Posts published in “Today in History”

1686 – The first volume of Isaac Newton’s “Principia Mathamatic” was published. 1789 – A mutiny on the British ship Bounty took place when a rebel crew…

1296 – The Scots were defeated by Edward I at the Battle of Dunbar. 1805 – A force led by U.S. Marines captured the city…

1514 – Copernicus made his first observations of Saturn. 1607 – The British established an American colony at Cape Henry, Virginia. It was the first permanent…

1590 – The Sultan of Morocco launched his successful attack to capture Timbuktu. 1644 – The Ming Chongzhen emperor committed suicide by hanging himself.  1707…

1558 – Mary, Queen of Scotland, married the French dauphin, Francis. 1800 – The Library of Congress was established with a $5,000 allocation. 1805 –…

1348 – The first English order of knighthood was founded. It was the Order of the Garter. 1564 – Poet, playwright William Shakespeare  (“Julius Caesar,” “Romeo and Juliet,”…

1500 – Portuguese navigator Pedro Alvares Cabral discovered Brazil. 1509 – Henry VIII ascended to the throne of England upon the death of his father…

753 BC – Today is the traditional date of the foundation of Rome. 1526 – Mongol Emperor Babur annihilated the Indian Army of Ibrahim Lodi.…

1657 – English Admiral Robert Blake fought his last battle when he destroyed the Spanish fleet in Santa Cruz Bay. 1689 – The siege of…

1539 – Emperor Charles V reached a truce with German Protestants at Frankfurt, Germany. 1587 – English admiral Sir Francis Drake entered Cadiz harbor and…

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…