1533 - Queen Elizabeth I, of England, was born in Greenwich. 1812 - Napoleon defeated the Russian army of Alexander I at the battle of Borodino. 1813 - The nickname "Uncle Sam" was first used as a symbolic reference to the United States. The refe… more »

1620 - The Pilgrims left on the Mayflower from Plymouth, England to settle in the New World. 1766 - John Dalton was born. The teacher/physicist formulated the atomic theory. 1819 - Thomas Blanchard patented a machine called the lathe. 1837 -… more »