Posts published in “Today in History”

1845 Bristol man, Henry Jones, patents self-raising flour 1845 Rubber band patented by Stephen Perry of London 1861 Italy declares independence; Kingdom of Italy proclaimed 1863 Battle of Kelly’s…

1861 Arizona Territory votes to leave the Union (US Civil War) 1865 Battle of Averasboro NC (1,500 casualities) 1882 US Senate ratifies treaty establishing the…

44 BC – Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, Gaius Cassius Longinus, Decimus Junius Brutus and…

44 BC – Casca and Cassius decide, on the night before the Assassination of Julius Caesar, that Mark Antony should stay alive. 313 – Emperor…

1865 – US Civil war: Confederate President Jefferson Davis signs bill authorizing use of slaves as soldiers 1922 – WRR-AM in Dallas TX begins radio transmissions 1924 –…

1904 1st main line electric train in UK (Liverpool to 1938 Nazi Germany invades Austria (Anschluss) 1940 Finland surrenders to Russia during WW II, gives Karelische 1945 USSR returns…

1795 Battle at Kurdla India: Mahratten beat Mogols 1824 US War Dept creates the Bureau of Indian Affair 1897 A meteorite enters the earth’s atmosphere and explodes over…

1783 USS Alliance under Captain Barry fights and wins last naval battle US Revolutionary War off Cape Canaveral 1791 John Stone, Concord, Mass, patents a pile driver…

1554  Battle at London: Sir Thomas Wyatt defeated and his rebellion against Queen Mary crushed 1788  Austria declares war on Russia 1861  Tennessee votes against…

1618 – Johann Kepler discovered the third Law of Planetary Motion. 1702 – England’s Queen Anne took the throne upon the death of King William…

   1814 Napoleon I of France wins the Battle of Craonne.    1876 Alexander Graham Bell patents telephone    1876 Battle at Gura: Ethiopian emperor…

1799 Napoleon Bonaparte captures 1926 China asks for a seat in the Security council 1946 France recognizes Vietnam statehood within Indo-Chinese 1947 XB-45, 1st US…

1836 Samuel Colt manufactures 1st pistol, 34-caliber “Texas” model 1945 World War II: The Battle of the Ruhr begins. 1948 US rocket flies record 4800…

1238 Battle of the Sit River is fought in the northern part of the present-day Yaroslavl Oblast of Russia between the Mongol Hordes of Batu…

1409 Austrian civil war ends 1815 US declares war on Algiers for taking US prisoners & demanding tribute 1857 Second Opium War: France and the…

   1791 Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a semaphore machine in Paris.    1865 Second Taranaki War: The Volkner Incident in New…

   1634 Battle at Smolensk: Polish King Wladyslaw IV beats Russians    1896 Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity.    1912 U.S. Army Captain Albert Berry performs…

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…

380 – Edict of Thessalonica: Emperor Theodosius I, with co-emperors Gratian and Valentinian II, declare their wish that all Roman citizens convert to trinitarian Christianity…

747 BC – Epoch (origin) of Ptolemy’s Nabonassar Era. 364 – Valentinian I is proclaimed Roman Emperor. 1616 – Galileo Galilei is formally banned by…