Posts published in “Today in History”

20th May in History

By sangeeta Saxena on May 20, 2022

1506 – In Spain, Christopher Columbus died in poverty. 1520 – Hernando Cortez defeated Spanish troops that had been sent to punish him in Mexico.…

19th May in History

By Harmeet Singh on May 19, 2022

1535 – French explorer Jacques Cartier set sail for North America. 1536 – Anne Boleyn, the second wife of England’s King Henry VIII, was beheaded…

18th May in History

By Harmeet Singh on May 18, 2022

1643 – Queen Anne, the widow of Louis XIII, was granted sole and absolute power as regent by the Paris parliament, overriding the late king’s…

17th May in History

By sangeeta Saxena on May 17, 2022

1540 – Afghan chief Sher Khan defeated Moghul Emperor Humayun at Kanauj. 1630 – Italian Jesuit Niccolo Zucchi saw the belts on Jupiter’s surface. 1681 – Louis…

16th May in History

By Harmeet Singh on May 16, 2022

1770 – Marie Antoinette, at age 14, married the future King Louis XVI of France, who was 15. 1868 – U.S. President Andrew Johnson was…

15th May in History

By sangeeta Saxena on May 15, 2022

1614 – An aristocratic uprising in France ended with the treaty of St.Menehould. 1618 – Johannes Kepler discovered his harmonics law. 1702 – The War…

14th May in History

By Harmeet Singh on May 14, 2022

1264 – Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured and forced to sign the Mise of Lewes, making Simon de Montfort the de…

13th May in History

By Harmeet Singh on May 13, 2022

1607 – An expedition led by Captain Christopher Newport arrived at Jamestown, Virginia. The passengers went ashore the next day and this site became the…

12th May in History

By Harmeet Singh on May 12, 2022

1588 – King Henry III fled Paris after Henry of Guise triumphantly entered the city. 1780 – Charleston, South Carolina fell to British forces. 1870…

11th May in History

By sangeeta Saxena on May 11, 2022

0330 – Constantinople, previously the town of Byzantium, was founded. 1573 – Henry of Anjou became the first elected king of Poland. 1647 – Peter…

10th May in History

By Harmeet Singh on May 10, 2022

1503 – Christopher Columbus discovered the Cayman Islands. 1676 – Bacon’s Rebellion, which pits frontiersmen against the government, began. 1768 – The imprisonment of the…

9th May in History

By sangeeta Saxena on May 9, 2022

1429 – Joan of Arc defeated the besieging English at Orleans. 1502 – Christopher Columbus left Spain for his final trip to the Western Hemisphere. 1671 –…

8th May in History

By sangeeta Saxena on May 8, 2022

1794 – Antoine Lavoisier was executed by guillotine. He was the French chemist that discovered oxygen. 1794 – The United States Post Office was established.…

7th May in History

By sangeeta Saxena on May 7, 2022

Indian Border Roads was born on 7th May 1960 1429 – The English siege of Orleans was broken by Joan of Arc. 1525 – The German…

6th May in History

By Harmeet Singh on May 6, 2022

1527 – German troops began sacking Rome, bringing about the end of the Renaissance. 1529 – Babur defeated the Afghan Chiefs in the Battle of…

5th May in History

By Harmeet Singh on May 5, 2022

1494 – Christopher Columbus sighted Jamaica on his second trip to the Western Hemisphere. He named the island Santa Gloria. 1798 – U.S. Secretary of…

4th May in History

By Harmeet Singh on May 4, 2022

1814 – Napoleon Bonaparte disembarked at Portoferraio on the island of Elba in the Mediterranean. 1863 – The Battle of Chancellorsville ended when the Union…

03rd May in history

By Harmeet Singh on May 3, 2022

1469 – Italian philosopher/writer Niccolo Machiavelli was born 1568 – French forces in Florida slaughtered hundreds of Spanish. 1802 – Washington, DC, was incorporated as…