History of August 3
1492 Christopher Columbus sets sail on his first voyage with three ships, Santa María, Pinta and Niña from Palos de la Frontera, Spain for the "Indies"
1933 - The Mickey Mouse Watch was introduced for...
History of August 1
1498 - Christopher Columbus landed on "Isla Santa" (Venezuela).
1714 Monarch Georg Ludwig becomes King George I of England
1717 Nicholas Rowe is appointed British Poet Laureate by George I
1774 Joseph Priestley, English theologian and...
History of July 27
1280 Sogen Mugaku, founder of Engakuji temple arrives in Japan from China
1501 Copernicus formally installed as canon of Frauenberg Cathedral
1586 Sir Walter Raleigh brings first tobacco to England from Virginia
1898 Start of Sherlock Holmes...
History of July 25
306 Constantine I is proclaimed Roman Emperor by his troops
0326 - Constantine refused to carry out the traditional pagan sacrifices.
1837 The first commercial use of an electric telegraph was successfully demonstrated by William...
History of July 21
356 BC Herostratus sets fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
365 Crete Earthquake followed by tsunami around the Eastern Mediterranean allegedly destroys Alexandria
1733 - John...
History of July 20
1749 Earl of Chesterfield says "Idleness is only refuge of weak minds"
1801 - A 1,235 pound cheese ball was pressed at the farm of Elisha Brown, Jr. The ball of cheese was later loaded...
History of July 18
0064 - The Great Fire of Rome began.
1334 The bishop of Florence blesses the first foundation stone for the new campanile (bell tower) of the Florence Cathedral, designed by the artist Giotto di Bondone....
History of July 15
1099 - Jerusalem fell to the Crusaders.
1500 - Baglione family massacre at the "Blood Wedding" of Astorre Baglione & Lavinia Colonna in Perugia
1799 The Rosetta Stone is found in the Egyptian village...
History of July 12
1543 - England's King Henry VIII married his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr.
1679 Britain's King Charles II ratifies Habeas Corpus Act allowing prisoners right to be imprisoned to be examined
1859 Paper bag...
History of July 11
1533 Pope Clement VII excommunicates England's King Henry VIII
1811 Italian scientist Amedeo Avogadro publishes his memoir about molecular content of gases.
1818 Keats writes "In the Cottage Where Burns is Born," "Lines Written in the...
