In 218, A.D., seventh recorded perihelion passage of Halley’s Comet. In 1630, Italian Jesuit Niccolo Zucchi became the first to see two belts on Jupiter’s surface. In 1666, Newark, New Jersey, was founded In 1733, England passes the Molasses Act, placing high duties on rum and molasses brought to the colonies from other than...
In 1532, Sir Thomas More resigns as English Lord Chancellor. In 1568, Queen Mary of Scotland flees to England. In 1639, The town of Newport, Rhode Island, was founded In 1760, The French were forced to evacuate Quebec In 1770, Marie Antoinette, age 14, married the future King Louis XVI of France, who was...
In 1536, Anne Boleyn and her brother Lord Rochford were found guilty of adultery and incest in England. Lord Rochford was executed two days later and Anne was beheaded four days later. In 1567, Mary, Queen of Scots, married James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell, at Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh just three months after the...
In 1264, English barons under Simon de Montfort heavily defeated forces under Henry III at the battle of Lewes. In 1587, James VI, King of Scots, invites his nobles to a banquet at Holyrood, to try to persuade them to keep the King’s Peace with each other In 1607, captains John Smith and Christopher...
In 1515, Mary, sister of King Henry VIII of England, widow of King Louis XII of France, marries Charles, Duke of Suffolk, against her brother’s wishes, in England In 1568, Mary, Queen of Scots was defeated by the English at the battle of Langside in Glasgow. In 1607, captains John Smith and Christopher Newport...
In 1191, Marriage of Richard I of England and Berengaria of Navarre In 1539, DeSoto leaves Cuba searching for the 7 Cities of Gold In 1588, Day of the Barricades, Paris, France; Henry III flees the city In 1641, Prince Willem II (14) marries the English princess Henriette Mary Stuart (9). In 1780, During...
In 1502, 500 years ago, Christopher Columbus left Cadiz, Spain on his fourth and final trip to the Western Hemisphere. In 1657, William Bradford, pilgrim father and governor of Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts for 30 years, died. In 1671, Thomas Blood, the Irish adventurer better known as Captain Blood, stole the crown jewels from...
In 1577, Queen Elizabeth forbids Puritan meetings in England In 1660, Isaack B Fubine of Savoy, in The Hague, patents macaroni. In 1700, William Penn began monthly meetings for Blacks advocating emancipation. In 1763, Ottawa Indian chief Pontiac led a major uprising against the British at Detroit. In 1789, the first inaugural ball was...
In 614, Persians capture Jerusalem and seize the True Cross In 1292, Adolph of Nassau becomes King of Germany In 1494, during his second voyage to the Western Hemisphere, the “New World,” Christopher Columbus sighted Jamaica. In 1646, Following his defeat at the battle of Naseby in the English Civil War, Charles I surrendered...
In 1626, Dutch colonist Peter Minuit arrives in New Nether-land and settles on Manhattan Island, which he later buys from the Native Americans for about $24 dollars. In 1776, Rhode Island declared its freedom from England, two months before the Declaration of Independence was adopted. It was the first colony to seceed from England....
General events on April 26th In 1819, The first Odd Fellows lodge in the United States was established in Baltimore, Maryland. The main focus of the fraternal order is “to relieve the brethren, bury the dead and care for the widow and orphan.” In 1824, (not 1826), Rensselaer School in Troy, New York is...
General events on April 25th In 1831, The New York and Harlem Railway was incorporated in New York City. In 1850, Paul Julius Reuter, founder of the news agency that bears his name, used 40 pigeons to carry stock market prices between Brussels and Athens. In 1859, Work began on the construction of the...
General events on April 24th In 1888, Eastman Kodak formed. In 1913, the Woolworth Building opened in N.Y. In 1916, some 1,600 Irish nationalists launched the Easter Rising by seizing several key points in Dublin, including the General Post Office, and proclaiming the establishment of an Irish Republic. (The rising was put down by...
General events on April 23rd In 1851, the first postage stamps were issued in Canada. In 1985, the Coca-Cola Co. announced it was changing the 99-year-old secret flavor formula for Coke, the world’s best-selling soft drink. New Coke was called “the most significant soft drink development” in the company’s history. Fans of the original...
General events on April 22nd In 1370, Construction of the Bastile began. The French king Charles the Fifth wanted it erected as a defense against the British. In 1692, Edward Bishop of Massachusetts proposes that a person accused of practicing witchcraft could be cured by flogging; he was imprisoned for his suggestion. In 1892,...
In 1587, English admiral Sir Francis Drake entered Cadiz harbor and sank the Spanish fleet, an action he referred to as “singeing the king of Spain’s beard.” In 1770, Captain James Cook sighted Australia. In 1775, the American Revolutionary War began. The British fired the first shot heard ’round the world which began the...
In 1454, Venice signs a treaty with the Turks In 1775, Paul Revere began his famous ride from Charlestown to Lexington, Massachusetts, warning the American colonists that the British were coming. In 1847, In the American-Mexican War, General Winfield Scott with 8,500 men attacked and defeated General Santa Anna with 12,000 men at the...
