1148 – Louis VII of France lays siege to Damascus during the Second Crusade. 1411 – Battle of Harlaw, one of the bloodiest battles…
1148 – Louis VII of France lays siege to Damascus during the Second Crusade. 1411 – Battle of Harlaw, one of the bloodiest battles…
1715 – The first lighthouse in America was authorized for construction at Little Brewster Island, Massachusetts. 1840 – The Province of Canada is created by…
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…