Being the history minor/obssessor that I am, I figured 'you're always looking up daily trivia facts anyways, why not make a world to enlighten people with?' And so, This Day in History was born.
The historical facts placed here can be of our world history, the history of any other made up land/universe, movie history, etc. It simply has to have happened on the day that you post it.
So, if you think you've got what it takes to be an agent of history, let me know and I'll add you >:}
193: Lucius Septimus Serverus is crowned emperor of Rome.
979: Challenge to the throne of King Aetherlred II of England.
1611: Word telescope is first used.
1629: England and France sign Peace of Susa.
1671: Cossacks capture Russian Boer leader Stenka Razin.
177: New York adopts new constitution as an independent state.
1792: France declares war on Austria, starting the French Revolutionary Wars.
1818: U.S. Medical Corp forms.
1828: First edition of Noah Webster's dictionary is published.
1836: Congress forms Territory of Wisconsin.
1853: Harriet Tubman began the Underground railroad.
1860: The first Pony Express rider arrives in San Francisco from St. Joseph, Missouri.
1861: Robert E. Lee resigns from the Union Army.
1865: President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in Ford's Theater by John Wilkes Booth.
1931: Spain becomes a republic with the overthrow of King Alfonso XIII.
1940: Allied troops land in Norway.
1989: 1,100,000,000th Chinese born.
1603: New English king James I departs Edinburgh for London.
1614: Pocahontas marries John Rolfe.
1621: Mayflower sails from Plymouth on a return trip to England.
1751: Adolf Frederik of Holstein-Gottorp crowns himself king of Sweden.
1762: British take Grenada, West Indies, from French.
1768: First U.S. Chamber of Commerce forms.
1792: George Washington casts the first presidential veto.
1803: First performance of Beethoven's second Symphony in D.
1806: Isaac Quintard patents apple cider.
1812: Brits storm Badajoz fortress, held by French and Spanish.
1814: Netherlands Bank issues it's 1st banknotes.
1896: First modern Olympic Games officially opens in Athens.
1902: Soccer match riot between Scotland and England kills twenty-five. I know it's bad, but I sort of laughed out loud when I read that >.>;;
1929: Lithuania signs Litvinov-pact.
1939: Membership in Hitler's Youth becomes obligatory.
1944: one hundred-forty Lancasters bomb airplane manufacturer in Toulouse.
1951: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg sentenced to death. I really hope you know who these two are. o.o;
1955: Winston Churchill resigns as British Prime Minister, Anthony Eden succeeds him.
1964: First driverless trains run on London Underground.
1983: France throws out forty-seven Soviet diplomats.
1986: U.S. soldier and Turkish woman killed in West Berlin disco bombing.
1556: Karel V's son Philip II crowned king of Spain.
1738: English parliament declares war on Spain (War of Jenkin's Ear).
1774: Britain passes Coercive Act against Massachusetts.
1797: Nathaniel Briggs of New Hampshire patents a washing machine.
1799: New York State abolished slavery.
1834: Senate censure President Jackson for taking federal deposits from Bank of U.S.
1854: During the Crimean War, Britain and France declare war on Russia.
1859: First performance of John Brahms' 1st Serenade for orchestra.
1922: First microfilm device introduced.
1927: Majestic Theater opens at 245 W 44th St. New York City.
1933: German Reichstag confers dictatorial powers on Hitler.
1941: Sea battle at Cape Matapan: British fleet (under Cunningham) defeats Italy.
1942: British naval forces raid Nazi occupied French port of St. Nazaire.
1945:Final German V-2 attack on London.
1972: U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1979: British government of Callaghan falls.
1981: France performs nuclear test. *refrains from making a comment here*
1986: John N. McMahon, ends term as deputy director of CIA.
1994: Armed Zulus demonstrate in Johannesburg, over fifty-three killed.
1995: World's largest bank: Japan's Mitsubishi Bank and Bank of Tokyo merge.
717: Battle of Vincy between Charles Martel and Ragenfrid.
1188: Emperor Antoku accedes to the throne of Japan.
1413: Henry V becomes King of England.
1801: The Battle of Alexandria is fought between British and French forces. *refrains from Monty Python jokes*
1814 In the Napoleonic Wars, Austrian forces repel French troops in the Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube.
1857 Earthquake in Tokyo kills over 100,000. Dismally ironic, no?
1918: *almost started typing this in Germany's voice from Hetalia* World War I: The first phase of the German Spring Offensive, Operation Michael, begins.
1958: Charles Lindbergh is presented the Medal of Honor for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight.
1933: Construction of Dachau, the first Nazi concentration camp is completed.
1945: World War II:
1963: Alcatraz closes.
