MessageToEagle.com – On November 5, 1867, was born George Andrew Reisner, an American archaeologist of Ancient Egypt and Palestine. George Andrew Reisner was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. In
MessageToEagle.com – On November 4, 1922 British archaeologist Howard Carter discovered King Tut’s tomb in Luxor’s Valley of the Kings. The tomb was intact and packed with antiquities
MessageToEagle.com – On November 3, 1960, died Sir Harold Spencer Jones, an English astronomer. He became renowned as an authority on positional astronomy and served as Astronomer Royal
MessageToEagle.com – On November 2, 1950, died George Bernard Shaw. Bernard Shaw was an Irish playwright, critic and polemicist who strongly influenced Western cultural and political life. He
MessageToEagle.com – On November 1, 1512, the beautiful ceiling of the Sistine Chapel was shown to the public for the first time. The ceiling was commissioned by Pope
MessageToEagle.com – On October 31, in 1864, Nevada became the 36th state in the USA. At the time, the American Civil War (1861 to 1865) was still continued.
MessageToEagle.com – On Oct. 30 1937, an asteroid approached the Earth, at about twice the distance of the moon. At the time, it was regarded as the closest
MessageToEagle.com – On October 29, 539 BC, the Neo-Babylonian Empire fell to Cyrus the Great, king of Persia and it is said that Jews were allowed to return
MessageToEagle.com – On October 28, 1636, Harvard University – America’s oldest learning institution was formed. It was initially called “New College” or “the college at New Towne”. In
MessageToEagle.com – On October 27, 1553, Michael Servetus (also known as Michel de Villeneuve) was arrested in Geneva and burnt at the stake as a heretic. On this
MessageToEagle.com – On October 26, 1689, the Austrian General Enea Silvio Piccolomini led a campaign against the Ottomans in Kosovo, Bosnia and Macedonia. Piccolomini (ca.1640-1689) was an Italian
MessageToEagle.com – On October 25, 286 (or possibly 285) Saints Crispin and Crispinian were beheaded during the reign of Roman Emperor Diocletian. Crispin and Crispinian were brothers who fled
MessageToEagle.com – On October 24, 1360, the Treaty of Brétigny was ratified. It was drafted earlier on May 8, 1360 between King Edward III of England and King
MessageToEagle.com – On October 23, 1919, Manolis Andronikos, a Greek archaeologist was born. Andronikos discovered the tomb of Philip II of Macedon, the father of Alexander III the
MessageToEagle.com – On October 22, 1797, first recorded parachute jump from one thousand meters (3,200 feet) above Paris, was made by André-Jacques Garnerin. A balloonist and student of
MessageToEagle.com – On October 21, 1600, the first shogun of the Tokugawa family began his reign in Japan. This day is often considered the beginning of the Tokugawa
MessagetoEagle.com – On October 20, 1632, Sir Christopher Wren – one of the most highly acclaimed English architects in history – was born. He was a man of
MessageToEagle.com – On October 19, 1386, Heidelberg University was established in 1386 and is Germany’s oldest university. The university was established on instruction of Pope Urban VI and
MessageToEagle.com – On October 18, 1931, inventor Thomas Edison died. Edison – known as the “Wizard of Menlo Park” is considered by many the worlds’ greatest inventor. He
MessageToEagle.com – On October 17, 1604, German astronomer Johannes Kepler observes a supernova in the constellation Ophiuchus. Supernova 1604, also known as Kepler’s Supernova, was a supernova of
MessageToEagle.com – On October 16, 1758, Noah Webster, Jr. “Father of American Scholarship and Education”, was born. He was an American lexicographer, textbook pioneer, English-language spelling reformer, political
MessageToEagle.com – On October 15, 1211, the Battle of the Rhyndacus was fought between the main successor states of the Byzantine Empire, the Latin Empire and the Byzantine
MessageToEagle.com – On October 14th, 1644, William Penn, English philosopher and founder of Pennsylvania was born. When Penn was 22 year old, he joined the Religious Society of Friends
MessageToEagle.com – On October 13th, 1307, King Philip IV of France, in league with Pope Clement V ordered the arrest of all Templars in the Kingdom of France;
