MessageToEagle.com – On 3 June 1853, Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie was born at Charlton, near Greenwich, London, England. Sir Petrie was a British archaeologist and Egyptologist who
MessageToEagle.com – On June 2, 1858, Comet Donati was first observed by an astronomer Giovanni Battista Donati at Florence, Italy. After the Great Comet of 1811, it was
MessageToEagle.com – On June 1, 1676, dramatic naval Battle of Öland was fought between Swedish navy in the Baltic Sea and an allied Danish-Dutch fleet. Just as the battle
MessageToEagle.com – On May 31, 1279 BC, Ramesses II (1303 BC-1213 BC) became the third king of the 19th Dynasty of Egypt at the age of twenty-five. Ramesses
MessageToEagle.com – On May 30, 1010, Emperor Renzong of Song is born. Emperor’s personal name was Zhao Zhen, and he was the fourth emperor of the Song dynasty
MessageToEagle.com – On May 29, 1660, Charles II was restored to the throne. The years of his reign are known in English history as the Restoration period, when Cromwell’s
MessageToEagle.com – On 28 May 585 BC, a solar eclipse occurs, as predicted by the Greek philosopher and scientist Thales of Miletus (625 BC – 545 BC). Thales
MessageToEagle.com – On May 27, 1905, the Battle of Tsushima known as the “Sea of Japan Naval Battle” took place and was the major battle between Russia and
MessageToEagle.com – On May 26, 1328, William of Ockham, a Franciscan Friar, secretly leaves Avignon fearing a death sentence from Pope John XXII. He was known as “Doctor
MessageToEagle.com – On May 25, 735, it’s a feast day devoted to the Venerable Bede, a remarkable priest, monk, scholar. This great person died on this day and
MessageToEagle.com – On May 24, 1798, the Irish Rebellion began against British rule. It was led by the United Irishmen . It eventually failed and resulted in the
MessageToEagle.com – On May 23, 1430, Joan Of Arc was captured by the Burgundians, who sold her to the English. She was captured by the Burgundians, who had
MessageToEagle.com – On May 22, 334 B.C. the Macedonian army of Alexander the Great defeated Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus. The battle took place
MessageToEagle.com – On May 21, 1502, the island of Saint Helena is discovered by the Portuguese explorer João da Nova. St. Helena Island is located in the middle of
MessageToEagle.com- On 20 May 1520, the Massacre in the Great Temple of the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan, took place as one of several incidents in the Spanish conquest of
MessageToEagle.com – On 19th May, 1536, Anne Boleyn was led from her quarters to Tower Green where, spared the axe, she was granted the ‘mercy’ of beheading by a
MessageToEagle.com – On May 18, 1565, the Great Siege of Malta begins, in which Ottoman forces make attempts to conquer the islands of Malta, but fail. Two adversaries were
MessageToEagle.com – On 17th May 1970, the reed boat Ra II with Thor Heyerdahl accompanied by an international crew, set sail from Safi in Morocco on course for Barbados.
MessageToEagle.com – On May 16, 1863, Battle of Champion Hill was fought. It was the largest, bloodiest, and most significant action of Grant’s Vicksburg Campaign. 32,000 advancing Union soldiers
MessageToEagle.com – On May 14, in 1787, fifty-five State delegates from every state – except Rhode Island – met in Philadelphia to convene a Federal Convention (Constitutional Convention). This
MessageToEagle.com – On 13 May 1568, the Battle of Langside was fought between the forces of Mary, Queen of Scots and those of the Earl of Moray, her half-brother,
MessageToEagle.com – On May 12, 1820,‘Lady with the Lamp’ – Florence Nightingale was born. She was a great person, widely acknowledged as the pioneer of modern nursing; she was also a proficient mathematician.
MessageToEagle.com – On May 11, 868, the Diamond Sutra was published in northern China. This priceless religious teaching survives as the oldest dated, printed book. The manuscript was one of many discovered in the
MessageToEagle.com – On 10th May, 28 BC, a sunspot was observed by astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of the Western Han Dynasty. China is among the earliest
MessageToEagle.com – On May 9 (or about this day), 1265, Dante Alighieri was born in Florence, Italy. He was the Florentine writer, Italy’s national poet, best known for his epic
