Tag: today in history

May 19 1536 Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII, was beheaded. 1588 The 130-ship-strong Spanish Armada set sail for England; it was…

May 18 1642 The city of Montreal was founded by the French. 1804 Napoleon Bonaparte was proclaimed Emperor of France by the French Senate. 1896…

May 17 1792 The New York Stock Exchange was established when a group of 24 brokers and merchants met by a tree on what is…

May 16 1770 Marie Antoinette married the future King Louis XVI of France. 1868 The first ballot on one of 11 articles of impeachment in…

May 15 1862 The U.S. Department of Agriculture was created by an act of Congress on this day. 1911 The Standard Oil Company, headed by…

1870 Manitoba became a province of Canada. 1932 The body of Charles and Anne Lindbergh’s kidnapped baby was found. 1937 Britain’s King George VI was…

1775 Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys captured Fort Ticonderoga from the British. 1863 Confederate General Stonewall Jackson died after being accidentally shot by…

1914 Mother’s Day became a public holiday. 1926 Explorers Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett flew over the North Pole. 1936 Fascist Italy annexed Ethiopia.…

1794 Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, the father of modern chemistry, was guillotined during the Reign of Terror. 1877 The first Westminister Dog Show was held. 1902…