1807 – Robert E. Lee is born. 1809 – Edgar Allan Poe is born. 1903 – A new bicycle race,...
588 BC – Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah’s reign. 1535 – Henry VIII declares himself...
1128 – Pope Honorius II recognizes the Knights Templar 1832 – American author Horatio Alger is born. 1842 – A...
1790 – George Washington delivers the nation’s first State of the Union address. 1835 – The U.S. national debt...
1789 – Congress set January 7, 1789 as the date by which states were required to choose electors for...
1778 – Captain Cook reaches Hawaii. 1788 – The First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from England to Australia arrives at...
1639 – The first colonial constitution is adopted in Connecticut. 1741 – Benedict Arnold is born. Once a loyal Continental...
1820 – Caroline Severance is born. She co-founded the American Woman Suffrage Association and was the first woman to register...
1755 – Alexander Hamilton is born. He became the Founding Father with the best musical about his life. 1807 –...
1412 – Joan of Arc is born. 1759 – George Washington marries Martha Dandridge Custis. 1838 – Samuel Morse...
