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1521 – Martin Luther confronted the emperor Charles V in the Diet of Worms and refused to retract his views that led to his excommunication.…

1492 – Christopher Columbus signed a contract with Spain to find a passage to Asia and the Indies. 1521 – Martin Luther was excommunicated from…

1705 – Queen Anne of England knighted Isaac Newton. 1862 – Confederate President Jefferson Davis approved conscription act for white males between 18 and 35.…

1784 – The first balloon was flown in Ireland. 1813 – U.S. troops under James Wilkinson attacked the Spanish-held city of Mobile that would be…

1793 – A royalist rebellion in Santo Domingo was crushed by French republican troops. 1828 – The first edition of Noah Webster’s dictionary was published…

1598 – King Henry IV of France signed the Edict of Nantes which granted political rights to French Protestant Huguenots. 1759 – The French defeated…

1861 – American Civil War: The war begins with Confederate forces firing on Fort Sumter, in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina. 1862 – American…

1783 – After receiving a copy of the provisional treaty on March 13, the U.S. Congress proclaimed a formal end to hostilities with Great Britain.…

1741 – Frederick II of Prussia defeated Maria Theresa’s forces at Mollwitz and conquered Silesia. 1790 – The U.S. patent system was established when U.S.…

1770 – Captain James Cook discovered Botany Bay on the Australian continent. 1865 – At Appomattox Court House, Virginia, General Robert E. Lee surrendered his…

1460 – Juan Ponce de León, Spanish explorer and conquistador who searched for the fountain of youth and the first European to discover Florida, born…

1922 – U.S. Secretary of Interior leased Teapot Dome naval oil reserves in Wyoming. 1927 – The first long-distance TV transmission was sent from Washington,…

1199 – English King Richard I was killed by an arrow at the siege of the castle of Chaluz in France. 1607 – An expedition…

1843 – Queen Victoria proclaimed Hong Kong to be a British crown colony. 1869 – Daniel Bakeman, the last surviving soldier of the U.S. Revolutionary…

1814Netherlands Bank issues its 1st banknotes  1818 In the Battle of Maipú, Chile’s independence movement – led by Bernardo O’Higgins and José de San Martín – win a…

18631st wartime conscription law in US goes into effect 1865-9] Battle at Blakely Alabama 1918 United Kingdom: the Royal Air Force is created from the Royal…

    1862 Civil War action at Island #10 on Mississippi River     1863 Battle of Grand Gulf MS & Dinwiddie Court House VA     1866…

1856-Russia signs Peace of Paris, ending the Crimean War 1867 -US buys Alaska from Russia for $7,200,000 1922-KGY-AM in Olympia WA begins radio transmissions 1922-WWL-AM in…

1967 – France launched its first nuclear submarine 1973 – The last U.S. troops left South Vietnam. 1974 – Mariner 10, the U.S. space probe…