1506 – In Spain, Christopher Columbus died in poverty. 1520 – Hernando Cortez defeated Spanish troops that had been sent to punish him in Mexico.…
1506 – In Spain, Christopher Columbus died in poverty. 1520 – Hernando Cortez defeated Spanish troops that had been sent to punish him in Mexico.…
1535 – French explorer Jacques Cartier set sail for North America. 1536 – Anne Boleyn, the second wife of England’s King Henry VIII, was beheaded…
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…
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…
1770 – Marie Antoinette, at age 14, married the future King Louis XVI of France, who was 15. 1868 – U.S. President Andrew Johnson was…
1614 – An aristocratic uprising in France ended with the treaty of St.Menehould. 1618 – Johannes Kepler discovered his harmonics law. 1702 – The War…
1264 – Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured and forced to sign the Mise of Lewes, making Simon de Montfort the de…
1607 – An expedition led by Captain Christopher Newport arrived at Jamestown, Virginia. The passengers went ashore the next day and this site became the…
1588 – King Henry III fled Paris after Henry of Guise triumphantly entered the city. 1780 – Charleston, South Carolina fell to British forces. 1870…
0330 – Constantinople, previously the town of Byzantium, was founded. 1573 – Henry of Anjou became the first elected king of Poland. 1647 – Peter…