1431 – Joan of Arc was burned at the stake in Rouen, France, at the age of 19. 1539 – Hernando de Soto, the Spanish…
1431 – Joan of Arc was burned at the stake in Rouen, France, at the age of 19. 1539 – Hernando de Soto, the Spanish…
1827 – The first nautical school opened in Nantucket, MA, under the name Admiral Sir Isaac Coffin’s Lancasterian School. 1849 – A patent for lifting…
1805 – Napoleon was crowned in Milan, Italy. 1863 – The first black regiment left Boston to fight in the U.S. Civil War. 1918 –…
1647 – Alse Young (Achsah Young or Alice Young), a resident of Windsor, CT, was executed for being a “witch.” It was the first recorded…
1660 – King Charles II of England landed at Dover after being exiled for nine years. 1670 – A treaty was signed in secret in…
585 BC – The first known prediction of a solar eclipse was made in Greece. 1085 – Alfonso VI took Toledo, Spain from the Moslems.…
1798 – Believing that a French invasion of Ireland was imminent, Irish nationalists rose up against the British occupation. 1844 – Samuel F.B. Morse formally…
1430 – Joan of Arc was captured by Burgundians. She was then sold to the English. 1873 – Canada’s North West Mounted Police force was…
1200 – King John of England and King Philip II of France sign the Treaty of Le Goulet. 1246 – Henry Raspe is elected anti-king…
0996 – Sixteen year old Otto III was crowned the Roman Emperor. 1471 – King Henry VI was killed in the tower of London. Edward…