1338 – The Battle of Arnemuiden was the first naval battle of the Hundred Years’ War and the first naval battle using artillery, as the English ship Christofer had three cannon and one hand gun. 1641 – The Merchant Royal, carrying a treasure of over 100,000 pounds of gold (worth over £1 billion today), is...
The Merchant Royal, lost at sea in 1641with a reported 100,000 pounds of gold has yet to be found
1692 – The last of those convicted of witchcraft in the Salem witch trials are hanged; the remainder of those convicted are all eventually released. 1888 – The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published. Up until 1905, the magazine had no photographs at all– It was a text-based scientific journal about geography. 1857...
455 – Emperor Avitus enters Rome with a Gallic army and consolidates his power. 1776 – Part of New York City is burned shortly after being occupied by British forces. 1792 – French Revolution: The National Convention declares France a republic and abolishes the absolute monarchy. 1934 – A large typhoon hits western Honshu, Japan,...
A little after midnight on September 21, 1776, the Fighting Cocks Tavern on Whitehall Street caught fire. The revelers inside the tavern were unable to contain it and soon it raged into a dangerous inferno, spreading up the west side of Manhattan.
1498 – The 1498 Nankai earthquake generates a tsunami that washes away the building housing the statue of the Great Buddha at Kōtoku-inin Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan; since then the Buddha has sat in the open air. 1737 – The Walking Purchase, an agreement between the Penn family and Lenape tribe, is finalized which forces the session of 1.2 million...
1676 – Jamestown is burned to the ground by the forces of Nathaniel Bacon during Bacon’s Rebellion. The rebellion was an armed attack conducted by frontiersmen against Governor William Berkeley of the early Virginia colony. The frontiersmen, particularly Bacon, were furious at their living conditions- lack of trade opportunities, Indian attacks, The attack failed, resulting...
Garfield. shot by Charles J. Guiteau, collapses as Secretary of State Blaine gestures for help. Engraving from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper
1763- In Campo Maior, Portugal, at 3 am, a storm hits the Armory, located on the Castle’s main tower, which contains 6000 arrobas (a Portuguese and Spanish unit of mass) of gunpowder and 5000 pieces of ammunition. An explosion ensues, followed by fire, killing two-thirds of its inhabitants. 1810 – With the Grito de Dolores,...
With a wind speed of 165 mph, Hurricane Ivan was large long-lived ( 22 days) Cape Verde-type hurricane that caused widespread damage in the Caribbean and United States. It took 123 lives in the affected areas of Texas and the Grand Cayman islands
