Category: Today In History

Today in History July 1 1656 – First Quakers Mary Fisher and Ann Austin arrive in Boston and are subsequently imprisoned. 70 – Roman General Titus and his forces set up battering rams to assault the walls of Jerusalem 251 – The Battle of Abrittus is won by the Goths against the Romans.Roman Emperors Decius...

Today in History Tuesday June 25 General Custer photo taken by Mathew Brady 1630 – Fork introduced to American dining by Governor Winthrop 1638 – Lunar eclipse is first astronomical event recorded in the American Colonies 1672 – First recorded Quaker meeting in US held in Sandwich, Massaxhusetts 1798 – US passes Alien Act allowing...

Today in History Monday June 24 Juan Fangio 451 – 10th recorded perihelion passage of Halley’s Comet 843 – Vikings destroy Nantes 1441 – Eton College founded by Henry VI 1497 – John Cabot claims eastern Canada for England, believed he found Asia in Nova Scotia) 1664 – The colony of New Jersey is founded....

Today in History Friday June 21 John Hinckley Jr. 1529 – French forces are driven out of northern Italy by Spain at the Battle of Landriano during the War of the League of Cognac. 1621 – Execution of 27 Czech noblemen on the Old Town Square in Prague as a consequence of the Battle of...

Today in History Thursday June 20 A 17th-century depiction of Attila the Hun from Ungarische Chronica,  written by German writer Wilhelm Dilich 451 – Germans and Romans beat Attila the Hun at Catalarinische Fields. Attila, ruler of the Huns, from 434 until his death in March 453 was also the leader of a tribal empire consisting...