February 21:
A.D. 1173: Archbishop Thomas Becket of Canterbury is canonized by Pope Alexander III.
A.D. 1431: The trial of Joan of Arc by the English is begun.
A.D. 1795: Freedom of worship is incorporated into the French constitution.
A.D. 1804: The first locomotive runs in Wales.
A.D. 1842: The first known sewing machine is patented in Washington D.C.
February 22:
A.D. 1630: Pilgrims are introduced to popcorn by native Americans.
A.D. 1784: The first American ship to trade with China sets sail from New York.
A.D. 1821: Spain sells the eastern portion of Florida to the U.S.A. for $5 million.
RicOlie_2 said:
February 22:
A.D. 1630: Pilgrims are introduced to popcorn by native Americans.
thank God for that! I love popcorn.
February 23:
A.D. 303: Emperor Diocletian orders a general persecution of Christians.
A.D. 1455: Estimated date for the first printing of a book (the Bible) by Johannes Gutenberg.
A.D. 1997: The first successful cloning of an adult animal takes place in Scotland. The result of the cloning is a sheep named Dolly.
February 24:
A.D. 1208: Traditional date for St. Francis' reception of his vocation in a chapel outside of Assisi.
A.D. 1510: Pope Julius II excommunicates the Republic of Venice.
A whole republic...I guess they made him mad. :D
A.D. 1582: Pope Gregory XIII announces the new calendar (the Gregorian and modern calendar) as a replacement of the less accurate Julian calendar.
February 25:
A.D. 1570: Pius V excommunicates Queen Elizabeth I of England, absolving her subjects from any allegiance to her.
A.D. 1793: First American cabinet meeting takes place in George Washington's residence.
A.D. 1803: About 1,800 sovereign German states unite into only 60 separate states.
A.D. 1859: The "insanity plea" is first used to prove innocence.
RicOlie_2 said:
February 24:
A.D. 1582: Pope Gregory XIII announces the new calendar (the Gregorian and modern calendar) as a replacement of the less accurate Julian calendar.
The question remains, was this on February 24 of the Julian Calendar, or on February 24 of the Gregorian Calendar? :P
Actually, the correct answer is of course this announcement was made under the Julian Calendar, as Gregorian was not implemented anywhere until October of 1582, and then only in four countries.
February 26:
A.D. 364: Valentinian I is proclaimed Roman Emperor.
A.D. 1732: The first American Mass is celebrated in the first American Catholic church.
A.D. 1848: The second French Republic is proclaimed.
A.D. 1938: The first passenger ship is equipped with radar.
A.D. 1952: Winston Churchill announces that Britain has its own atomic bomb.
February 27:
A.D. 1670: Leopold I orders the expulsion of Jews from Austria.
Those Jews have always had such a rough time of it...
A.D. 1844: The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti.
A.D. 1854: Composer Robert Schumann is saved from a suicide attempt in the Rhine.
A.D. 1945: Lebanon declares independence.
February 28:
202 B.C.: Liu Bang is crowned Emperor Gaozu of Han, initiating four centuries of Han rule in China.
A.D. 1646: The trial of Roger Scott. His crime?...sleeping in church.
A.D. 1692: The Salem witch hunt begins.
A.D. 1759: Pope Clement XIII allows the Bible to be translated into multiple languages.
March 1:
A.D. 293: Tetrarchy is introduced in the Roman Empire by Emperor Maximianus.
A.D. 743: Export of slaves from Christian to heathen territory is prohibited.
A.D. 1260: Damascus is conquered by Halagu Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan.
March 2:
A.D. 871: Ethelred van Wessex defeats the invading Danish army in the battle of Marton.
A.D. 1807: U.S. Congress bans the slave trade, effective January 1, 1808.
A.D. 1836: The Republic of Texas declares independence from Mexico.
March 3:
A.D. 1284: The Principality of Wales is incorporated into England.
A.D. 1857: The Second Opium War begins with France and the UK declaring war on China.
A.D. 1875: The first recorded hockey game takes place in Montreal.
