146 BC – The Punic Wars between Rome and Carthage come to an end after more than 100 years of...
1638 – Anne Hutchinson is banned from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for her religious teachings. She went on to help...
1587 – Mary, Queen of Scots, is beheaded for treason. 1725 – Peter the Great, emperor of Russia, dies. 1894...
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...
1525 – Cuauhtémoc, the last Aztec Emperor, is tortured and killed by Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés 1708 – A slave...
1743 – Thomas Jefferson is born. 1866 – Butch Cassidy is born in Beaver, Utah. 1870 – Metropolitan Museum of...
1565 – Rio de Janeiro is founded. 1642 – Georgeana (York) in Maine becomes the first incorporated American city. 1692...
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...
