1642: Georgeana (York) in Maine becomes the 1st incorporated American city 1780: Pennsylvania becomes 1st US state to abolish slavery (for newborns only) 1847: Michigan becomes 1st English-speaking jurisdiction to abolish the death penalty (except for treason against the state) 1869: US Postage stamps showing scenes issued for 1st time. These pictorials showed a post horse and rider, a […]
202 BC: Coronation ceremony of Liu Bang as Emperor Gaozu of Han takes place, initiating four centuries of the Han Dynasty’s rule over China 1710: In the Battle of Helsingborg, 14,000 Danish invaders under Jørgen Rantzau are decisively defeated by an equally sized Swedish force under Magnus Stenbock 1854: Republican Party formally organized in Ripon, Wisconsin 1915: WWI: After […]
1693: 1st women’s magazine “Ladies’ Mercury” published in London, England 1900: In London, the Trades Union Congress and the Independent Labour Party (formed in 1893) meet, results in a Labour Representative Committee and eventually the modern Labour Party in 1906 1933: Nazi Germany’s parliament building “The Reichstag” is destroyed by fire; possibly set by the Nazis, who blame and […]
1616: Roman Inquisition delivers injunction to Galileo demanding he abandon his belief in heliocentrism, which states the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun 1797: Bank of England issues first £1 note 1815: Napoleon Bonaparte and his supporters leave Elba to start a 100 day re-conquest of 1885: Berlin Conference gives Congo to Belgium and Nigeria to Great Britain 1935: RADAR (Radio Detection […]
1570: Pius V excommunicates Queen Elizabeth I of England for heresy and persecution of English Catholics during her reign. Also absolves her subjects from allegiance to the crown. 1862: First Legal Tender Act 1862 is passed by the US Congress, authorizing the United States note (greenback) into circulation, the first fiat paper money that was legal tender in America 1910: Dalai Lama flees […]
1525: Battle of Pavia: Holy Roman Emperor Charles V’s troops defeat the French killing or wounded 5,000 and capturing French King Francois 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 of India, Muhammad Shah 1821: Agustín de […]
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 7 cities of Cibola 1836: Alamo besieged for 13 days until March 6 by Mexican army under General Santa Anna; entire garrison eventually killed 1904: United States acquires control of the Panama Canal Zone for $10 million 1945: US Marines […]
303: 1st official Roman edict for persecution of Christians issued by Emperor Diocletian at Nicomedia, ordering all churches to be closed and scriptures burnt 1632: Galileo’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 rules authors do not have perpetual […]
1173: Pope Alexander III canonizes Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury 1613: Michael Romanov, son of Patriarch of Moscow, elected first Russian Tsar of the house of Romanov 1804: 1st locomotive, Richard Trevithick’s, runs for the 1st time, along the tramway of the Penydarren Ironworks in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales 1916: World War I: Battle of Verdun begins with a German offensive, […]
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 discovers the site of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea and claims it for the United Kingdom 1938: UK Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden resigns stating Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain has appeased Nazi Germany 1944: Battle of Eniwetok: US forces take […]
