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

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

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

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. 1814 – Napoleon…Read more ›

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. President George Washington…Read more ›

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

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

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, DC, to New…Read more ›

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

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