1167 Lombard League defeat Frederick Barbarossa at Battle of Legnano

1176 Battle at Legnano Lombardi League beats Frederik Barbarossa

1415 Council of Konstanz

1453 Constantinople falls to Muhammad II (Turks); ends Byzantine Empire

1453 French banker Jacques Coeurs possessions confiscated

1506 Earl Willem I van Nassau-Dillenburg weds countess Walburg van Egmont

1576 Spanish army under Mondragón conquerors Zierik sea

1630 Governor John Winthrop begins "History of New England"

1652 English Admiral Robert Blake drives out Dutch fleet under Lieutenant-Admiral Tromp

1660 Charles II restored to English throne after Puritan Commonwealth

1692 Battle at La Hogue English & Dutch fleet beat France

1692 Royal Hospital Founders Day first celebrated

1721 South Carolina formally incorporated as a royal colony

1727 Peter II Aleksei (11) becomes czar of Russia

1753 Joseph Haydns "Krumme Teufel" premieres

1765 Patrick Henry historic speech against the Stamp Act, answering a cry of "Treason!" with, "If this be treason, make the most of it!"

1787 "Virginia Plan" proposed

1790 Rhode Island becomes last of original 13 colonies ratifying Constitution

1848 Battle at Curtazone Austrians beat Sardinia-Piemonte

1848 Wisconsin becomes 30th state

1848 Wisconsin becomes the 30th state to join the US

1849 Lincoln says "You can fool some of the people all of the time, & of people some of time, but you can't fool all of the people all of time"

1849 Patent for lifting vessels granted to Abraham Lincoln

1861 Dorothea Dix offers help in setting up hospitals for Union Army

1864 Méxican Emperor Maximilian arrives at Vera Cruz

1874 Present constitution of Switzerland takes effect

1884 The first steam cable trams start in highgate

1900 Trademark "Escalator" registered by Otis Elevator Co

1902 Dutch State Mine law forms

1905 Pogrom against Jewish community in Brisk Lithuania

1909 Frank "Home Run" Baker's first career homerun

1910 Pope's encyclical on Editae Saepe, against church reformers

1911 The first Indianapolis 500 car race, Ray Harroun wins at 74.59 mph (120 kph)

1912 15 young women fired by Curtis Publishing for dancing the "Turkey Trot" during their lunch break

1914 Ship rams Canadian ship Empress of Ireland on St Lawrence R; 1024 die

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Next Page »