Random News and Notes 18 June
Oh the year was 1778. And on this date in that year, the British Army…
Random News and Notes 17 June
British General Thomas Gage lands his troops on the Charlestown Peninsula overlooking Boston, Massachusetts, and…
Random News and Notes 16 June
On this date in 1779, Spain lays siege to the British held island of Gibraltar.…
Random News and Notes 15 June
Following a revolt by the English nobility against his rule, King John puts his royal…
Random News and Notes 14 June
On June 14, 1775, the Continental Congress authorizes the enlistment of expert riflemen to serve…
Random News and Notes 13 June
On this date in 1777, a 19-year-old French aristocrat, Marie-Joseph Paul Roch Yves Gilbert du…
Random News and Notes 12 June
The Philippines were a Spanish colonial holding until the end of the Spanish - American…
Random News and Notes 11 June
On this date in 1776, the Continental Congress selects Thomas Jefferson of Virginia, John Adams…
Random News and Notes 10 June
In Salem Village in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Bridget Bishop, the first colonist to be…