In 1421, the sea broke the dikes at Dort in Holland, drowning an estimated 100,000 people. In 1492, a contract was signed by Christopher Columbus and a representative of Spain’s King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, giving Columbus a commission to seek a westward ocean passage to Asia. In 1521, Martin Luther was excommunicated from...
In 1415, The King’s Council of England is told of the plans for war with France In 1705, Queen Anne of England knights Isaac Newton at Trinity College. In 1777, At the Battle of Bennington, New England’s minute men rout British regulars. In 1782, George Washington locates the American army headquarters at Newburgh, New...
The Victors Write the War History, but Should Their Lies be Immortal? Editors Note: I was 46 before I learned that Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation did not free a single slave anywhere ….Jim W. Dean] … by Steve Scroggins Lincoln’s Proclamation Did Not Free a Single Slave The most persistent and pernicious Big Lie regarding...
General events on April 12th In 1847, Yung Wing, one of several Chinese students to arrive in America this day, went on to become the first student from China to graduate from Yale University . In 1951, Holcaust Day, designated by Israeli Knesset. In 1986, 20,000 mine workers protest closing of Hasselt Belgium mines....
In 1415, All ships in English ports are detained for service with Henry V, King of England In 1803, a twin-screw propeller steamboat was patented by John Stevens. The boat was 25-feet-long and four-feet wide. In 1856, Battle of Rivas; Costa Rica beats Wm Walker’s invading Nicaraguans. In 1862, Rebels surrender Ft Pulaski, Georgia-Rebels...
General events on April 10th In 1866, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) was incorporated. Henry Bergh saw a man beating a horse and got so angry, he called the police, but the police did nothing since there was no law against animal abuse, so he founded the Society....
In 1513, explorer Juan Ponce de Leon claimed Florida for Spain. In 1766, the first patent is granted for a fire escape: a wicker basket on a pully and a chain designed by a London watchmaker. In 1834, Cornelius Lawrence became the first mayor to be elected by popular vote in a city election....
In 46, B.C., Battle at Thapsus: Julius Caesar beats republican under Scipio. In 1199, King Richard The Lionheart (Richard I) died after being wounded during the siege of the castle of Chalus in France. He was succeeded by his brother John. In 1652, Cape Colony, the 1st European settlement in S Africa, established. In...
In 1581, Frances Drake completed the circumnavigation of the world. In 1581, Queen Elizabeth dines on board the “Pelican,” the ship in which Sir Francis Drake circumnavigated the World, and, after dinner, Knighted him. In 1818, since each new state would keep on shrinking the red and white stripes, Congress decided that the U.S....
In 1776, future president George Washington received an honorary doctor of laws degree from Harvard College. In 1783, Washington Irving, U.S. historian and essayist, born. Known as the “first American man of letters,” he also wrote many tales and stories including “Rip Van Winkle” and the “Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” In 1790, The Revenue...
In 1776, future president George Washington received an honorary doctor of laws degree from Harvard College. In 1783, Washington Irving, U.S. historian and essayist, born. Known as the “first American man of letters,” he also wrote many tales and stories including “Rip Van Winkle” and the “Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” In 1790, The Revenue...
In 1512, Holy Roman Emperor Maximillian I and Swiss joined the Holy League against France. In 1513, Florida was discovered by Juan Ponce de Leon as he landed in what is now St. Augustine In 1792, Congress passed the Coinage Act, which authorized establishment of the U.S. Mint, which was built in Philadelphia, Pa....
In 1492, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain issued an edict expelling Jews from Spanish soil, except those willing to convert to Christianity. In 1561, Founding of San Cristobal, Venezuela In 1814, Forces allied against Napoleon captured Paris. In 1814, John Lineback patented the cottonseed hulling machine. In 1831, Quebec and Montreal are...
General events on March 28th In 1865, outdoor advertising legislation was enacted in New York State on this day. We’re not certain if New York City was exempted or not, but from the looks of things, it may have been. The law banned “painting on stones, rocks and trees.” In 1983, in Argentine, unionized...
In 1077, Coronation of Rudolph as King of Germany In 1378, Death of Pope Gregory XI, last French & Avignonese Pope In 1512, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon (hwahn pahns duh LEE’-ohn) sighted Florida. He would land there in a few days. In 1625, Charles I, King Of England, Scotland and Ireland, ascended...
In 1540, Waltham Abbey, the last remaining monastery in England, seized by Henry VIII, King of England In 1775, in a speech to the Virginia Provincial Convention, Patrick Henry made his famous plea for American independence from Britain, saying, “I know not what course others might take, but as for me, give me liberty,...
In 1457, the Gutenberg Bible was the first book printed. In 1621, Massasoit & Pilgrims agree on league of friendship. This treaty is made by Plymouth Colony with the Indians , and is kept, by both sides, for 50 years In 1622, Powhattan’s brother led a massacre of some settlements near Jamestown, Va. It...
