History Dates
Wanna send us somethin? It must include a month, date, and year. It cannot be sometime around 3000 bc, blah blah blah. Not specific enough. You can include the days of the week or the time of the day. No Birthdays! So what a human being like you and me were born. I mean, if I were to include birthdays, I'd rather have everybody on Earth's birthday since the beginning of time, which I know is not possible. So submit them here.
August 24, 79: Mount Vesuvius in Italy erupts and destroys nearby cities including Pompeii and Herculemphus.
May 20, 526: An earthquake takes place in Antioch, Syria, killing around 250,000.
December 22, 856: An earthquake takes place in Damghan, Iran, killing around 200,000 people.
March 23, 893: An earthquake takes place in Ardabil, Iran, killing around 150,000 people.
August 9, 1138: An earthquake takes place in Aleppo, Syria, killing a claimed 230,000 lives.
June 15, 1215: King John signs the Magna Carta.
September 27, 1290: An earthquake takes place in Chihli, China, killing around 25,000.
May 20, 1293: An earthquake takes place in Kamakura, Japan, killing around 30,000.
June 24, 1340: Battle of Sluys.
September 19, 1356: Battle of Poitiers.
October 15, 1415: Battle of Agincourt.
May 29, 1453: Fall of Constantinople, in which the Turks under Mohammed the Conqueror breach the walls of the city and captures it.
September 9, 1513: Battle of Flodden Field.
Sepember 25, 1513: Vasco Balboa, the first European from Europe, discovers the Pacific Ocean in Panama.
February 24, 1525: Battle of Pavia.
January 26, 1531: An earthquake destroys the Portuguese capital of Lisbon, killing around 30,000.
January 23, 1556: An earthquake takes place in Shaanxi, China, killing around 830,000.
January 7, 1610: Galileo Galilei discovers Jupiter's moon, Ganymede, Io, and Europa, one hour after sunset in Padua, Italy.
January 13, 1610: Galileo Galilei discovers Jupiter's moon, Callisto.
April 5, 1614: Pocahontas marries John Rolfe.
December 15, 1631: Mount Vesuvius in Italy erupts again.
June 14, 1645: Battle of Naseby.
March 25, 1655: Christiaan Huygens discovers Saturn's moon Titan 3 minutes from the planet on the line of the very narrow ansae.
October 25, 1671: Giovanni D. Cassini discovers Saturn's moon Iapetus using one of Campini's telescopes.
December 23, 1672: Giovanni D.Cassini discovers Saturn's moon, Rhea.
March 21, 1684: Giovanni D. Cassini discovers Saturn's moon Dione and Tethys using an aerial telescope with a focal length of more than 40 meters.
June 7, 1692: An earthquake takes place in Port Royal, Jamaica, killing around 30,000.
January 11, 1693: An earthquake takes place in Catania, Sicily, Italy, killing around 60,000.
November 18, 1727: An earthquake takes place in Tabriz, Iran, killing around 77,000 people.
December 30, 1730: An earthquake takes place in Hokkaido, Japan, killing around 137,000.
October 11, 1737: An earthquake takes place in Calcutta, India, killing around 300,000.
June 7, 1755: An earthquake takes place in Northern Persia (now Iran), killing around 40,000.
November 1, 1755: An earthquake takes place in Lisbon, Portugal, killing 60,000 with a magnitude of 8.6 on the Richter scale.
August 12, 1759: Battle of Kunersdorf.
March 22, 1765: King George the third approved the Stamp Act to the immigrating colonies.
November 23, 1765: The Stamp Act was abolished.
August 12, 1772: Mount Papandayan of Java, Indonesia, erupts.
June 17, 1775: The battle of Bunker Hill (Actually at Breed's Hill).
October 28, 1776: Battle of White Plains.
December 26, 1776: Battle of Trenton.
January 3, 1777: Battle of Princeton.
August 16, 1777: Battle of Bennington
September 11, 1777: Battle of Brandywine.
August 16:1780: Battle of Camden.
February 4, 1783: An earthquake takes place in Calabria, Italy, killing around 30,000.
January 11, 1787: British astronomer William Herschel discovers Uranus's moon, Oberon and Titania.
December 7, 1787: Delaware officially becomes a state in the United States.
December 12, 1787: Pennsylvania officially becomes a state in the United States.
December 18 ,1787: New Jersey officially becomes a state in the United States.
January 2, 1788: Georgia officially becomes a state in the United States.
January 9, 1788: Connecticut officially becomes a state in the United States.
February 6, 1788: Massachusetts officially becomes a state in the United States.
April 28, 1788: Maryland officially becomes a state in the United States.
