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...
1776 – A public notice appears in local papers recognizing the sacrifice of women to the cause of the revolution....
1455 – Johannes Gutenberg prints his first Bible. 1836 – The siege on the Alamo begins. 1850 – Cesar Ritz...
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...
1588 – Thomas Hobbes is born. He was an English philosopher known for his work “Leviathan.” 1614 – American Indian...
44 BC – Julius Caesar is stabbed to death by 60 conspirators, led by Marcus Junius Brutus. 1767 – Andrew...
