313 – The Edict of Milan, signed by Constantine the Great and co-emperor Valerius Licinius, granting religious freedom throughout the Roman Empire, is posted in Nicomedia. 1373 – Anglo-Portuguese Alliance between England (succeeded by the United Kingdom) and Portugal is the oldest alliance in the world which is still in force. 1381 – The Peasants’...
What remains of the Eaglet Public House in north London after a 1917 German air raid.
910 – Battle of Augsburg: The Hungarians defeat the East Frankish army under King Louis the Child, using the famous feigned retreat tactic of the nomadic warriors. 1240 – At the instigation of Louis IX of France, an inter-faith debate, known as the Disputation of Paris, starts between a Christian monk and four rabbis. 1429...
President Ronald Reagan delivers the famous line "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"
AD 53 – The Roman emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia. AD 68 – The Roman emperor Nero commits suicide, after quoting Homer’s Iliad, thus ending the Julio-Claudian dynasty and starting the civil war known as the Year of the Four Emperors. 721 – Odo of Aquitaine defeats the Moors in the Battle of Toulouse. 1311...
Secretariat approaching the finish line to win the 1973 Belmont Stakes by a record 31 lengths.
632 – Muhammad, Islamic prophet, dies in Medina. 793 – Vikings raid the abbey at Lindisfarne in Northumbria, commonly accepted as the beginning of Norse activity in the British Isles. 1042 – Edward the Confessor becomes King of England, one of the last Anglo-Saxon kings of England. 1783 – Laki, a volcano in Iceland, begins...
The transit, or passage, of Venus across the face of the Sun in 2004. The most recent transit of Venus before this was in 1882.
421 – Emperor Theodosius II marries Aelia Eudocia. The wedding was celebrated at Constantinople (Byzantine Empire). 1494 – Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas which divides the New World between the two countries. 1628 – The Petition of Right, a major English constitutional document, is granted the Royal Assent by Charles I and...
La Journée des tuiles en 1788 à Grenoble, 1890 painting by Alexandre Debelle. The Day of the Tiles was one of the first disturbances to precede the French Revolution, and is credited by some historians as the start of the revolution.
913 – Emperor Alexander III dies of exhaustion while playing the game tzykanion (Byzantine name for polo). He is succeeded by his 8-year-old nephew Constantine VII. 1749 – The Conspiracy of the Slaves in Malta is discovered. 1762 – Seven Years’ War: British forces begin a siege of Havana, Cuba, and temporarily capture the city...
The creator of the drive-in, Richard Hollingshead Jr., advertised his drive-in with the hook: "The whole family is welcome, regardless of how noisy the children are."
