1545 – The first landing of French troops on the coast of the Isle of Wight during the French invasion of the Isle of Wight.…
1545 – The first landing of French troops on the coast of the Isle of Wight during the French invasion of the Isle of Wight.…
1298 – An army under Albert of Austria defeated and killed Adolf of Nassua near Worms, Germany. 1625 – The Spanish army took Breda, Spain,…
0362 – Emperor Julian issued an edict banning Christians from teaching in Syria. 1789 – The Third Estate in France declared itself a national assembly,…
0455 – Rome was sacked by the Vandal army. 1487 – The War of the Roses ended with the Battle of Stoke. 1567 – Mary,…
1215 – King John of England put his seal on the Magna Carta. 1381 – The English peasant revolt was crushed in London. 1389 –…
1775 – The Continental Army was founded by the Second Continental Congress for purposes of common defense. This event is considered to be the birth…
1415 – Henry the Navigator, the prince of Portugal, embarked on an expedition to Africa. 1777 – The Marquis de Lafayette arrived in the American…
1442 – Alfonso V of Aragon was crowned King of Naples. 1665 – England installed a municipal government in New York. It was the former…
1346 – Charles IV of Luxembourg was elected Holy Roman Emperor in Germany. 1770 – Captain James Cook discovered the Great Barrier Reef off of…
1776 – The Continental Congress appointed a committee to write a Declaration of Independence. 1801 – The North African State of Tripoli declared war on…