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2nd June in History

By Harmeet Singh on June 2, 2026

1537 – Pope Paul III banned the enslavement of Indians. 1774 – The Quartering Act, which required American colonists to allow British soldiers into their…

1st June in History

By Harmeet Singh on June 1, 2026

1861 – The first skirmish of the U.S. Civil War took place at the Fairfax Court House, Virginia. 1869 – Thomas Edison received a patent…

31st May in history

By Harmeet Singh on May 31, 2026

1223 – Mongol invasion of the Cumans: Battle of the Kalka River: Mongol armies of Genghis Khan led by Subutai defeat Kievan Rus’ and Cumans.…

30th May in History

By sangeeta Saxena on May 30, 2026

1431 – Joan of Arc was burned at the stake in Rouen, France, at the age of 19. 1539 – Hernando de Soto, the Spanish…

29th May in History

By sangeeta Saxena on May 29, 2026

1827 – The first nautical school opened in Nantucket, MA, under the name Admiral Sir Isaac Coffin’s Lancasterian School. 1849 – A patent for lifting…

28th May in History

By sangeeta Saxena on May 28, 2026

1805 – Napoleon was crowned in Milan, Italy. 1863 – The first black regiment left Boston to fight in the U.S. Civil War. 1918 –…

27th May in History

By sangeeta Saxena on May 27, 2026

1647 – Alse Young (Achsah Young or Alice Young), a resident of Windsor, CT, was executed for being a “witch.” It was the first recorded…

25th May in History

By Harmeet Singh on May 25, 2026

585 BC – The first known prediction of a solar eclipse was made in Greece. 1085 – Alfonso VI took Toledo, Spain from the Moslems.…

24th May in History

By Harmeet Singh on May 24, 2026

1798 – Believing that a French invasion of Ireland was imminent, Irish nationalists rose up against the British occupation. 1844 – Samuel F.B. Morse formally…

23rd May in History

By sangeeta Saxena on May 23, 2026

1430 – Joan of Arc was captured by Burgundians. She was then sold to the English. 1873 – Canada’s North West Mounted Police force was…

22nd May in History

By sangeeta Saxena on May 22, 2026

1200 – King John of England and King Philip II of France sign the Treaty of Le Goulet. 1246 – Henry Raspe is elected anti-king…

21st May in History

By Harmeet Singh on May 21, 2026

0996 – Sixteen year old Otto III was crowned the Roman Emperor. 1471 – King Henry VI was killed in the tower of London. Edward…

20th May in History

By sangeeta Saxena on May 20, 2026

1506 – In Spain, Christopher Columbus died in poverty. 1520 – Hernando Cortez defeated Spanish troops that had been sent to punish him in Mexico.…

19th May in History

By Harmeet Singh on May 19, 2026

1535 – French explorer Jacques Cartier set sail for North America. 1536 – Anne Boleyn, the second wife of England’s King Henry VIII, was beheaded…

18th May in History

By Harmeet Singh on May 18, 2026

1643 – Queen Anne, the widow of Louis XIII, was granted sole and absolute power as regent by the Paris parliament, overriding the late king’s…

17th May in History

By sangeeta Saxena on May 17, 2026

1540 – Afghan chief Sher Khan defeated Moghul Emperor Humayun at Kanauj. 1630 – Italian Jesuit Niccolo Zucchi saw the belts on Jupiter’s surface. 1681 – Louis…

16th May in History

By Harmeet Singh on May 16, 2026

1770 – Marie Antoinette, at age 14, married the future King Louis XVI of France, who was 15. 1868 – U.S. President Andrew Johnson was…

15th May in History

By sangeeta Saxena on May 15, 2026

1614 – An aristocratic uprising in France ended with the treaty of St.Menehould. 1618 – Johannes Kepler discovered his harmonics law. 1702 – The War…

14th May in History

By Harmeet Singh on May 14, 2026

1264 – Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured and forced to sign the Mise of Lewes, making Simon de Montfort the de…

13th May in History

By Harmeet Singh on May 13, 2026

1607 – An expedition led by Captain Christopher Newport arrived at Jamestown, Virginia. The passengers went ashore the next day and this site became the…