1821 Battle and fall of city of Kalamata, Greek War of 1840 Draper takes 1st successful photo of the Moon 1857 Elisha Otis’ 1st elevator installed (488 Broadway,…
1821 Battle and fall of city of Kalamata, Greek War of 1840 Draper takes 1st successful photo of the Moon 1857 Elisha Otis’ 1st elevator installed (488 Broadway,…
1821 First revolutionary act in Monastery of Agia Lavra, Kalavryta, Greek War of Independence. 1865 Battle of Bentonville ends, last Confederate effort to…
1863 Battle of Pensacola FL -evacuated by Federals 1865 2nd day of Battle of Bentonville NC 1916 Allies attack Zeebrugge Belgium …
1229 – The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor signs a ten-year truce with al-Kamil, regaining Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Bethlehem with neither military engagements…
1543 – England and Scotland signed the peace of Greenwich. 1596 – An English fleet under the Earl of Essex, Lord Howard of Effingham and…
1704 French & Indians attack Deerfield, Mass, kill 50, abduct 100 1940 Finland initiates Winter War peace negotiations 1956 Islamic Republic forms in Pakistan 1996…
320 – Pappus of Alexandria, Greek philosopher, observes an eclipse of the Sun and writes a commentary on The Great Astronomer (Almagest). 614 – King…
875 – Charles the Bald King of the Franks is crowned as Holy Roman Emperor Charles II. 1851 – The first American YMCA opens in…
418 – Pope Boniface I is elected. 457 – Majorian is acclaimed emperor of the Western Roman Empire and recognized by Emperor Leo I the…
333 – Roman Emperor Constantine the Great elevates his youngest son Constans to the rank of Caesar. 336 – First documentary sign of Christmas celebration…
1297 – Battle of Stirling Bridge: Scots jointly-led by William Wallace and Andrew Moray defeat the English. 1390 – Lithuanian Civil War (1389–92): The Teutonic…
1600 – British East India Company chartered 1744 – English astronomer James Bradley announces discovery of Earth’s nutation motion (wobble) 1756 – Russia joins the…
1814 – Destruction of schooner Carolina, the last of Commodore Daniel Patterson’s make-shift fleet that fought a series of delaying actions that contributed to Andrew…
1776 – George Washington defeats Hessians at Battle of Trenton in American Revolutionary War 1793 – Battle of Geisberg: French defeat Austrians. 1917 – US…
1688 – King James II, the last Roman Catholic British monarch flees to France from William of Orange 1690 – English astronomer John Flamsteed observes…
1898 – Scientists Pierre and Marie Curie discover radium 1907 – Dutch government of De Master falls due to war budget 1909 – U of…
1830 – Great Britain, France, Prussia, Austria and Russia recognize Belgium 1879 – Tom Edison privately demonstrated incandescent light at Menlo Park 1917 – A…
1928 – 1st autogyro flight in US 1932 – British Broadcasting Corp begins transmitting overseas 1941 – Hitler takes complete command of German Army 1945…
1718 – France, Britain and Austria declare war on Spain (War of the Quadruple Alliance 1718–1720) 1777 – France recognizes independence of British colonies in…
1653 – Oliver Cromwell became lord protector of England, Scotland and Ireland. 1773 – Nearly 350 chests of tea were dumped into Boston Harbor off…