On This Date

1540 - Afghan chief Sher Khan defeated Mongul Emperor Humayun at Kanauj.  1630 - Italian Jesuit Niccolo Zucchi saw the belts on Jupiter's surface.  1681 - Louis XIV sent an expedition to aid James II in Ireland. As a result, England declares war on Fr… more »

1770 - Marie Antoinette, at age 14, married the future King Louis XVI of France, who was 15.  1866 - The U.S. Congress authorized the first 5-cent piece to be minted.  1868 - U.S. President Andrew Johnson was acquitted during the Senate impeachment, b… more »

1602 - Cape Cod was discovered by Bartholomew Gosnold.  1614 - An aristocratic uprising in France ended with the treaty of St.Menehould.  1618 - Johannes Kepler discovered his harmonics law.  1702 - The War of Spanish Succession began.  1768 - Under… more »

1264 - King Henry III was captured by his brother in law Simon deMontfort at the Battle of Lewes in France.  1509 - In the Battle of Agnadello, French defeated Venitians in Northern Italy.  1610 - French King Henri IV (Henri de Navarre) was assassinat… more »

1607 - Jamestown, Virginia, was settled as a colony of England.  1648 - Margaret Jones of Plymouth was found guilty of witchcraft and was sentenced to be hanged by the neck.  1779 - The War of Bavarian Succession ended.  1787 - Captain Arthur Phillip… more »