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A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on July 19th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On July 19, 64 AD, the Roman night was interrupted by the beginning of what became known as The Great Fire of Rome. On July 19, 1588, during the Anglo-Spanish War’s Battle of Gravelines, the ultimately doomed Spanish Armada was sighted in the English Channel. On July 19, 1814, Samuel Colt was born in Hartford, Connecticut, and although he lived only to…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on July 18th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On July 18, 64 AD, the center of Western Civilization, the city of Rome, the capital of the Roman Empire, suffered an enormous fire that devastated the city and burned for six days. On July 18, 1290, King Edward I of England, also known as “Edward Longshanks” or alternatively “The Hammer of the Scots,” issued the Edict of Expulsion, a royal decree…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on July 17th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On July 17, 1791, hero of the American Revolution, the Marquis de Lafayette, Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier (you can see why he is usually just called “Lafayette”) led the French National Guard against a riotous mob of around 10,000 angry French revolutionaries, gunning down about 50 of the rebels in the action. On July 17, 1917, King George V…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on July 16th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On July 16, 1439, the Parliament of King Henry VI of England issued a proclamation banning kissing. On July 16, 1862, David Farragut was appointed a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy, the first officer to hold that rank. On July 16, 1862, we commemorate the birthday of a significant African-American woman, Ida Wells (who first developed statistics on lynching in…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on July 15th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On July 15, 1799, French soldiers in Egypt discovered The Rosetta Stone, which is inscribed with three versions of a decree issued at Memphis, Egypt in 196 BC during the Ptolemaic dynasty on behalf of King Ptolemy V Epiphanes. On July 15, 1815, Emperor Napoleon I of the French surrendered to the British aboard the HMS Bellerophon. On July 15, 1815, Emperor…