Category: Today In History

1076 – Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor. 1804 – Karađorđe leads the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire. 1849 – In New York City, James Knox Polk becomes the first serving President of the United States to have his photograph taken. 1876 – Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent...

1322 – The central tower of Ely Cathedral falls on the night of 12th-13th. 1542 – Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of Henry VIII of England, is executed for adultery. 1633 – Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before the Inquisition. 1914 – Copyright: In New York City the American Society of Composers,...

881 – Pope John VIII crowns Charles the Fat, the King of Italy: Holy Roman Emperor 1502 – Vasco da Gama sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal, on his second voyage to India. 1554 – A year after claiming the throne of England for nine days, Lady Jane Grey is beheaded for treason. 1832 – Ecuador...

660 BC – Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. AD 55 – Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman emperorship, dies under mysterious circumstances in Rome. This clears the way for Nero to become Emperor. 1534 – Henry VIII of England is recognized as supreme head of the Church of...

1587 – Mary, Queen of Scots, is executed on suspicion of having been involved in the Babington Plot to murder her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I. 1590 – Luis de Carabajal the younger is tortured by the Inquisition in Mexico City. 1693 – The College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, is granted a charter...

*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 oldest museums in the world, opens to the...