History of February 4
1847 1st US telegraphs company established in Maryland
1849 University of Wisconsin begins in 1 room with 20 students
1859 The Codex Sinaiticus is discovered in Egypt.
1866 Mary Baker Eddy cures her injuries by opening a...
History of February 3
1488 Bartolomeu Dias discovers Mosselbaai
1509 The Battle of Diu, between Portugal and the Ottoman Empire takes place in Diu, India.
1690 1st paper money in America issued (colony of Mass)
1815 World's first commercial cheese factory...
History of February 1
1587 Queen Elizabeth I of England signs death warrant for Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots
1788 - Isaac Briggs and William Longstreet patented the steamboat.
1793 Patent granted Ralph Hodgson, NY, for oiled silk &...
History of January 30
1487 Bell chimes invented
1649 - England's King Charles I was beheaded.
1661 Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England is ritually executed after having been dead for two years.
1790 Lifeboat 1st tested...
List of Religious Places in India, where Entry is Banned for Women
Women are celebrated as a divine presence in any given home in India. They are considered a re-incarnation of Goddess Lakshmi- either in her home or at her in-laws, a woman is always considered...
History of January 28
1077 German King Henry IV is absolved by Holy Roman Emperor, Pope Gregory VII after his penitent Walk to Canossa.
1521 Emperor Charles V opens the Diet of Worms in Worms, Germany, which lasts until...
Pre-Terror Era of Afghanistan
In 1967, Dr William Podlich joined UNESCO to train teachers at a college in Kabul, Afghanistan. His wife and two daughters, Peg and Jan, joined him and these images were taken before the Soviet...
History of January 22
1575 - English Queen Elizabeth I grants Thomas Tallis & William Byrd music press monopoly
1666 - Shah Jahan, the Muhgul emperor of India who built the TajMahal as a mausoleum for his wife...
History of January 21
1677 - 1st medical publication in America (pamphlet on smallpox), Boston
1789 - 1st American novel, WH Brown's "Power of Sympathy" is published
1813 - Pineapple introduced to Hawaii
1818 - Keats writes his poem "On a...
History of 20th January
820 - Book of mother, published.
1156 - According to legend, freeholder Lalli slays English crusader Bishop Henry with an axe on the ice of Lake Köyliönjärvi in Finland
1265 - The first Parliament of England...
