Archive for June 21st, 2009

This Day June 21st

Sunday, June 21st, 2009

In 1607, first Protestant Episcopal parish in America established, Jamestown.
In 1633, Galileo Galilei is forced by the Inquisition to “abjure, curse, and detest” his Copernican heliocentric views.
In 1684, the Massachusetts Bay Colony charter is revoked by King Charles II of England.
In 1784, Spain closes the lower Mississippi River and the port of New Orleans to… »

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