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Jules Janssen flew in a hot air balloon in order to study a solar eclipse in 1870. Jules Janssen did not let a childhood accident […]

General Sherman conquers Savannah, Georgia in 1864 during the famous march to the sea. General William Sherman attended the United States Military Academy. After graduation, […]

Corporation Act enforced in England in 1661. By 1661, King Charles II gained his throne after years of civil war. This war had beheaded King […]

Charles Dickens published “A Christmas Carol” in 1843 The year Charles Dicken turned twelve he worked in a factory after his father entered debtors prison. […]

William Cranch Bond started as a watchmaker but became interested in Astronomy after watching a solar eclipse in 1806. To help with his studies, William […]

Pope Paul III excommunicated King Henry VIII of England in 1538. Born in 1468, Pope Paul III was named Alessandro Farnese. Born into a rich […]

In 1653, Parliamentarian General Oliver Cromwell was appointed as Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland. Born in 1599, Oliver Cromwell lived the quiet life […]

In 1929, Swiss pilot Walter Mittelholzer became the first to fly over Mt. Kilimanjaro. Born in 1894, Walter Mittelholzer grew up to become a photographer […]

Archbishop Makarios III proclaimed president of Cyprus in 1959. In 1913, a poor shepherd named his newborn Mikhail Khristodolou Mouskos. Mouskos studied in Cyprus, then […]

In 1294, Saint Celestine V abdicated the papacy after only five months. Born in 1215, named Pietro del Murrone, Saint Celestine V decided to become […]