1539 – Emperor Charles V reached a truce with German Protestants at Frankfurt, Germany. 1587 – English admiral Sir Francis Drake entered Cadiz harbor and…
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…
1861 – American Civil War: The war begins with Confederate forces firing on Fort Sumter, in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina. 1862 – American…
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…
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…
1865 Battle of Ft Blakely AL & Selma AL 1866 US President Johnson ends civil war. 1883 Battle at Bamako: French assault…
1513 – Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon sighted Florida. The next day he went ashore. 1792 – The U.S. Congress passed the Coinage Act…
1862 Civil War action at Island #10 on Mississippi River 1863 Battle of Grand Gulf MS & Dinwiddie Court House VA 1866…
1809 Peninsular War: France defeats Spain in the Battle of Medelin. 1854 Britain & France declare war on Russia (Crimean War) 1860…
1625 Charles I, King Of England, Scotland & Ireland, ascends English throne 1668 England takes control of Bombay, India 1812 Earthquake destroys 90% of Caracas, Venezuela; about…
1668England takes control of Bombay, India 1812 Earthquake destroys 90% of Caracas, Venezuela; about 20,000 die 1845 Patent awarded for adhesive medicated plaster, precusor of bandaid 1931 Iraq…
1802 France, Netherlands, Spain & Great Britain sign Peace of Amiens 1821 Greece gains independence from 1856 A E Burnside patents Burnside carbine 1857 Frederick Laggenheim takes 1st photo…
1883 1st telephone call between NY & Chicago 1898 1st automobile sold 1920 1st US coast guard air station established (Morehead City NC) 1925 KSL-AM in Salt Lake City…