History & Mythology( Page 26 of 38 )

1470 - Wars of the Roses: Henry VI of England returns to the English throne after Earl of Warwick defeats Yorkists in battle. 1502 - Vasco da Gama returns to Calicut, India for the second...

1863 - International Committee of Red Cross forms as result Geneva held conference 1945 - First ball point pen goes on sale, 57 years after it is patented 1964 - Star of India & other...

After repeated failures of capturing Yudhisthir for 2 days, Duryodhan and Drona made plans to keep Arjun away and planned to form a Chakvuyh. The King of Trigartadesa, Susharma along with his 3 brothers...

1636 - Harvard College was founded in Massachusetts. The original name was Court of Massachusetts Bay Colony. It was the first school of higher education in America. 1886 - The Statue of Liberty was...

After several failed attempts to capture Yudhisthir, Drona and Duryodhan summoned King Bhagadatta, the monarch of Pragjyotisha, modern day Assam. Bhagadatta attacked Arjuna with his gigantic elephant named Suprateeka in a fierce battle in which...

312 - Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross. 1780 - Samuel Williams and the first U.S. astronomical expedition to record an eclipse of the sun observes the...

740 - An earthquake strikes Constantinople, causing much damage and death. 1492 - Lead pencils first used 1825 - The Erie Canal opened in upstate New York. The 363-mile canal connected Lake Erie and the Hudson...

After repeated ‘insults’ from Duryodhana, Bhishma started fighting the war with all his might. Pandavas realized that unless Bhisma was removed from the war, they couldn’t win. Yudhisthir recollected that Bhisma, once promised him...

After Bhishma’s ‘stepping down’, Karna entered the battle-field much to Duryodhan’s happiness. They wanted to capture Yudhisthir alive and so Drona, (commander-in-chief) started planning according ti that aim. Drona broke the bow of Yudhisthir...

4004 BC - Creation of the world begins according to the calculations of Archbishop James Ussher 1803 - English physicist John Dalton reads his essay on the absorption of gases by water and presents a...