AncientPages.com - On January 24, 1965, Britain's greatest war-time leader Winston Churchill died in London. Born at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, in 1874, Churchill joined the British Fourth Hussars,

AncientPages.com - On January 23, 1909, a telegraphed distress call came in from the captain of the ocean liner RMS Republic, which in dense fog, collided with an

AncientPages.com - On January 22, 1506, a group of 150 Swiss mercenaries led by their Captain Kaspar of Silenen in the Canton of Uri entered the Vatican for

AncientPages.com - On January 21, 1793, King Louis XVI was executed by guillotine in the Place de la Revolution in Paris. It happened one day after the king was

AncientPages.com - A large tomb of the famous Viking chief, Ulv Galiciefarer, may have been discovered in northern Jutland, Denmark. For now, it is perhaps too soon to say

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

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,

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

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

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

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,

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

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

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