The Great Fire of London, unknown painter |
2: The Great Fire of
London is started. More than 13,000 houses destroyed over 3 days, but supposedly only 6
lives lost. (1666)
2: “The British ended
their use of the Julian calendar, switching instead to the Gregorian calendar,
resulting in a major adjustment as Wednesday, September 2, was followed by
Thursday, September 14. The correction resulted in rioting by people who felt
cheated and demanded the missing eleven days back.” (1752)
2: The U.S. Treasury
is established. (1789)
3: The Treaty of
Paris is signed, formally ending the American Revolution, by John Adams, Ben
Franklin, and John Jay. (1783)
4: Navigator Henry
Hudson discovers the island of Manhattan. (1609)
4: El Pueblo de la
Reina de Los Angeles, or the Town of the Queen of the Angels, is founded by the
Spanish governor of California, later to be known simply as Los Angeles. (1781)
5: Russian Czar Peter
the Great imposes a tax on beards. (1698)
5: The First
Continental Congress assembled in Philadelphia. Every colony represented except
for Georgia. (1774)
6: The Mayflower sets sail from Plymouth,
England, after many trials and a few false starts, and still more unthinkable
trials to come. Still, as leader William Bradford wrote, they “commited them
selves to the will of God, and resolved to proseede” to the New World. (1620)
6: The birth of
Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834) in Chavaniac, France.
7: The birth of Queen
Elizabeth I (1533-1603) in Greenwich Palace, daughter of Henry VIII and Anne
Boleyn.
8: First Catholic
settlement in America founded at St. Augustine, Florida, by Spaniard Don Pedro
Menendez de Aviles. (1565)
9: The United
Colonies becomes the United States. (1776)
13: New York City
becomes the capitol of the United States. (1788)
14: Composer George
Frederick Handel finishes Messiah
after 23 straight days of work. (1741)
14: Napoleon enters a
burning Moscow at the beginning of his disastrous Russian campaign. Fewer than
20,000 men of his original 500,000 survive. (1812)
14: Francis Scott-Key
composes the lyrics to “The Star Spangled Banner.” (1814)
15: The birth of
James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) in Burlington, New Jersey.
16: “Mexico's break
from Spain began in the town of Dolores Hidalgo as Father Miguel Hidalgo y
Costilla rang his church's bells and exhorted local Indians to ‘recover from
the hated Spaniards the land stolen from your forefathers...’” (1810)
16: “A detachment of
Marines under Major Daniel Carmick from the Naval Station at New Orleans,
together with an Army detachment, destroyed a pirate stronghold at Barataria,
on the Island of Grande Terre, near New Orleans.” (1814)
17: The U.S.
Constitution is unanimously approved by delegates from 12 states. (1787)
18: Chile declared
its independence from Spain after 269 years as a colony. (1810)
22: Nathan Hale
executed for spying. “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my
country.” (1776)
22: Birth of Michael
Faraday (1791-1867), discoverer of electromagnetic induction (moving a magnet
through a coil of wire produces a current). Thus electric generators are
developed.
25: Sighting of the
Pacific Ocean by Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa, after crossing the
Isthmus of Panama. (1513)
25: Publication of
the first American newspaper. “A single edition of Publick Occurrences Both
Foreign and Domestick appeared in Boston, Massachusetts. However, British
authorities considered the newspaper offensive and ordered its immediate
suppression.” (1690)
25: Ratification of
the Bill of Rights. (1789)
26: Birth of Johnny
Appleseed, as John Chapman (1774-1845) in Leominster, Massachusetts.
26: The U.S. Postal
Service was founded. (1789)
27: Birth of Samuel
Adams (1722-1803) in Boston, Massachusetts.
28: Duke William of
Normandy begins the conquest of England at Pevensey, Sussex. (1066) Relevant to
the colonial era because, well, Britain. :-)
28: Discovery of California by Portuguese navigator Juan
Rodriguez Cabrillo upon his arrival at San Diego Bay. (1542)
29: U.S. Army created
by Congress, with just 1,000 enlisted men and officers. (1789)
My thanks to The History Place, Holiday Insights, Marine Corps University, Smithsonian Magazine, and Wikipedia. :)
My thanks to The History Place, Holiday Insights, Marine Corps University, Smithsonian Magazine, and Wikipedia. :)
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