Category: Today In History

1519 – Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with a great celebration. 1917 – The first Council of People’s Commissars is formed, including Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin. 1923 – Beer Hall Putsch: In Munich, Adolf Hitler leads the Nazis in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the German government....

921 – Treaty of Bonn: East France & West France recognize each other 1492 – The Ensisheim Meteorite, the oldest meteorite with a known date of impact, strikes the earth around noon in a wheat field outside the village of Ensisheim, Alsace, France. 1512 – Medici’s discharge Niccolo Machiavelli from Florence 1631 – Pierre Gassendi...

1783 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Symphony No. 36 is performed for the first time in Linz, Austria. 1791 – The Western Confederacy of American Indians wins a major victory over the United States in the Battle of the Wabash. 1890 – City and South London Railway: London’s first deep-level tube railway opens between King William...

361 – Emperor Constantius II dies of a fever at Mopsuestia in Cilicia, on his deathbed he is baptised and declares his cousin Julian rightful successor. 644 – Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Muslim caliph, is assassinated by a Persian slave in Medina. 1333 – The River Arno flooding causing massive damage in Florence as...

1675 – Plymouth Colony governor Josiah Winslow leads a colonial militia against the Narragansett during King Philip’s War. 1889 – North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states. 1898 – Cheerleading is started at the University of Minnesota with Johnny Campbell leading the crowd in cheering on the football...

1512 – The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo, is exhibited to the public for the first time.The Sistine Chapel is a chapel in the Apostolic Palace, the official residence of the Pope, in Vatican City. Originally known as the Cappella Magna, the chapel takes its name from Pope Sixtus IV, who restored...