AncientPages.com – On Mar 3, 1847, Alexander Graham Bell was born. Bell was an eminent Scottish-born scientist, inventor, engineer, and innovator credited with inventing the first practical telephone. Bell had long been fascinated by the idea of transmitting speech and by

AncientPages.com – On March 2, 537, during the Gothic War, the First Siege of Rome began and lasted for a year and nine days, from March 2, 537, to March 12, 538. The Ostrogothic army was under King Vitiges, an

AncientPages.com – On March 1, 1854, Inman Line’s SS City of Glasgow left Liverpool harbor bound for Philadelphia just like she had for the last four years. It had 480 onboard, including 293 emigrants. SS City of Glasgow – the first Atlantic steamship that was

AncientPages.com – On February 28, 1838, Robert Nelson, leader of the Patriotes, proclaimed the independence of Lower Canada (today Quebec). Nelson was born in Sorel (near Montreal) to William Nelson, an immigrant to Colonial America from Newsham, North Yorkshire. He

AncientPages.com – On February 27, 1595, King Henry IV was crowned and recognized as King of France. Henry IV was born on December 13, 1553, in southwest France. He was the son of Antoine de Bourbon, Duke of Vendome, and

AncientPages.com – On February 26, 1266, the battle was fought near Benevento (in present-day Southern Italy). The troops of Charles of Anjou and Manfred of Sicily were involved in the conflict. Manfred’s defeat and death ended the rule of the House

AncientPages.com – On February 25, 1336, Pilenai, a hill fort in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, was attacked by large Teutonic forces, who tried in vain to organize a defense against the more significant invader. Punia hill fort bears Margiris’ name

AncientPages.com – During the Revolutionary War (1775-83), also known as the American Revolutionary War and the U.S. War of Independence, the Colonists often had to bluff their way to victory. That’s what happened in 1779 in Vincennes, Indiana. This dramatic painting

AncientPages.com – On February 23, 1455, Europe’s first mass-produced book – the Gutenberg Bible – was printed with movable type in Mainz, Germany.  The book was a Latin language Bible. It was one of the most significant events that took place in

AncientPages.com – On February 22, 1784, the 52nd birthday of President George Washington, a wooden ship was constructed and named “The Empress of China.” As the first voyage between China and the US, this ship embarked on its maiden journey from

AncientPages.com – On February 21, 1437, James I of Scotland was killed in Perth on February 21, 1437, but the exact location of his grave is unknown today.  Statue of King James I, Scottish National Portrait Gallery. Image credit: Stephencdickson – CC

AncientPages.com – On February 20, 1901, the Russian Orthodox Church censored Count Leo Tolstoy, the famous Russian writer, because his public statements contradicted the articles of orthodox belief. Both state and church authorities led Tolstoy to be frequently censored. Tolstoy

AncientPages.com – On 19 February 197, the Battle of Lugdunum was fought between the armies of the Roman emperor Septimius Severus and of the Roman usurper Clodius Albinus. Severus refused to share power with Albinus, who simply wished to be named heir and had

AncientPages.com – On February 18, 1478, George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, who conspired against his brother, Edward IV, during the Wars of the Roses,  was convicted of treason and executed in private at the Tower of London. Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Ed. Vol

AncientPages.com – On February 17/18, 1370, the Teutonic Knights fought the army of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and won. This military encounter is known in history as the Battle of Rudau. Lithuania suffered significant losses. Historical map of the Religious State

AncientPages.com – On February 16, 1923, Howard Carter (1873 – 1939), an English archaeologist and Egyptologist, unsealed and opened the burial chamber of the thirteenth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt, who ruled c. 1332 – 1323 BC. The tomb of King Tutankhamun, located about 562 km