MessageToEagle.com – On 16 September 307, died Severus II who was a Western Roman Emperor from 306 to 307. According to one source, Severus II at Tres Tabernae,
MessageToEagle.com – On September 15, 1616, the first public and free school for poor children in Europe was established on the initiative of Saint Joseph Calasanz. The school
MessageToEagle.com – On September 14, 1763, the Battle of Devil’s Hole, also known as the Devil’s Hole Massacre, was fought near Niagara Gorge in present-day New York state.
MessageToEagle.com – On September 13, 1743, the Treaty of Worms was signed between Great Britain, Austria and the Kingdom of Sardinia. The treaty was a political alliance, which
MessageToEagle.com – On September 12, 490 BC, the Battle of Marathon was fought on the plain of Marathon. The battle between the Athenians and the Persians is one
MessageToEagle.com – On September 11, 2001, the hijackers abducted four planes, and simultaneously attacked multiple targets in the United States. A series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the
MessageToEagle.com – On 10 Sep 1984, English geneticist Alec Jeffreys discovered the technique of DNA fingerprinting, used for unique identification of humans, animals and other organisms from their
MessageToEagle.com – On September 9, 999 or 1000, the Battle of Svolder was fought in the western Baltic Sea between King Olaf Tryggvason of Norway and an alliance
MessageToEagle.com – On September 8, 1775, the Uprising of the Priests also known as the Maltese Rebellion took place. It was led by Maltese clergy against the Order
MessageToEagle.com – On Sep 7, 1695, the English pirate Henry Every, (nicknamed “King of the Pirates” or “The Arch Pirate”) stole loot worth up to $400 million (in today’s
MessageToEagle.com – On Sep 6, 1522, one of Ferdinand Magellan’s five ships–the Vittoria–finally arrives at Sanlúcar de Barrameda in Spain, thus completing the first circumnavigation of the world.
MessageToEagle.com – On Sep 5/6, 1666, great fire of London that started on Sep 2, ended. A fire started on September 2nd in the King’s bakery in Pudding
MessageToEagle.com – On September 4, 476, Emperor Romulus Augustus (461 – 476 AD) who ruled over the Western Roman Empire, was deposed by Odoacer, Germanic warlord. Romulus Augustus
MessageToEagle.com – On September 3, 36 BC, the fleets of Sextus Pompeius and Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, off Naulochus, near Messina, Sicily met in the naval Battle of Naulochus.
MessageToEagle.com – On September 2, 31 BC, an important historical event took place just outside the Gulf of Actium in Greece. The fleet of Roman Mark Antony and
MessageToEagle.com – On Sep 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland on land and from the air. World War II had begun. The German invasion of Poland was a primer
MessageToEagle.com – On 31 August 12 AD, Caligula (Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus was born. Caligula was the Roman emperor (37–41 AD) but there are few surviving sources
MessageToEagle.com – On August 30, 1400, Vlad II known as Vlad Dracul (‘Vlad the Dragon’), was born. He reigned from 1436 to 1442, and again from 1443 to
MessageToEagle.com – On August 29, 1475, the Treaty of Picquigny was signed that ended a brief war between England and France. It was an important peace treaty that
MessageToEagle.com – On August 28 to September 2, 1859, took place the Solar Storm known as the Carrington Event. During this period numerous sunspots were observed on the
MessageToEagle.com – On August 27, 1783, the first experimental hydrogen-filled balloon leaves Champs de Mars, Paris, unmanned, and reaches a 900m altitude. The balloon had a 13ft (4m)
MessageToEagle.com – On the afternoon of August 26, 1883, Krakatoa erupted in 1883, in one of the largest, natural eruptions in recent time. Krakatoa is an island volcano
MessageToEagle.com – On 25 August 1609, exactly 407 years ago today, the Italian astronomer and philosopher Galilei Galileo showed Venetian merchants his new invention, a telescope, an important
MessageToEagle.com – On the morning of August 24, 79 AD, Mount Vesuvius erupted and broke its centuries-long silence. Its great cloud of hot ash, stones and poisonous gases completely
MessageToEagle.com – On August 23, 1305, great Scottish hero William Wallace was hanged, drawn and cut into pieces. It was a traitor’s death. On this day William Wallace
