624 – Wu Zetian, the only female Chinese emperor in history, is born. 1621 – Myles Standish is elected as...
1776 – Abigail Adams writes to her husband John who is helping to frame the Declaration of Independence and cautions,...
1452 – Ferdinand II of Aragon is born. He and his wife Isabella funded Columbus’ journey in 1492. 1867 –...
1473 – Polish astronomer Copernicus is born. 1847 – Donner Party rescued. 1910 – Typhoid Mary is freed from her...
1917 – Jeannette Pickering Rankin, the first woman ever elected to Congress, takes her seat in the U.S. Capitol as...
1454 – Amerigo Vespucci is born in Florence. 1497 – Nicolaus Copernicus makes his 1st recorded astronomical observation 1522 – ...
1879 РSculptor Fr̩d̩ric-Auguste Bartholdi is awarded a patent for his design for the Statue of Liberty. 1885 РMark...
1507 – English guilds go under state control. 1621 – The Pilgrim-Wampanoag peace treaty is signed. 1700 – April Fool’s...
1779 – Congress establishes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 1903 – Dorothy Schiff, owner and publisher of the New...
1732 – George Washington is born in Virginia. 1819 – The U.S. acquires Spanish Florida. 1876 – Zitkála-Šá is born. Granddaughter...