May 23, 1788: South Carolina officially becomes a state in the United States.
June 21, 1788: New Hampshire officially becomes a state in the United States.
June 25, 1788: Virginia officially becomes a state in the United States.
July 26, 1788: New York officially becomes a state in the United States.
August 29, 1789: British astronomer William Herschel, using his 20-foot 18.5 inch aperture reflector telescope, discovers Saturn's moon, Enceladus.
September 17, 1789: British astronomer William Herschel, using his 20-foot reflector telescope, discovers Saturn's moon, Mimas.
September 25, 1789: The U.S. Bill of Rights were proposed for ratification, and the 27th Amendment of the U.S. Bill of Rights is proposed for ratification.
November 21, 1789: North Carolina officially becomes a state in the United States.
May 29, 1790: Rhode Island officially becomes a state in the United States.
March 4, 1791: Vermont officially becomes a state in the United States.
December 15, 1791: The U.S. Bill of Rights are declared in force.
May 21, 1792: Mount Unzen in Japan erupts.
June 1, 1792: Kentucky officially becomes a state in the United States.
March 5, 1794: The 11th Amendment of the U.S. Bill of Rights were proposed for ratification.
June 1, 1796: Tennessee officially becomes a state in the United States.
February 4, 1797: An earthquake takes place in Quito, Ecuador, and Cuzco, Peru, killing around 41,000.
January 8, 1798: The 11th Amendmenr of the U.S. Bill of Rights were declared in force.
December 10, 1799: The metric system of measurment is officially adopted in France.
January 1, 1801: The first and largest asteroid was discovered by Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi.
March 1, 1803: Ohio officially becomes a state in the United States.
December 9, 1803: The 12th Amendment of the U.S. Bill of Rights were proposed for ratification.
September 25, 1804: The 12th Amendment of the U.S. Bill of Rights were declared in force.
October 21, 1805: Battle of Trafalgar.
December 2, 1805: Battle of Austerlitz.
June 14, 1807: Battle of Friedland.
April 30, 1812: Louisiana officially becomes a state in the United States.
September 7, 1812: Battle of Borodino.
January 8, 1815: Battle of New Orleans.
June 18, 1815: Battle of Waterloo.
December 11, 1816: Indiana officially becomes a state in the United States.
December 10, 1817: Mississippi officially becomes a state in the United States.
December 3, 1818: Illinois officially becomes a state in the United States.
December 14, 1819: Alabama officially becomes a state in the United States.
March 15, 1820: Maine officially becomes a state in the United States.
August 10, 1821: Missouri officially becomes a state in the United States.
December 2, 1823: James Monroe, fifth president of the United States, issued the Monroe Doctrine, which had an impact of U.S. foreign policy.
March 6, 1836: Battle of the Alamo.
April 21, 1836: Battle of San Jacinto.
June 15, 1836: Arkansas officially becomes a state in the United States.
January 26, 1837: Michigan officially becomes a state in the United States.
March 3, 1845: Florida officially becomes a state in the United States.
December 29, 1845: Texas officially becomes a state in the United States.
September 23, 1846: The planet Neptune was discovered by Johann Gotfried Galle, on the basis of French astronomer Urbain Leverrier's calculations of its position, at the Berlin Observatory.
October 10, 1846: William Lassell, using a 24-inch reflector, discovers Neptune's moon Triton in Liverpool, England.
December 28, 1846: Iowa officially becomes a state in the United States.
May 29, 1848: Wisconsin officially becomes a state in the United States.
September 16, 1848: American astronomer William Cranch Bond discovers Saturn's moon, Hyperion.
September 9, 1850: California officially becomes a state in the United States.
October 24, 1851: British astronomer William Lassell, using his 24-inch reflector telescope on the island of Malta, discovers Uranus's moons Ariel and Umbriel.
October 25, 1854: Battle of Balaclava.
May 11, 1858: Minnesota officially becomes a state in the United States.
September 23, 1858: The German steamer Austria was destroyed by fire in the North Atlantic, killing 471.
February 14, 1859: Oregon officially becomes a state in the United States.
June 24, 1859: Battle of Solferino.
January 29, 1861: Kansas officially becomes a state in the United States.
May 5, 1862: Cinco de Mayo is celebrated because of the victory of Mexico over the French in the Battle of Puebla.
April 27, 1863: The British steamer Anglo-Saxon was wrecked at Cape Race killing 238.
June 20, 1863: West Virginia officially becomes a state in the United States.
July 4, 1863: Vicksburg surrenders to the Union troops.
October 31, 1864: Nevada officially becomes a state in the United States.
