February 11, 1831 — Nat Turner sees his second vision
Nat Turner was a slave in the fields of Virginia. Unusually well-educated and literate for a slave, Turner’s intelligence was...
January 24, 2021
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August 21, 1831 — Nat Turner’s Rebellion begins
Nat Tuner was a black slave in Virginia who believed he was divinely inspired to lead his people to freedom....
January 19, 2021
November 5, 1831 — Nat Turner sentenced to death
In August 1831, guided by visions sent from God (or so he claimed), black slave Nat Turner led a rebellion...
January 14, 2021
June 6, 1835 — John Batman makes a treaty with the Wurundjeri people
John Batman was a Tasmanian who organised a syndicate of investors to fund him and some other settlers to build...
January 9, 2021
March 31, 1838 — Construction of the SS Great Western is completed
Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s design for the SS Great Western, which he designed (with some assistance from Thomas Guppy and other...
January 4, 2021
March 4, 1841 — Martin Van Buren’s term as President concludes
Unlike most other Presidents of his era, Martin Van Buren, America’s 9th President, was opposed to slavery. On that basis,...
January 1, 2021
March 25, 1843 — The Thames Tunnel is opened to the public
The Thames Tunnel, connecting Rotherthithe and Wapping, was the first of its kind – the only tunnel up to that...
December 29, 2020
May 29, 1844 — James K. Polk wins the Democratic Party’s Candidacy for U.S. President
This time around, there’s no better way to tell it than with the actual lyrics. All you need is a...
December 24, 2020
October 15, 1844 — Friedrich Nietzsche is born
Of all the great philosophers, none is quite so famous for being, well, a raving loon, as Friedrich Nietzsche. Born...
December 19, 2020
January 29, 1845 — Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” is first published
It was his first publication under his own name, and still one of his best known. Edgar Allan Poe’s “The...
December 14, 2020
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