Category: Today In History

The Astor Place Riot occurred on May 10, 1849 and left a few dozen rioters dead and more than one hundred injured. 28 BC – A sunspot is observed by Han dynasty astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han, one of the earliest dated sunspot observations. 1503 – Christopher Columbus visits the Cayman...

Patty Hearst 1386 – Treaty of Windsor between Portugal and England  remains the oldest diplomatic alliance in the world still in force 1460 – Court yard episcopal palace Atrecht has witch burnings 1502 – Columbus leaves Spain on his fourth and final trip to New World 1785 – British inventor Joseph Bramah patents beer-pump handle...

Eadweard Muybridge’s study is called Sallie Gardner at a Gallop or  The Horse in Motion. 1521 – Parliament of Worms installs edict against Martin Luther 1541 – Hernando de Soto discovers Mississippi River 1792 – US establishes military draft 1847 – Scot Robert Thompson patents rubber tyre 1861 – Richmond, Virginia, is named the capital of...

Lusitania docked at Chelsea Piers 558 – In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses. Justinian I immediately orders the dome rebuilt. 1664 – Louis XIV of France inaugurates The Palace of Versailles. 1697 – Stockholm’s royal castle, dating back to medieval times, is destroyed by fire in the 18th century and  is replaced by...

German Airship over Lower Manhattan 1527 – Spanish and German Imperial troops sack Rome; ending Renaissance 1626 – Dutch colonist Peter Minuit ‘buys’ Manhattan Island 1753 – French King Louis XV observes transit of Mercury at Mendon Castle 1833 – John Deere makes first steel plough 1835 – James Gordon Bennett, Sr. publishes the first...

Roy Carrier Click here to watch some Zydeco with Roy and the Night Rockers 1715 – A total solar eclipse was visible across northern Europe, and northern Asia, as predicted by Edmond Halley to within 4 minutes accuracy. 1791 – The Constitution of May 3 (the first modern constitution in Europe) is proclaimed by the...