January 31, 1865: The 13th Amendment of the U.S. Bill of Rights were proposed for ratification.
April 9, 1865: General Lee surrenders to the Union forces (General Grant) at Appomattox Court House.
December 18, 1865: The 13th Amendment of the U.S. Bill of Rights were declared in force.
June 16, 1866: The 14th Amendment of the U.S. Bill of Rights were proposed for ratification.
March 1, 1867: Nebraska offically becomes a state in the United States.
July 28, 1868: The 14th Amendment of the U.S. Bill of Rights were declared in force.
February 27, 1869: The 15th Amendment of the U.S. Bill of Rights were proposed for ratification.
March 30, 1870: The 15th Amendment of the U.S. Bill of Rights were declared in force.
October 19, 1870: The British steamer Cambria was wrecked off North of Ireland, killing 196.
April 1, 1873: The British White Star steamer Atlantic was wrecked off near Nova Scotia, killing 585.
November 23, 1873: The French steamer Ville du Havresank sank after collision with British sailing ship Loch Earn, killing 226.
May 7, 1875: The German steamer Schiller was wrecked off Schilly Isles, killing 312.
November 4, 1875: The U.S. steamer Pacific sank after collision off Cape Flattery, killing 236.
August 1, 1876: Colorado officially becomes a state in the United States.
August 12, 1877 2:40 A.M.: Asaph Hall, using the 26-inch refracting telescope at the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, discovers Mar's moon, Deimos.
August 17, 1877: Asaph Hall, using the 16-inch refracting telescope at the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, discovers Mar's moon, Phobos.
January 19, 1883: The German steamer Cimbria sank in collision with British steamer Sultan in the North Sea, killing 389.
August 27, 1883: A flood takes place in Indonesia, killing around 36,000.
August 31, 1886: An earthquake takes place in Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A., killing 60 people with a magnitude of 6.6 on the Richter Scale.
May 31, 1889: A flood takes place in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, killing 2,209.
November 2, 1889: North Dakota officially becomes a state in the United States.
November 2, 1889: South Dakota officially becomes a state in the United States.
November 8, 1889: Montana officially becomes a state in the United States.
November 11, 1889: Washington officially becomes a state in the United States.
July 3, 1890: Idaho officially becomes a state in the United States.
July 10, 1890: Wyoming officially becomes a state in the United States.
March 17, 1891: The British steamer Utopia sank in collision with British ironclad Anson off Gibraltar, killing 562.
September 9, 1892 2:33 A.M.: E. E. Barnard using the .9 meter refractor at the Lick Observatory made his last measurement from discovering Jupiter's moon, Amalthea.
January 30, 1895: The German steamer Elbe sank in collision with British steamer Craithie in the North Sea, killing 332.
November 8, 1895: German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen discovers X-rays.
January 4, 1896: Utah offically becomes a state in the United States.
November 26, 1898: The U.S. steamer Portland was wrecked off at Cape Cod, killing 157.
April 18, 1906 5:12 A.M.: The San Francisco fire.
November 16, 1907: Oklahoma officially becomes a state in the United States.
May 10, 1908: Mother's Day is celebrated for the first time.
December 28, 1908: An earthquake takes place in Messina, Sicily, killing around 85,000 people and destroyed the city.
July 12, 1909: The 16th Amendment of the U.S. Bill of Rights were proposed for ratification.
June 19, 1910: Father's Day is celebrated for the first time.
January 6, 1912: New Mexico officially becomes a state in the United States.
February 14, 1912: Arizona officially becomes a state in the United States.
May 13, 1912: The 17th Amendment of the U.S. Bill of Rights were proposed for ratification.
February 25, 1913: The 16th Amendment of the U.S. Bill of Rights were declared in force.
May 31, 1913: The 17th Amendment of the U.S. Bill of Rights were declared in force.
January 13, 1915: An earthquake takes place in Avezzano, Italy, killing around 29,980 people.
May 13, 1915 2:28 P.M.: The Lusitania sinks, shot by a torpedo fired by Walther Schwieger, 30 year old commander of the German submarine U 20 from a range of 750 yards 18 minutes earlier, in which only 764 of the 1,959 people survived.
December 18, 1917: The 18th Amendment of the U.S. Bill of Rights were declared in force.
January 29, 1919: The 18th Amendment of the U.S. Bill of Rights were declared in force.
June 4, 1919: The 19th Amendment of the U.S. Bill of Rights were proposed for ratification.
August 26, 1920: The 19th Amendment of the U.S. Bill of Rights were declared in force.
February 8, 1922: The radio is first installed in the White House.
March 18, 1925: A tornado takes place in Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, killing 689 people.
