Category: "October"
October 31
Oct 31st
1517 - Martin Luther posted the 95 Theses on the door of the Wittenberg Palace Church. The event marked the start of the Protestant Reformation in Germany. 1860 - Juliette Low, the founder off the Girl Scouts, was born. 1864 - Nevada became the 36th… more »
October 30
Oct 30th
1735 - John Adams, the second President of the United States, was born in Braintree, MA. His son became the sixth President of the U.S. 1817 - The independent government of Venezuela was established by Simon Bolivar. 1831 - Escaped slave Nat Turner… more »
October 29
Oct 29th
1618 - Sir Walter Raleigh was beheaded under a sentence that had been brought against him 15 years earlier for conspiracy against King James I. 1652 - The Massachusetts Bay Colony proclaimed itself to be an independent commonwealth. 1682 - William… more »
October 28
Oct 28th
1636 - Harvard College was founded in Massachusetts. The original name was Court of Massachusetts Bay Colony. It was the first school of higher education in America. 1776 - The Battle of White Plains took place during the American Revolutionary War. … more »
October 27
Oct 27th
1659 - William Robinson and Marmaduke Stevenson became the first Quakers to be executed in America. 1787 - The first of the Federalist Papers were published in the New York Independent. The series of 85 essays, written by Alexander Hamilton, James… more »
