Today in History  Wednesday February 5 Andre Citroen AD 62 – Earthquake in Pompeii, Italy. 1597 – A group of early Japanese Christians are killed by the new government of Japan for being seen as a threat to Japanese society. 1852 – The New Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, one of the largest and […]

Today in History  Tuesday February 4 John Marshall 1169 – A strong earthquake strikes the Ionian coast of Sicily. 1555 – John Rogers is burned at the stake, becoming the first English Protestant martyr under Mary I of England. 1789 – George Washington is unanimously elected as the first President of the United States by […]

Today in History January 30 MS Hans Hedtoft 1649 – King Charles I of England is beheaded. 1661 – Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, is ritually executed more than two years after his death, on the 12th anniversary of the execution of the monarch he himself deposed. 1703 – The Forty-seven […]

Today in History January 21 Rasputin 1535 – Following the Affair of the Placards, French Protestants are burned at the stake in front of the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris 1774 – Abdul Hamid I became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam. 1789 – The first American novel, The Power of […]

Today in History January 8 Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un 307 – Jin Huidi, Chinese Emperor of the Jin dynasty, is poisoned and succeeded by Jin Huaidi. 1297 – François Grimaldi, disguised as a monk, leads his men to capture the fortress protecting the Rock of Monaco, establishing his family as the rulers of Monaco. […]

Today in History January 6 Click here to hear FDR’s Four Freedoms speech before Congress 1066 – Following the death of Edward the Confessor on the previous day, the Witan meets to confirm Harold Godwinson as the new King of England; Harold is crowned the same day, sparking a succession crisis that will eventually lead […]