AncientPages.com – On August 14, 1720, the Spanish Villasur expedition was wiped out by Pawnee and Otoe warriors near present-day Columbus, Nebraska. In June 1720, a Spanish military force led by Sir Pedro de Villasur left Santa Fe, New Mexico, to
AncientPages.com – On Aug. 13, 1792, the National Tribunal in Paris formally arrested King Louis XVI of France and the royal family, including Queen Mary Antoinette, the king’s son and heir to the throne, the king’s daughter, and the king’s sister
AncientPages.com – On August 12, 1990, the largest and best-preserved Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton to date was discovered and nicknamed “Sue”. The discoverer was the paleontologist Susan “Sue” Hendrickson. In the meantime, the skeleton was sold for 7.6 million dollars, the highest price
AncientPages.com – On August 11, 3114 BC, the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar began. It was in use by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, especially the Maya. According to Maya theology, the world was created on a date modern people would write as
AncientPages.com – On August 10, 1675, King Charles II laid the foundation stone of the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London, England. The building was designed by Sir Christopher Wren, who was also a Professor of Astronomy. Dome of the Greenwich
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – We all know that tomatoes are red. That’s no news, but how did they become red, and why are they, not blue, purple, or any other color? Researchers have discovered that a meteorite that
AncientPages.com – On 9 August 48 BC, the Battle of Pharsalus was fought between Julius Caesar and Pompeius Magnus (“Pompey the Great”), who fled to Egypt. In this decisive battle of Caesar’s Civil War, on this day, Gaius Julius Caesar
AncientPages.com – On August 8, 1220, the Battle of Lihula was fought between the invading Swedish army and Estonians to control a castle in Lihula, Estonia. The castle of Lihula was first mentioned in 1211; however, the site served as
AncientPages.com – On August 7, 1947, Thor Heyerdahl’s raft, the Kon –Tiki, reached Polynesia. Heyerdahl and his five adventurers sailed from Peru to the Tuamotus, French Polynesia, in a pae-pae raft they had constructed from balsa wood and other native materials.
AncientPages.com – On Aug 6, 1840, Adolph Bandelier, a Swiss-American anthropologist famous for his studies of the American Indian cultures, was born. Bandelier was the first historian and archaeologist to study American Indian cultures in the southwestern United States, Mexico,
AncientPages.cm – On August 5, 1888, Anna Haining Bates – one of the tallest women in history – died. Anna Haining Bates was born on August 6, 1846, on the island of Nova Scotia in the far east of Canada. Her
AncientPages.com – Is the story of the ancient Chinese ‘Great Flood’ really true? Scientists are convinced the event is real and they have now found evidence of one of the largest known floods to have happened on Earth during the past
AncentPages.com – On August 4, 1181, a supernova was observed in the constellation Cassiopeia. Chinese and Japanese astronomers observed this supernova on August 4 and then on August 6. They have recorded the event as SN 1181 in eight different
AncientPages.com – Punishment for cheating and bribery in the Olympics of ancient Greece could include fines, public flogging and statewide bans from competition. Ironically, according to ancient Greek mythology, the Olympic Games were also founded by a cheater. One of the
AncientPages.com – On August 3, 1704, British forces captured Gibraltar from the Spanish and have kept it for more than 300 years. Gibraltar was considered one of the most important strategic points in the entire world. Gibraltar had been in
AncientPages.com – On August 2, 1798, Nelson won one of the most significant victories of the British admiral Horatio Nelson. It was fought between the British and French fleets in Abu Qir Bay, near Alexandria, Egypt. Upon seeing the defeated Frenchmen,
