1431 – Judges’ investigations for the trial of Joan of Arc begin in Rouen, France, the seat of the English occupation government. 1718 – France…
1431 – Judges’ investigations for the trial of Joan of Arc begin in Rouen, France, the seat of the English occupation government. 1718 – France…
1642 – Astronomer Galileo Galilei died in Arcetri, Italy 1656 – Oldest surviving commercial newspaper begins (Haarlem, Netherlands) 1790 – 1st US President George Washington…
1601 – Robert, Earl of Essex, leads revolt in London against Queen Elizabeth 1714 – Typewriter patented by Englishman Henry Mill (built years later) 1761…
1898 – 1st telephone message from a submerged submarine, by Simon Lake 1930 – 1st diesel engine automobile trip (in a Packard sedan) completed 1931…
1066 – Edward the Confessor dies childless, sparking a succession crisis that will eventually lead to the Norman conquest of England. 1477 – Battle of…
1642 – King Charles I with 400 soldiers attacks the English parliament 1698 – Most of the Palace of Whitehall in London, the main residence…
1496 – Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tests a flying machine. 1521 – Martin Luther excommunicated by Pope Leo X from the Roman Catholic Church 1653…
1757 – British troops occupy Calcutta India 1839 – 1st photo of the Moon (French photographer Louis Daguerre) 1905 – Elara, a satellite of Jupiter,…
1AD – Origin of Christian Era 1583 – 1st day of the Gregorian calendar in Holland & Flanders 1610 – German astronomer Simon Marius 1st…
535 – Byzantine general Belisarius completes the conquest of Sicily, defeating the Gothic garrison of Palermo (Panormos), and ending his consulship for the year. 1225…