1503 – Christopher Columbus discovered the Cayman Islands. 1676 – Bacon’s Rebellion, which pits frontiersmen against the government, began. 1768 – The imprisonment of the…
1503 – Christopher Columbus discovered the Cayman Islands. 1676 – Bacon’s Rebellion, which pits frontiersmen against the government, began. 1768 – The imprisonment of the…
1429 – Joan of Arc defeated the besieging English at Orleans. 1502 – Christopher Columbus left Spain for his final trip to the Western Hemisphere. 1671 –…
1794 – Antoine Lavoisier was executed by guillotine. He was the French chemist that discovered oxygen. 1794 – The United States Post Office was established.…
Indian Border Roads was born on 7th May 1960 1429 – The English siege of Orleans was broken by Joan of Arc. 1525 – The German…
1527 – German troops began sacking Rome, bringing about the end of the Renaissance. 1529 – Babur defeated the Afghan Chiefs in the Battle of…
1494 – Christopher Columbus sighted Jamaica on his second trip to the Western Hemisphere. He named the island Santa Gloria. 1798 – U.S. Secretary of…
1814 – Napoleon Bonaparte disembarked at Portoferraio on the island of Elba in the Mediterranean. 1863 – The Battle of Chancellorsville ended when the Union…
1469 – Italian philosopher/writer Niccolo Machiavelli was born 1568 – French forces in Florida slaughtered hundreds of Spanish. 1802 – Washington, DC, was incorporated as…
1670 – The Hudson Bay Company was founded by England’s King Charles II. 1776 – France and Spain agreed to donate arms to American rebels…
Celebrated as Labour Day and observed as a holiday in many parts of the world. 0408 – Theodosius II succeeded to the throne of…