January 30, 1649 — King Charles I of England is executed
It is the decisive exclamation mark that ends the English Civil War. Never before had an English monarch been deposed,...
November 9, 2021
Religion
August 15, 1649 — Cromwell lands in Ireland
The initial stages of Cromwell’s invasion of Ireland started well for him. His forces triumphed over the Royalist and Irish...
November 4, 2021
June 10, 1692 -– Bridget Bishop is hanged in Salem
Accused of witchcraft and swiftly condemned and hanged for her supposed crimes, Bridget Bishop was the first person to be...
September 9, 2021
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
May 3, 1865 — Abraham Lincoln is buried
The remains of Abraham Lincoln and his son, William Wallace Lincoln, were placed on a funeral train which left Washington,...
September 29, 2020
July 23, 1892 — Haile Selassie I born
Born Tafari Makonnen, Haile Selassie I could trace his descent through the royal house of Ethiopia back the 13th century...
April 19, 2020
April 8, 1904 – Aleister Crowley begins writing “Liber Al vel Legis”
Crowley began writing the Liber Al vel Legis – literally, “The Book of the Law” in 1904 and wrote one...
February 2, 2020
April 24, 1916 — The Easter Rising commences
In 1916, with the hated English overlords distracted by the First World War, a group of Irish revolutionaries decided that...
November 9, 2019
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