AncientPages.com—On June 27, 1743, King George of England and his armies defeated the French at Dettingen, Bavaria, Germany. The Battle of Dettingen is a highly significant victory for the British Army, being the only time in modern history that a

AncientPages.com – On June 26, 363, Roman Emperor Julian (also known as Julian the Apostate) died near Maranga, Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq), aged 31, during a battle against the Sassanid army. Julian the Apostate was a prominent philosopher and author in Greek; he

AncientPages.com – On June 25, 1900, the Dunhuang manuscripts were discovered in one of the sealed caves of the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang, China. They are important religious and secular documents dating from the 5th to the early 11th centuries and contain

AncientPages.com – On June 24, 1348, the terrible Black Death arrived in Britain. The Black Death started in the Gobi Desert with a minor disease, Yersinia Pestis.  It first entered the country at Melcombe Regis, what is now Weymouth, a seaside town in

AncientPages.com – On June 23, 1314, the Battle of Bannockburn started. It was the first war of Scottish independence. Robert the Bruce, the guardian of Scotland, faced King Edward II at Bannockburn, near Stirling. Bruce crowned King of Scots; modern tableau

AncientPages.com – On June 22, 1611, the crew of Discovery mutinies against its captain, English navigator Henry Hudson. Two years earlier, in 1609, Captain Hudson sailed to the Americas to find his elusive Northwest Passage to China through the frozen wastes.

AncientPages.com – On June 21, 1547, a large fire engulfed the city of Moscow, almost destroying the Kremlin and the capital. Rumors of witchcraft, riots and a new era of governance were all consequences of the fire that destroyed much of

AncientPages.com – On June 20th, 1840, Samuel F.B. Morse (1791 – 1872) received a patent for the single-wire telegraph system. He was a co-developer of the Morse Code and helped develop telegraphy’s commercial use. Ancient civilizations of China, Egypt, and

AncientPages.com – On June 19, 1667,  the Dutch navy executed the bravest raid in its maritime history. English troops assembled at the town of Rochester on the River Medway after news reached London that a Dutch fleet commanded by Michiel

AncientPages.com – On June 18, 1928, Amelia Earhart flew from Newfoundland, Canada, to Wales. She received the U.S. Distinguished Flying Cross for this record. Wilmer Stultz and Louis Gordon accompanied her in their Fokker tri-motor airplane during this flight. American aviator/pilot

AncientPages.com – On June 17, 1885, the most iconic monument in the U.S., the Statue of Liberty, arrived in New York Harbor as a gift of friendship from France to commemorate the ideals shared by the French and American governments.

AncientPages.com – On June 16, 1779, the Great Siege of Gibraltar began when Spain declared war on the Kingdom of Great Britain. This historical event was the most significant military action fought during the American War of Independence in terms of

AncientPages.com – On June 15, 1215, the Magna Carta was signed between King John and the barons of Medieval England. ‘Magna Carta’ (in Latin: “Great Charter”) was one of the most important documents of Medieval England. The document was a series of written

AncientPages.com – On June 14, 1834, the first U.S. patent for a practical underwater diving suit was issued to Leonard Norcross of Dixfield, Maine. It is the first closed helmet diving apparatus; the helmet was made of lead, and the air

AncientPages.com – On June 13, 313 AD, the Edict of Milan was signed by Roman Emperor Constantine, and the persecution of Christians ended. When Emperor Constantine ascended to the throne, he took a different path, extending an offer of peace and