolidating Mughal power 1660: English Long Parliament disbands 1792: King Gustav III of […]
