Random News and Notes 5 September
On this date: 1664 - After days of negotiation, the Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam…
Random News and Notes 4 September
On this date: 476 - Romulus Augustus, the last emperor of the Western Roman Empire,…
Random News and Notes 3 September
On this date: 1189 - After the death of Henry II, Richard Lionheart is crowned…
Random News and Notes 2 September
On this date: 31 BC - At the Battle of Actium, off the western coast…
Random News and Notes 1 September
On this date: 1676 - Nathaniel Bacon leads an uprising against English Governor William Berkeley…
Random News and Notes 31 August
On this date: 1303 - The War of Vespers in Sicily ends with an agreement…
Random News and Notes 30 August
On this date: 1617 - Rosa de Lima of Peru becomes the first American saint…
Random News and Notes 29 August
On this date: 70 AD - The Temple in Jerusalem burns after a 9 month…
Random News and Notes 28 August
On this date: 1676 - Indian chief King Philip, also known as Metacom, is killed…