MessageToEagle.com – On May 8, 1846, the first battle of the Mexican War was fought at Palo Alto. The Battle of Palo Alto was the first major engagement of
MessageToEagle.com – On May 7, 1832, the independence of Greece is recognized by the Treaty of London. In May 1832, Lord Palmerston, who took over as British Foreign Secretary and
MessageToEagle.com – On May 6, 1527, Rome suffered the worst assault that it had ever known, far worse than anything at the time of the barbarian migrations. Spanish successes
MessageToEagle.com – On May 5, 1821 – Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte – whose empire covered all of Europe – dies in exile on the island of Saint Helena in the
MessageTo Eagle.com – One of the decisive battles of the Wars of the Roses took place on May 4, 1471. It was the Battle of Tewkesbury, a historic riverside
MessageToEagle.com – On May 3, 752, Bird Jaguar IV (also called Yaxun B’alam IV) was a Mayan king from Yaxchilan (modern-day Chiapas), located on the banks of the river Usumacinta, in
MessageToEagle.com – On May 2, 1611, the King James Bible was published for the first time and it was England’s authorized version of the Bible translated from the original
MessageToEagle.com – When the object we now call SN 1006 first appeared on May 1, 1006 AD, it was far brighter than Venus and visible during the daytime for
MessageToEagle.com – On April 29th 1429, Joan of Arc, the 17-year-old French peasant entered Orleans, the city besieged by the English. This mostly unusual historical event took place during the
MessageToEagle.com – On April 28, 1939, Soviet pilots Vladimir Kokkinaki and Mikhail Gordienko took off on a mission to fly between Moscow and America in the shortest possible time.
MessageToEagle.com – On April 27, 1124, following the death of his brother Alexander, David I (Dabíd mac Maíl Choluim) made himself king of Scotland with the backing of Henry
MessageToEagle.com – On April 26, 1900, seismologist Charles Richter was born near Hamilton, Ohio, USA. He graduated from the University of Southern California and then enrolled in graduate school
MessageToEagle.com – On April 25, 1507, Martin Waldseemüller (ca. 1470-ca. 1518), was the first to suggest that the newly discovered landmass in the New World should be called America.
MessageToEagle.com – Most probably, the great English dramatist and poet William Shakespeare, was born on April 23, 1564, in Stratford-on-Avon. In fact, very little is known about his life and
MessageToEagle.com – On April 22, in 1509, Henry VIII took the crown as the ruler of all England. Henry VIII is best known for his six wives, whose fate
MessageToEagle.com – April 21, 753 BC, is a mythological date when Rome is founded by Romulus, one of the twin brothers. In Roman mythology, Romulus and his twin brother
MessageToEagle.com – On April 20, 1535, an atmospheric optical phenomenon known as the “Sun Dog” was observed over Stockholm. The painting that depicts the event was named “Weather sun”) (in Swedish: Vädersol)
MessageToEagle.com – On April 19, 1770, Captain James Cook spotted and claimed the East Coast of Australia Cook was born in north-east England in 1728, and in his late
MessageToEagle.com – On the evening of April 18, 1775, Dr. Joseph Warren instructed Paul Revere, a Boston silversmith, to ride to Lexington, Massachusetts to warn Sam Adams and John
MessageToEagle.com – On April 17, 1397, Geoffrey Chaucer (1343 – 1400) was recorded to have given the first presentation of his Canterbury Tales at the royal English court of Richard II.
MessageToEagle.com – On April 16, 1457 BC (other source propose May 9), the Battle of Megiddo took place during a rebellion against Pharaoh Thutmose III. On one side, there
MessageToEagle.com – The Battle of Rain (also called the Battle of the River Lech or Battle of Lech) was fought on April 15, 1632, during Thirty Years’ War. The forces involved in this encounter
MessageToEagle.com – Christiaan Huygens was born in Hague on April 14, 1629. He was a Dutch mathematician, astronomer and physicist, best known for his contributions to mathematics and physics.
MessageToEagle.com – On April 13, 1598, Henry IV of France signed the Edict of Nantes. It confirmed Roman Catholicism as the state religion and at the same time, it
MessageToEagle.com – On April 12, 238 AD, Gordian II loses the Battle of Carthage against the forces of Numidia, an Ancient Berber kingdom in what is now Algeria and a
