1814 – Napoleon Bonaparte disembarked at Portoferraio on the island of Elba in the Mediterranean. 1863 – The Battle of Chancellorsville ended when the Union…
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…
0030 – Jesus of Nazareth was crucified. 1250 – King Louis IX of France was ransomed for one million dollars. 1527 – Henry VIII and…
1289 – Qala’un, the Sultan of Egypt, captured Tripoli. 1429 – Joan of Arc led Orleans, France, to victory over Britain. 1661 – The Chinese…
1686 – The first volume of Isaac Newton’s “Principia Mathamatic” was published. 1789 – A mutiny on the British ship Bounty took place when a rebel crew…
1296 – The Scots were defeated by Edward I at the Battle of Dunbar. 1805 – A force led by U.S. Marines captured the city…