1314 – Scottish forces led by Robert the Bruce won over Edward II of England at the Battle of Bannockburn in Scotland. 1340 – The…
1314 – Scottish forces led by Robert the Bruce won over Edward II of England at the Battle of Bannockburn in Scotland. 1340 – The…
1700 – Russia gave up its Black Sea fleet as part of a truce with the Ottoman Empire. 1758 – British and Hanoverian armies defeated…
1558 – The French took the French town of Thioville from the English. 1611 – English explorer Henry Hudson, his son and several other people…
1404 – Owain Glyndwr established a Welsh Parliament at Machynlleth and was crowned Prince of Wales. 1859 – Andrew Lanergan received the first rocket patent.…
1397 – The Union of Kalmar united Denmark, Sweden, and Norway under one monarch. 1756 – In India, 150 British soldiers were imprisoned in a…
0240 BC – Eratosthenes estimated the circumference of the Earth using two sticks. 1586 – English colonists sailed away from Roanoke Island, NC, after failing…
1155 – Frederick I Barbarossa was crowned emperor of Rome. 1429 – French forces defeated the English at the battle of Patay. The English had…
1598 – King Henry IV of France signed the Edict of Nantes which granted political rights to French Protestant Huguenots. 1759 – The French defeated…
1783 – After receiving a copy of the provisional treaty on March 13, the U.S. Congress proclaimed a formal end to hostilities with Great Britain.…
1741 – Frederick II of Prussia defeated Maria Theresa’s forces at Mollwitz and conquered Silesia. 1790 – The U.S. patent system was established when U.S.…