AncientPages.com – On Jan 19, 1809, Edgar Allan Poe, an American writer, was born in Boston. Poe was a writer, editor, and literary critic, best known for his poetry and short stories. He is also generally considered the inventor of the
AncientPages.com – On January 18, 1778, Captain James Cook, the English explorer, became the first European to discover the Hawaiian Islands. He arrived on the Islands on his third voyage to the Pacific. Commanding the Resolution and Discovery on a mission
AncientPages.com – On January 17, 1781, the Battle of Cowpens took place just north of the town of Cowpens, South Carolina. The American forces were led by Daniel Morgan, an experienced Brigadier General who participated in other battles such as the
AncientPages.com – On January 16, 378, warlord Siyaj K’ak’ (or ‘Fire is Born’) conquered Tikal, Uaxactun, and the city of Copan. Siyaj K’ak’ – the emissary of Spear-Thrower-Owl – was a prominent political figure mentioned in many glyphs of Maya
AncientPages.com – On January 15, 1929, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr was born in Atlanta, Georgia. King was twentieth-century America’s most compelling civil rights leader. After entering Morehouse College at age fifteen, King followed his father and grandfather into the Baptist
AncientPages.com – On January 14, 1784, the American Revolution ended, after almost a decade of bloodshed. The Congress of the United States ratified the Treaty of Paris, the official peace treaty, which was signed earlier in September 1783. The war was
AncientPages.com – On January 13, 1404, the Act Against Multipliers was signed into law. English alchemists were forbidden to use their knowledge to create precious metals. The British parliament introduced the law under Henry IV. Alchemist Sendivogius (1566–1636) by Jan Matejko, 1867 It was
AncientPages.com – On January 12, 1976, the ‘Queen of Crime’, Agatha Christie died. She was a detective mystery writer whose work sold over two billion copies and was translated into over a hundred languages. Agatha Miller was born in 1890 in
AncientPages.com – On January 11, 1935, Amelia Earhart became the first aviator to fly solo from Honolulu, Hawaii, to Oakland, California. Earhart completed a 2,400-mile trip from Wheeler Field in Hawaii to Oakland Airport in California. At a cruising speed
AncientPages.com – On January 10, 1645, William Laud, the Archbishop of Canterbury, was executed at Tower Hill in London, England. Laud (1573–1645) was the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1633, during the reign of Charles I, and a loyal supporter of the
AncientPages.com – Our ancestors were aware of how dangerous natural calamities can be. The Harappan civilization that inhabited the Indus Valley several thousand years ago was familiar with ancient tsunamis. Scientists have found evidence that 5,000 years ago, these ancient people
AncientPages.com – On 9 January 681, the Twelfth Council of Toledo was initiated by the new King Erwig, a king of the Visigoths in Hispania (680–687). One of its first actions was to release the population from the laws of Wamba
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The Israeli spelunkers discovered ancient limestone carving of the seven-branched menorah, a cross, an ancient key and other etchings dating to late Roman, Byzantine periods. This intriguing discovery was made during the Hanukkah festival (the
AncientPages.com – On January 8, 378 AD, a warlord Siyaj K’ak’, conquered Waka (El Perú), now known as a pre-Columbian Maya archaeological site occupied from about 500 BC to 800 AD). The site was the capital of a Maya city-state
AncientPages.com – On January 7, 1131, Canute Lavard (Danish: Knud Lavard) (1096 – 1131) was killed by his cousin Magnus I of Sweden, who saw him as a rival to the Danish throne. Canute Lavard was a Danish prince, the
AncientPages.com – On January 6, 1852, died Louis Braille, creator of the Braille Alphabet For Blind People. Braille was a French teacher who devoted his life to developing and teaching the Braille system of reading and writing that could help blind
