Posts published in “Today in History”

   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…

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,…

    1829 The three protecting powers (Britain, France and Russia) establish the borders of Greece.     1914 World’s 1st airline, St Petersburg Tampa Airboat Line,…

    1863 Battle of Pensacola FL -evacuated by Federals     1865 2nd day of Battle of Bentonville NC     1916 Allies attack Zeebrugge Belgium    …

    1915 Pluto photographed for 1st time (although unknown at the time)     1927 Bloody battles between communists & nazis in Berlin     1945 Adolf…

    1167 Battle of El-Babein, Egypt: Franks under Amalrik vs Syrians     1184 Battle of Ichi-no-Tani near Kobe, Japan     1541 Hernando de Soto observes…

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…