April 12, 1927: A tornado takes place in Rock Springs, Texas, killing 74 people.
February 18, 1930: Clyde Tombaugh discovers the ninth planet Pluto at Flagstaff, Arizona, U.S.A.
March 2, 1932: The 20th Amendment of the U.S. Bill of Rights were proposed for ratification.
December 22, 1932: An earthquake takes place in Gansu, China, killing around 70,000 people with a magnitude of 7.6 on the Richter Scale.
February 6, 1933: The 20th Amendment of the U.S. Bill of Rights were declared in force.
February 20, 1933: The 21th Amendment of the U.S. Bill of Rights were proposed for ratification.
March 10, 1933: An earthquake takes place in Long Beach, California, U.S.A., killing 117 people.
December 5, 1933: The 21th Amendment of the U.S. Bill of Rights were declared in force, and the 18th Amendment of the U.S. Bill of Rights is appealed.
April 6, 1936: A tornado takes place in Gainesville, Georgia, killing 203 people.
July 30, 1938: Seth Nicholson accidentally discovers Jupiter's moon, Carme, while checking on the position of Lysithea with the 100-inch telescope at the Mount Wilson Observatory in Washington D.C.
September 29, 1938: A tornado takes place in Charleston, South Carolina, killing 32 people.
September 1, 1939: Germany invades Poland, beginning World War II.
June 30, 1941: Germany invades the Soviet Union, bringing the Soviet Union into World War II.
December 7, 1941: Japan launches a surprise air attack on U.S. military installations at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, bringing the U.S. into World War II.
February 20, 1943: The volcano Parícutin in west-central Mexico erupts.
May 7, 1945: Germany surrenders to allied forces, leaving Germany and it's capital city Berlin divided into 4 military occupation zones with American, Great Britain, French and Soviet forces.
July 16, 1945: The first successful U.S. atomic bomb test occurs in Alamogardo, New Mexico.
August 14, 1945: Japan surrenders, ending World War II.
March 21, 1947: The 22th Amendment of the U.S. Bill of Rights were proposed for ratification.
February 16,1948: Gerard P. Kuiper, using the 82-inch reflector telescope at the McDonald Observatory in Texas, discovers Uranus's moon, Miranda.
February 26, 1951: The 22th Amendment of the U.S. Bill of Rights were declared in force.
September 29, 1951: Seth Nicholson, using the 100-inch Mount Wilson reflector, discovers Jupiter's moon Ananke.
May 29, 1953: Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay are the first people to reach the top of Mount Everest.
January 3,1959: Alaska officially becomes a state in the United States.
August 21,1959: Hawaii officially becomes a state in the United States.
June 16, 1960: The 23th Amendment of the U.S. Bill of Rights were proposed for ratification.
March 29, 1961: The 23th Amendment of the U.S. Bill of Rights were declared in force.
August 27, 1962: The 24th Amendment of the U.S. Bill of Rights were proposed for ratification.
January 23, 1964: The 24th Amendment of the U.S Bill of Rights were declared in force.
July 6, 1965: The 25th Amendment of the U.S. Bill of Rights  were proposed for ratification.
March 1, 1966: The first human-made object hit Venus, the Soviet probe Venera 3.
February 10, 1967: The 25th Amendment of the U.S. Bill of Rights were declared in force.
April 22, 1970: Earth Day was celebrated for the first time.
March 10, 1971: The 26th Amendment of the U.S. Bill of Rights were proposed for ratification.
July 5, 1971: The 26th Amendment of the U.S. Bill of Rights were declared in force.
August 30, 1973: Kenya bans hunting elephants and trading in ivory.
May 16, 1975: Junko Tabei is the first woman to reach the top of Mount Everest.
December 17, 1976: More than 180,000 barrel of crude oil are spilled into the Atlantic Ocean off Nantucket Island when the Liberian tanker Argo Merchant breaks in two.
June 22, 1978: James W. Christy discovers Pluto's moon, Charon.
February 24, 1987: Canadian astronomer Ian Shelter at the Las Campanas Observatory in Chile discovered a supernova from a photograph taken one day ago of the Large Magellanic Cloud, a galaxy around 160,000 light-years.
May 7, 1992: The 27th Amendment of the U.S. Bill of Rights is declared in force.
July 11, 1998: Researchers at the Fermi National Accelerator laboratory, announce the discovery of the tau neutrino.
May 18, 1999: The International Astronomical Union announced that Erich Karkoschka, a researcher at the Lunar and Planetary Lab of the University of Arizona in Tucson, had discovered the eighteenth moon of the planet Uranus.





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