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This Day in History – January 21

January 21 1189 – Philip Augustus, Henry II of England and Frederick Barbarossa prepare the troops for the Third Crusade 1525 – A thousand-year tradition of church-state union is broken and the Swiss Anabaptist Movement is born when over a dozen people baptize each other in the family home of Felix Manz in Zurich 1648 […] The post This Day […]

This Day in History – January 20

January 20 1265 – The first Parliament of England summoned other than by royal command, meets in Westminster Hall 1327 – Edward II of England is deposed by Edward III, his eldest son 1616 – The French explorer Samuel de Champlain arrives to winter in a Huron Indian village after being injured in a battle […] The post This Day […]

This Day in History – January 15

January 15 588 BC – Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege on Jerusalem 1535 – Henry VIII declares himself head of the Church of England 1559 – Queen Mary I of England, Elizabeth Tudor, is formally crowned Queen Elizabeth I at Westminster Abbey in London 1622 – French comic dramatist Moliere (Jean Baptiste Poquelin) is […] The post This Day […]

This Day in History – January 14

January 14 1236 – Henry III marries Eleanor of Provence 1526 – Francis of France and Charles V sign the Treaty of Madrid, forcing Francis to give up the majority of his claims in France and Italy 1559 – Elizabeth I, “The Virgin Queen,” is crowned Queen of England 1639 – The first constitution in […] The post This Day […]

This Day in History – January 8

January 8 794 – The Vikings attack Lindisfarne Island 1587 – Astronomer Johannes Fabricius is born 1642 – Astronomer Galileo Galilei dies 1681 – The Treaty of Radzin ends a war between the Turks and allies Russia and Poland 1745 – Austria, England, Netherlands, and Saxony form an alliance against Russia 1786 – Head of […] The post This Day […]

This Day in History – January 7

January 7 1327 – King Edward II of England is deposed 1536 – Catherine of Aragon dies 1558 – The French take the port of Calais from the English 1610 – Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei discovers the Galilean Moons, Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto 1714 – Henry Mill patents the typewriter 1718 – American Revolutionary […] The post This Day […]

This Day in History – January 6

January 6 1066 – Harold Godwinson is crowned King Harold II of England 1367 – Richard II, son of Edward the Black Prince, is born 1412 – French Saint and heroine, Joan of Arc is born 1540 – Henry VIII of England marries his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves 1605 – Miguel de Cervantes’ first […] The post This Day […]

This Day in History – December 28

December 28 1065 – Westminster Abbey is consecrated 1612 – Galileo observes a “fixed star,” not realizing that he was observing the planet Neptune 1688 – William of Orange storms London and James II flees 1694 – George I of England divorces his cousin Sophia Dorothea of Celle, accusing her of infidelity and imprisoning her […] The post This Day […]

This Day in History – December 26

December 26 1492 – The first Spanish settlement La Navidad in the New World is founded by Christopher Columbus 1606 – William Shakespeare’s King Lear is performed at the court of King James I of England 1610 – Count Gyorgy Thurzo visits Csejthe Castle in Hungary on orders from King Matthias, and finds Countess Elizabeth […] The post This Day […]

This Day in History – December 24

December 24 1166 – King John of England is born 1524 – Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama dies 1565 – The Compromise of the Nobles, a petition to obtain moderation of the placards against heresy in the Netherlands, closes against inquisition 1638 – The Ottomans under Murad IV recapture Baghdad from Safavid Persia 1745 – […] The post This Day […]