June 18, 1815 — The Battle of Waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo was the final defeat of Napoleon, and the end of the Napoleonic Wars. On the one...
April 12, 2021
Politics & War
May 12, 1828 — Nat Turner sees a vision urging him to rebellion
Nat Turner’s first vision was a striking one: the Spirit appeared to him and told him to take up Christ’s...
February 4, 2021
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
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 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
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
July 3, 1845 — The Walker Tariff act is passed by Congress
Largely a repeal of the Black Tariffs put in place in 1842, the Walker Tariff Act (named for Secretary of...
December 9, 2020
June 15, 1846 — The Oregon Treaty is signed
The area known as the Oregon Country originally encompassed a much larger area of land than is now occupied by...
December 4, 2020
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