Today in History

1853 Comet C/1853 G1 (Schweizer) approaches within 0.0839 AUs of Earth 1854 Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, receives its charter from Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,...

1253 -May 7th) Utrecht destroyed by fire 1253 Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk, propounds Nam Myoho Renge Kyo for the first time...

1518 Treaty of St Truiden: anti-French Trapdoors and Bourgondisch covenant 1522 Battle of Bicocca: a combined French and Venetian force is decisively...

757 Paolo Orsini replaces his brother Pope Stephen II, as Paul I 1220 German king Frederick II grants bishops sovereign rights Today...

1185 Sea battle at Dan-no-ura: Minamoto Yoritomo beats Taira-family 1362 Muhammad VI ruler of Granada killed with a lance personally by Peter...

1479 BC Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to the Low Chronology...

215 BC A temple, built on the Capitoline Hill, is dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake...

Today in History April 22 d.— 296 St Gaius ends his reign as Catholic Pope d.— 536 St. Agapetus I...

295 8th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 850 Guntherus becomes bishop of Cologne Today in History April 20: What Happened on...