1782 – 1st nautical almanac in US published by Samuel Stearns, Boston 1860 – The first British seagoing iron-clad warship, HMS Warrior is launched. 1867…
1782 – 1st nautical almanac in US published by Samuel Stearns, Boston 1860 – The first British seagoing iron-clad warship, HMS Warrior is launched. 1867…
1612 – First observation of Neptune – Galileo observes and records a “fixed star” without realising it is a planet 1893 – French lieutenant Boiteux…
537 – The Hagia Sophia is completed. 1703 – Portugal and England sign the Methuen Treaty which gives preference to Portuguese imported wines into England.…
887 – Berengar I is elected as king of Italy by the lords of Lombardy. He is crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy at…
1901 – Battle at Tweefontein: British force camped on a hill is surprised by a Boer attack at 2am 1914 – Legendary “Christmas Truce” takes…
640 – Pope John IV is elected. 1294 – Pope Boniface VIII is elected, replacing St. Celestine V, who had resigned. 1777 – Kiritimati, also…
562 – Hagia Sophia in Constantinople reopened with a rebuilt dome after a series of earthquakes caused the original to collapse. 1572 – Theologian Johann…
69 – Emperor Vitellius is captured and murdered at the Gemonian stairs in Rome. 401 – Pope Innocent I is elected. 856 – Damghan earthquake:…
69 – The Roman Senate declares Vespasian emperor of Rome, the last in the Year of the Four Emperors. 1124 – Pope Honorius II is…
69 – Vespasian, formerly a general under Nero, enters Rome to claim the title of Emperor. 217 – Callixtus I is elected as the sixteenth…