1763 – The French and Indian War ends. 1846 – Mormon exodus begins, leaving Nauvoo and heading to the Rocky...
1634 – The first colonists arrive at Maryland’s western shore and establish the first settlement of St. Mary’s. Last week,...
1522 – Anne Boleyn makes her debut at the English Court. 1628 – England’s King Charles I grants a royal...
1789 – Founding Father Ethan Allen dies of a stroke at age 52. 1793 – First Fugitive Slave law passed...
1806 – Construction is authorized for the Great National Pike, better known as the Cumberland Road, which became the first...
1820 – Congress passes the Missouri Compromise, granting Missouri statehood as a slave state under the condition that slavery was...
1644 – First Black legal protest occurred in America when eleven Black people petitioned for freedom in New Netherlands (New...
1874 – Robert Frost is born 1926 – Sandra Day O’Connor is born. She became the first female U.S. Supreme...
1616 – The astronomical work ‘de Revolutionibus’ by Nicolaus Copernicus is placed on Catholic Forbidden index. 1770 – The Boston...
600 – Pope Gregory the Great decrees saying “God bless You” is the correct response to a sneeze. 1838 –...
