A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on March 7th. For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On March 7, 321, Roman Emperor Constantine I decreed that dies Solis Invicti (‘sun-day,’ or Day of Sol Invictus, Roman God of the Sun) would be the Roman day of rest throughout the Roman Empire. On March 7, 1274, Saint Thomas Aquinas died having not completed his masterpiece, the Summa Theologiæ, in which he defines evil as the absence or privation of…
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A Brief History On March 7, 1799, French General Napoleon Bonaparte successfully captured the city of Jaffa in Palestine, then part of the Ottoman Empire. Although considered one of the all-time military geniuses, Bonaparte blundered when he allowed his men to massacre more than 2000 Albanians that had surrendered. Digging Deeper Napoleon then encouraged civilians to leave the city in the hope that these refugees would spread the word of French terror and cause other cities in the area to surrender without a fight. He was wrong! News of the massacre steeled the resolve of the Ottoman defenders and forced…
A Brief History On March 7, 1988, the President of the United States of America (U.S.) proclaimed March 1988 as “Women’s History Month.” Over the course of the following decades, celebration of Women’s History Month have spread outside of North America to as far away as Australia and the United Kingdom. Today, March 20, 2020, over thirty years after the U.S. presidential proclamation of 1988, various history themed YouTube Channels from around the world have joined together to present a collaborative playlist of videos concerning notable women in not just U.S. but world history. Digging Deeper To learn about these…
A Brief History On March 7, 2020, the media is abuzz with whining and blaming about the fact that Senator Elizabeth Warren has dropped out of the race for the Democratic nomination for President. Multiple sources cry about the “fact” that there are only men left in the Democratic race. Not true! Representative Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii is often overlooked as being a woman in the race, and a woman with an ethnic background more than just White European. Why is she being ignored? She has participated in some debating and has earned at least 2 committed delegates so far…
A Brief History On March 7, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for his invention he called the “telephone.” Far from the device people today cannot seem to drive a car or eat dinner without, the original model did not even have push buttons or an LCD screen! No wonder people had a hard time adapting to the new technology. For example, how does one answer a phone? Invent something and a new problem is created. Bell’s answer to answering the phone was to loudly state a brisk, “Ahoy, hoy!” Really, no kidding. The guy that invented the telephone…
