1830 – Joseph Smith and five others officially start The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Fayette, NY....
597 BC – Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king. 1751 – James Madison is born. 1802 –...
1812 – Russians establish Fort Ross in California. 1839 – Black inventor Edmond Berger patented the spark plug. 1847 –...
461 – Saint Patrick, Christian missionary, bishop and apostle of Ireland, dies. 1601 – The first recorded St. Patrick’s Day...
1821 – Elizabeth Blackwell is born. She became the first fully accredited female doctor in the U.S. (1849) 1870 –...
1803 – Marbury v. Madison confirms the legal principle of judicial review. 1864 – Rebecca Lee Crumpler becomes the first...
1805 – Lewis and Clark begin their journey to the Pacific Ocean, accompanied by Sacagawea and her two-month old baby,...
1570 – Pius V excommunicates Queen Elizabeth I of England for heresy and persecution of English Catholics during her reign...
573 – Buddhists celebrate birth of Gautama Buddha. 1820 – The famous ancient Greek statue, Venus de Milo is discovered...
1802 – Victor Hugo is born. 1829 – Levi Strauss is born. 1852 – John Kellog, of cereal fame, is...
