2013 – French Parliament Approves Gay Marriage. 2013 – Members of the French parliament voted 249-97 to...
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1709 – Alexander Selkirk is rescued after being shipwrecked on a desert island, inspiring the book Robinson...
1606 – Guy Fawkes was executed in LondonOn this day in 1606, British provocateur Guy Fawkes—one of...
1606 – Sir Everard Digby, Robert Wintour, John Grant and Thomas Bates were hung, drawn and quartered...
1820- George III, the longest-lived and longest-reigning King of England, died at Winsor aged 81. 1845 –...
1547 – Henry VIII dies. His nine-year-old son, Edward VI becomes King and the first Protestant ruler...
1785: The University of Georgia was founded, the first public university in the United States. 1825: The...
1788 : The first consignment of convicts from England arrived in Australia, at Sydney Cove, the first...
1881 – Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company. 1890 – Nellie Bly...
1848 – California Gold Rush: James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter’s Mill near Sacramento. 1908 –...
