Today in History - May 2--Today in History for May 2:On this date:In 1497, Italian-born John Cabot set sail from Bristol, England, to follow Columbus' route to what he thought was Asia. The expedition reached land on June 24, probably at Cape Breton, and cruised along the south ...
The company, financed by a group of English merchants, received trading rights over all lands draining into Hudson Bay.In 1740, Elias Boudinot, a lawyer and U.S. patriot, who helped to found the American Bible Society, was born.In 1840, Theodor Herzl, who founded the Zionist movement, ...
In June 1837, King William IV died and he was succeeded by his 18-year-old niece Queen Victoria. Victoria never knew her father, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, because he died when she was eight months old. Melbourne was her first Prime Minister. In Queen Victoria, Melbourne had the child...
Miles Pattenden| Published inHistory TodayVolume 74 Issue 10 October 2024 Arather unusual petition from October 1716 is tucked away in the pope’s diocesan archives in the basilica of San Giovanni in Rome: Antonio Piervenanzi, parish priest of San Benedetto in Piscinola, has found himself in p...
Michele Marieschi, The Rialto Bridge from the Riva del Vin, 1740s, oil on canvas, transferred from wood, 130 x 196 cm, The Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Francesco Guardi, The Meeting of Pope Pius VI and Doge Paolo Renier at San Giorgio in Alga, 1782, oil on canvas, 51×67 cm, Private...
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Today in Naval History - Naval / Maritime Events in History 30th of September some of the events you will find here, please use the following link where...
a在奥运历史上 In Olympic Games history[translate] a也不希望自己陷下去。[translate] aだな もみまくりてえ (ri) (te)获得架子它摩擦并且播种[translate] athat is recognize 那是认出[translate] a它也是一种聊天工具,在中国聊天都在用 It also is one kind chats the tool, chats in China all is...
©In Today's Catholic World(TCW) 2005-2009All rights reserved. (November 20, Twenty-Fourth and Last Sunday after Pentecost, Semidouble) Pope Benedict XIV (Papal Reign 1740-1758 A.D.) Author of the Famous EncyclicalVix Pervenit(On Usury and Other Dishonest Profit) Promulgated on November 1...
He is best known for his three epistolary novels: Pamela: Or, Virtue Rewarded (1740), Clarissa: Or the History of a Young Lady (1748) and The History of Sir Charles Grandison (1753). Outside of his writing career, Richardson was an established printer and publisher for most of h [...