1775 – Patrick Henry gives an impassioned speech wherein he proclaims “Give me liberty or give me death!” 1839 –...
1778 – Nathanael Greene is appointed Quartermaster General of the Continental Army under George Washington. 1807 – Congress abolishes the...
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...
1773 – William Henry Harrison is born. Harrison went on to serve as the ninth U.S. president for a brief...
1826 – Matilda Joslyn Gage is born. She was a founding member of the National Woman Suffrage Association, a prolific...
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...
