Posts published in “Today in History”

8th June in history

By Harmeet Singh on June 8, 2026

0452 – Italy was invaded by Attila the Hun. 0793 – The Vikings raided the Northumbrian coast of England. 1786 – In New York City,…

7th June in History

By Harmeet Singh on June 7, 2026

1494 – Spain and Portugal divided the new lands they had discovered between themselves. 1498 – Christopher Columbus left on his third voyage of exploration.…

6th June in History

By Harmeet Singh on June 6, 2026

1674 – Sivaji crowned himself King of India. 1936 – The first helicopter was tested in a building in Berlin, Germany. 1941 – The U.S.…

5th June in history

By sangeeta Saxena on June 5, 2026

1595 – Henry IV’s army defeated the Spanish at the Battle of Fontaine-Francaise. 1752 – Benjamin Franklin flew a kite for the first time to…

4th June in history

By Harmeet Singh on June 4, 2026

1615 – The fortress of Osaka, Japan, fell to shogun Ieyasu after a six month siege. 1647 – The British army seized King Charles I…

3rd June in History

By Harmeet Singh on June 3, 2026

1098 – Christian Crusaders of the First Crusade seized Antioch, Turkey. 1539 – Hernando De Soto claimed Florida for Spain. 1621 – The Dutch West…

2nd June in History

By Harmeet Singh on June 2, 2026

1537 – Pope Paul III banned the enslavement of Indians. 1774 – The Quartering Act, which required American colonists to allow British soldiers into their…

1st June in History

By Harmeet Singh on June 1, 2026

1861 – The first skirmish of the U.S. Civil War took place at the Fairfax Court House, Virginia. 1869 – Thomas Edison received a patent…

31st May in history

By Harmeet Singh on May 31, 2026

1223 – Mongol invasion of the Cumans: Battle of the Kalka River: Mongol armies of Genghis Khan led by Subutai defeat Kievan Rus’ and Cumans.…

30th May in History

By sangeeta Saxena on May 30, 2026

1431 – Joan of Arc was burned at the stake in Rouen, France, at the age of 19. 1539 – Hernando de Soto, the Spanish…

29th May in History

By sangeeta Saxena on May 29, 2026

1827 – The first nautical school opened in Nantucket, MA, under the name Admiral Sir Isaac Coffin’s Lancasterian School. 1849 – A patent for lifting…

28th May in History

By sangeeta Saxena on May 28, 2026

1805 – Napoleon was crowned in Milan, Italy. 1863 – The first black regiment left Boston to fight in the U.S. Civil War. 1918 –…

27th May in History

By sangeeta Saxena on May 27, 2026

1647 – Alse Young (Achsah Young or Alice Young), a resident of Windsor, CT, was executed for being a “witch.” It was the first recorded…

25th May in History

By Harmeet Singh on May 25, 2026

585 BC – The first known prediction of a solar eclipse was made in Greece. 1085 – Alfonso VI took Toledo, Spain from the Moslems.…

24th May in History

By Harmeet Singh on May 24, 2026

1798 – Believing that a French invasion of Ireland was imminent, Irish nationalists rose up against the British occupation. 1844 – Samuel F.B. Morse formally…