AncientPages.com – On November 7, 1492, the Ensisheim meteorite was observed to fall in a wheat field outside the walled town of Ensisheim in then Alsace, Further Austria (now France). It was a stony, triangular-shaped meteorite weighing 127 kilograms. The

AncientPages.com – On November 5, 1867, was born George Andrew Reisner an American archaeologist of Ancient Egypt and Palestine. George Andrew Reisner was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. In 1889, Reisner was the head football coach at Purdue University, coaching for one

AncientPages.com – On November 4, 1922, British archaeologist Howard Carter discovered King Tut’s tomb in Luxor’s Valley of the Kings. The tomb was intact and packed with antiquities, including Tut’s world-famous golden mask. King Tut’s golden mask. Credit: Mark Fischer –

AncientPages.com – On November 3, 1492, the Peace of Etaples was signed in Étaples (northern France) between the kings Charles VIII Valois of France and Henry VII Tudor of England. The Treaty served to end an English invasion of France, launched

AncientPages.com – On November 2, 1950, died George Bernard Shaw. He was an Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist who strongly influenced Western cultural and political life. George Bernard Shaw at his country home in Ayot St. Lawrence, Hertfordshire, Eng., 1946. Image

AncientPages.com – On November 1, 1512, the Sistine Chapel’s beautiful ceiling was shown to the public for the first time. The ceiling was commissioned by Pope Julius II and painted by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512. Image credit: Antoine Taveneaux – CC BY-SA

AncientPages.com – On October 31, 1864, Nevada became the 36th state to join the United States. It was during a critical period of the Civil War. This event was facilitated by President Abraham Lincoln’s proclamation, reflecting the need for additional Republican representation in

AncientPages.com – On October 29, 539 BC, Cyrus the Great, founder of the Persian Empire) entered the capital of Babylon and detained Nabonidus, who, along with his son  Belshazzar had been mostly unpopular figures. Cyrus the Great is said in the Bible

AncientPages.com – On October 28, 1636, Harvard University – America’s oldest learning institution, was formed. Harvard Yard winter 2009. Image credit: chensiyuan – CC BY-SA 4.0 It was initially called “New College” or “the college at New Towne.” In 1639, the College

AncientPages.com – On October 27, 1553, Michael Servetus (Michel de Villeneuve) was arrested in Geneva and burnt at stake as a heretic. On this day, Michael Servetus was murdered for blasphemy and heresy. Monument to Michael Servetus in Geneva, Switzerland,

AncientPages.com – On October 26, 1689, Austrian General Enea Silvio Piccolomini led a campaign against the Ottomans in Kosovo, Bosnia, and Macedonia. Piccolomini (ca.1640-1689) was an Italian nobleman with his root in Siena in Italy. During the offensive, the city of Skopje

AncientPages.com – On October 25, 286 (or possibly 285), Saints Crispin and Crispinian were beheaded during the reign of Roman Emperor Diocletian. Much of the earnings Saints Crispin and Crispinian earned as shoemakers were given to the poor. Crispin and

AncientPages.com – On October 24, 1360, the Treaty of Brétigny was ratified. It was drafted earlier on May 8, 1360 between King Edward III of England and King John II (the Good) of France. The agreement marked the end of the first

AncientPages.com – On October 23, 1919, Manolis Andronikos, a Greek archaeologist, was born. Andronikos discovered the tomb of Philip II of Macedon, the father of Alexander III the Great. He was born in Bursa, Turkey and later moved to Thessaloniki, Greece,

AncientPages.com – On October 22, 1797, the first recorded parachute jump from one thousand meters (3,200 feet) above Paris took place by André-Jacques Garnerin. Garnerin releases the balloon and descends with the help of a parachute, 1797. Illustration from the