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A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on August 28th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On August 28, 489, the king of the Ostrogoths, Theodoric, defeated the forces under Odoacer, King of Italy, at the Battle of Isonzo, thus opening the route into the heart of Italy. On August 28, 632, Fatimah bint Muhammad, the youngest and possibly the only daughter of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad, beloved by Muhammad and by Muslims throughout the world, died under…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on August 27th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On August 27, 1859, Colonel Edwin Drake of the Seneca Oil Company drilled a successful oil well just outside Titusville, Pennsylvania, the discovery of the first commercially viable oil well. On August 27, 1859, oil was discovered in Pennsylvania, an event we used to list “10 Momentous Discoveries.” On August 27, 1915, a member of the clergy tried to assassinate another member…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on August 26th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On August 26, 1346, at the Battle of Crecy, English archers proved the superiority of the English longbow over the combination of armored knights and crossbowmen fielded by the French. On August 26, 1346, at the Battle of Crecy, the English longbow reigned supreme, and ever since the longbow has been closely associated with England. On August 26, 1444, the Battle of…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on August 25th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On August 25, 1823, mountain man and fur trapper Hugh Glass was attacked by a Grizzly Bear while on a fur taking and exploring expedition in what is now South Dakota. On August 25, 1835, the New York newspaper The Sun published the first of six articles about alleged new scientific discoveries concerning the moon, specifically that a civilization had been found thriving…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on August 24th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On August 24, 410, the city of Rome fell to foreign invaders for the first time in 800 years. On August 24, 1215, Pope Innocent III declared the Magna Carta that King John of England signed with a group of dissatisfied barons on June 15, 1215, a famous document that is often treated with similar respect as the American Declaration of Independence,…