March 4:
A.D. 1152: Frederick I (Barbarossa) is elected Holy Roman Emperor.
A.D. 1793: George Washington's second inauguration as U.S. President;
A.D. 1797: John Adams is inaugurated as U.S. President;
and
A.D. 1801: Thomas Jefferson is inaugurated as President in Washington D.C.
A.D. 1809: Madison becomes the first U.S. President to be inaugurated in American-made clothing.
I didn't know they recorded that kind of thing. :)
1800s-2000s: A bunch of other inaugurations of American Presidents.
A.D. 1881: Holmes and Watson begin their first case together.
A.D. 1924: "Happy Birthday to You" is published by Claydon Sunny.
If anyone wishes to find out exactly which Presidents were inaugarated on March 4, they can check my Presidentual list here:
http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Random-Thoughts/post/591310/#TopicPost591310
March 5:
A.D. 1179: The Second Lateran Council opens in Rome.
A.D. 1496: King Henry II hires Giovanni Caboto (John Cabot) as an explorer.
A.D. 1616: Nicolaus Copernicus' book, "de Revolutionibus" is placed on the Index, a list of books forbidden by the Catholic Church to be published or read.
March 6:
There were lots of treaties and edicts today, but none of them seemed particularly important.
A.D. 1479: Portugal exchanges the Canary Islands with Castile for territory in West Africa.
A.D. 1965: The first non-stop helicopter crossing of North America.
A.D. 2013: Syrian rebels capture Ar-Raqqah, their first major city.
This is a dull day for history.
March 7:
A.D. 161: Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by two co-emperors (which was unprecedented at the time), Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus.
A.D. 321: Constantine I declares dies Solis Invicti (Sunday) a day of rest in the Roman Empire.
A.D. 1138: Conrad II Hohenstaufen is re-elected German Emperor.
A.D. 1530: King Henry VIII request for a divorce is rejected by the Pope.
March 8:
A.D. 1887: The telescoping steel fishing rod is patented.
A.D. 1910: The first licensed woman pilot, Baroness Raymonde de La Roche of Paris, receives her pilot's license.
A.D. 1918: The first case of Spanish Influenza appears, beginning a worldwide epidemic.
A.D. 1945: International Woman's Day is observed for the first time.
March 9:
A.D. 1497: Nicolaus Copernicus makes his first recorded astronomical observation.
A.D. 1562: Kissing in public becomes punishable by death in Napoli (Naples).
A.D. 1822: Charles Graham of New York patents false teeth.
March 10:
241 B.C.: The First Punic War ends with the Romans sinking the Carthaginian fleet in the battle of the Aegates Islands.
A.D. 418: Jews are banned from public office in the Roman Empire.
A.D. 1876: Alexander Graham Bell makes the first telephone call (to Thomas Watson).
March 11:
1425 B.C.: Pharaoh Thutmose III's death according to the Low Chronology of the 18th Dynasty.
A.D. 537: Rome is besieged by Goths.
A.D. 843: The veneration of icons is officially reinstated at the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople.
March 12:
A.D. 538: The Goths break of their siege of Rome.
A.D. 1622: Ignatius of Loyola is canonized as a Catholic saint.
A.D. 1642: Abel Tasman becomes the first European in New Zealand.
A.D. 1755: The first steam engine in North America is installed to pump water from a mine.
March 13:
A.D. 1519: Cortez lands in Mexico.
A.D. 1781: Sir William Herschel discovers Uranus, but misidentifies it as a comet.
A.D. 1865: Jefferson Davis signs a bill permitting slaves to be used as soldiers.
A.D. 1900: In France, the workday for women and children is limited to eleven hours by law.
March 14:
A.D. 1794: Eli Whitney patents the cotton gin.
A.D. 1916: The Germans attack Mort-Homme ridge in the Battle of Verdun.
A.D. 1937: Pope Pius XI publishes an anti-Nazi encyclical.
The Ides of March have come.
Aye, but not gone.
March 15: Julius Caesar was backstabbed by close associates
1937 CE H.P.Lovecraft called to realms eternal.
Ancient Rome : An excuse for a booze up.