Category: Today In History

Today in History Friday June 14 Jasper Johns  Three Flags 1777 – The Stars and Stripes is adopted by Congress  as the Flag of the United States. 1158 – Munich is founded by Henry the Lion on the banks of the river Isar. 1216 – First Barons’ War: Prince Louis of France captures the city...

Today in History Tuesday June 11 Ben Franklin 1578 – England grants Sir Humphrey Gilbert a patent to explore and colonize North America 1644 – Florentine scientists describe invention of the barometer 1742 – Benjamin Franklin invents his Franklin stove, a metal lined fireplace with a hollow baffle and inverted siphon. The stove serves to produce...

Today in History June 6 D DAY 1639 – Massachusetts grants 500 acres of land to erect a gunpowder mill 1664 – New Amsterdam renamed New York 1683 – The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England, opens as the world’s first university museum. 1816 – 10″ snowfall in New England, “year without a summer” 1844 –...

Today in History May 23 Joan of Arc 1430 – Joan of Arc is captured at Compiegne and sold to the English 1536 – Pope Paul III installs Portugese inquisition 1568 – The Netherlands declare independence from Spain. 1701 – Captain William Kidd is hanged in London after being convicted of piracy and of murdering...

Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (Theatre of the World) is considered to be the first true modern atlas. 334 BC – The Macedonian army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus 760 – 14th recorded perihelion passage of Halley’s Comet 1570 – First atlas ‘Theatrum Orbis Terrarum‘ (Theatre of...

Clara Barton 878 – Syracuse is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily. 1260 – Kublai Khan of the Mongol Empire sends his envoy Hao Jing and two other advisors to the Song Dynasty court of Emperor Lizong of Song; while attempting to negotiate with the Song in order to resolve their conflict, Hao Jing...