In 721, B.C., according to the Roman historian Ptolemy, Babylonian astronomers noted history’s first recorded eclipse: an eclipse of the moon. In 1452, Frederik III van Habsburg crowned Roman Catholic German Emperor. In 1524, Giovanni de Varrazano of France sights the coast of the Carolinas. In 1571, Spanish troops occupy Manila. In 1628, 90...
In 1079, Iran adopts solar Hijrah calendar. In 1521, Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reached the Philippines, where he was killed by natives the following month. In 1621, the colony of Plymouth, Massachusetts is paid the first visit by a Native American chief. No word if Chrysler was involved with this Plymouth at the time....
In 105, A.D., Ts’ai Lun invented paper. He made it from bamboo, mulberry, and other fibers, along with bamboo, fish nets and rags. In 1302, according to Shakespeare, this is Romeo Monteveccio and Juliet Cappelleto’s wedding day in Citadela, Italy. William Shakespeare based one of his plays on their lives. In 1619, Margaret and...
In 1574, an English expedition sets out from Galway to hunt down and kill pirate and clan chieftain Grace O’Malley (Granuaile) In 1616, Edward Brounde sails from Dartmouth, England to Cape Cod, looking for pearls In 1618, Johann Kepler discovers Third Law of Planetary Motion In 1622, Crown forbids owners of Virginia colony from...
Dr. Larry Arnn wrote: America’s Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson said, was the product of “the American mind.” Our Constitution was made with the same purpose as the Declaration—to establish a regime where the people are sovereign, and the government protects the rights granted to them by their Creator. The word “constitution” means “to...
In 1521, Magellan discovered Guam. In 1810, Illinois passed the first state vaccination legislation in the U.S. In 1834, the city of York in Upper Canada was incorporated as Toronto. In 1836, the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, fell to Mexican forces led by Mexican General Antonio Santa Anna after a 13-day siege. All...
In 1461, Battle at Towton: Duke Edward of York beats English queen Margaretha. Edward took the English throne as Edward IV (English Wars of the Roses). In 1634, Samuel Cole opened the first tavern in Boston, Massachusetts. It’s interesting that I think of that…. In 1789, the Constitution of the United States went into effect as...
General events on March 1st In 1, B.C., Start of revised Julian calendar in Rome. In 1927, Bank of Italy becomes a National Bank. In 1933, bank holidays are declared in six states, effectively preventing runs on bank assets by worried depositors. In 1937, U.S. Steel raised workers’ wages this day. If you were...
I know it’s rare…. but every so often we have that extra day pop up…. and blessed with those that were born this day. “The best money advice ever given me was from my father. When I was a little girl, he told me, ‘Don’t spend anything unless you have to.‘ - Dinah Shore Born February...
In 1974, On this day, very early in the morning, my son Christopher Lee Neudecker was Born. General events on February 28th In 1500, Pinzon discovered the Amazon. What a find! The Amazon is so huge, so powerful, that fresh water from its mouth flows 100 miles into the Atlantic Ocean before it turns...
General events on February 27th In 1854, composer Robert Schumann went mad. For 10 years Schumann had grown more emotionally disturbed. Symptoms of syphilis included ringing in the ears, and Schumann complained of hearing an “A” that wouldn’t go away. In 1872, Charlotte Ray, first Black woman lawyer, graduated Harvard U. In 1919, the...
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. —George Santayana. In 1531, an earthquake in Lisbon, Portugal, killed an estimated 20,000 people. In 1616, Inquisition delivers injunction to Galileo. In 1732, first mass celebrated in first American Catholic church, Philadelphia. In 1775, British troops land in Salem, Massachusetts to capture the...
In 1421 Coronation of Catherine, Queen to Henry V of England In 1455, Johannes Gutenberg prints first book, the Bible (estimated date). In 1505, Columbus granted a licence to ride a mule in Spain In 1574, The 5th War of Religion breaks out in France. In 1642, Henrietta Marie, Queen of England, and her daughter,...
In 1076, Pope Gregory VII excommunicates, anethemizes and deposes the Emperor Henry IV, and releases his subjects from their oaths of obedience. In 1630, Popcorn was introduced by an Indian named Quadequina to the English colonists at their first Thanksgiving dinner. Didn’t we see popcorn served in A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving? In 1631, the first...
In 1648, The House of Commons votes the House of Lords as “useless and dangerous”. In 1725, The first known Indian scalping by white men was reported on this day in the New Hampshire colony. In 1746, French troops occupy Brussels. In 1768, the first American chartered fire insurance company receives charter, Pa. In...
In 1674, The American Dutch colonies are returned to British rule under the Treaty of Westminster. In 1700, Last day of the Julian calendar in Denmark. In 1803, Congress voted to accept Ohio’s borders and constitution, but in a bizarre oversight, did not get around to formally ratifying Ohio statehood until 1953. In 1807, former...
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