1600 – British East India Company chartered 1744 – English astronomer James Bradley announces discovery of Earth’s nutation motion (wobble) 1756 – Russia joins the…
1600 – British East India Company chartered 1744 – English astronomer James Bradley announces discovery of Earth’s nutation motion (wobble) 1756 – Russia joins the…
1814 – Destruction of schooner Carolina, the last of Commodore Daniel Patterson’s make-shift fleet that fought a series of delaying actions that contributed to Andrew…
1776 – George Washington defeats Hessians at Battle of Trenton in American Revolutionary War 1793 – Battle of Geisberg: French defeat Austrians. 1917 – US…
1688 – King James II, the last Roman Catholic British monarch flees to France from William of Orange 1690 – English astronomer John Flamsteed observes…
1898 – Scientists Pierre and Marie Curie discover radium 1907 – Dutch government of De Master falls due to war budget 1909 – U of…
1830 – Great Britain, France, Prussia, Austria and Russia recognize Belgium 1879 – Tom Edison privately demonstrated incandescent light at Menlo Park 1917 – A…
1928 – 1st autogyro flight in US 1932 – British Broadcasting Corp begins transmitting overseas 1941 – Hitler takes complete command of German Army 1945…
1718 – France, Britain and Austria declare war on Spain (War of the Quadruple Alliance 1718–1720) 1777 – France recognizes independence of British colonies in…
1653 – Oliver Cromwell became lord protector of England, Scotland and Ireland. 1773 – Nearly 350 chests of tea were dumped into Boston Harbor off…
1612 – German Astronomer Simon Marius is 1st to observe Andromeda galaxy through a telescope 1877 – Thomas Edison patents phonograph 1939 – Snip departs…