History & Mythology( Page 8 of 38 )

1527 Florence becomes a republic 1568 Mary Queen of Scotland flees to England 1770 - Marie Antoinette, at age 14, married the future King Louis XVI of France, who was 15. 1881 World's 1st electric tram goes...

1607 - An expedition led by Captain Christopher Newport arrived at Jamestown, Virginia. The passengers went ashore the next day and this site became the first permanent settlement English colony in America. 1648 Construction...

0330 - Constantinople, previously the town of Byzantium, was founded. 1751 1st hospital founded (Pennsylvania Hospital) in the 13 Colonies in America 1812 Waltz introduced into English ballrooms. Some observers consider it disgusting and immoral. 1812...

1267 Vienna's church orders all Jews to wear a distinctive garb 1278 Jews of England imprisoned on charges of coining 1497 Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci leaves for his first voyage to the New World 1503 Columbus discovers...

We, Indians, especially Hindus believe and follow in mahurats/ auspicious timings in every step in life - Akshaya Tritiya is one such auspicious day, which falls on the third day of the bright half...

1092 Lincoln Cathedral consecrated 1386 Treaty of Windsor between Portugal and England, it is the oldest diplomatic alliance in the world which is still in force 1868 The city of Reno, Nevada, is founded. 1874 Victoria Embankment,...

1527 - German troops began sacking Rome, bringing about the end of the Renaissance. 1541 King Henry VIII orders bible be placed in every church in England 1682 - King Louis XIV moved his court to...

1497 John Cabot's expedition departs Bristol searching for new lands across the Atlantic 1536 Anne Boleyn is arrested and taken to the Tower of London 1783 Architect Pierre Charles L'Enfant is promoted by brevet to Major...

1289 - Qala'un, the Sultan of Egypt, captured Tripoli. 1429 Joan of Arc arrives at the siege of Orleans 1707 English and Scottish parliaments accept Act of Union; creates the United Kingdom of Great Britain (comes...

0357 – Constantius II visited Rome for the first time. 1686 - The first volume of Isaac Newton's "Principia Mathamatica" was published. 1770 British Captain James Cook, aboard the Endeavour, lands at Botany Bay...