In 1784, John Wesley chartered the Methodist Church. In 1827, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was incorporated to become the first U.S. railroad to offer commercial transportation of people and freight. In...

In 364, Valentinian I was proclaimed Roman Emperor. In 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte escaped from Elba. In 1914, the HMHS Britannic, the sister ship to the RMS Titanic, was launched in Belfast, Northern...

In 1836, Samuel Colt was granted a patent for his Colt revolver. In 1901, J.P. Morgan incorporated the United States Steel Corporation. In 1919, Oregon placed a one cent per gallon tax on gasoline...

In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII announced the Gregorian calendar in the papal bull Inter gravissimas. In 1803, the U.S. Supreme Court introduced the principle of judicial review in the case of Marbury...

In 1836, the Battle of the Alamo began in San Antonio, Texas. In 1896, the Tootsie Roll was invented. In 1903, Cuba leased Guantanamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity." In 1941, plutonium...

In 1819, the United States completed a deal to purchase Florida from Spain for $5 million through the Adams-Onis Treaty. In 1856, the Republican Party opened its first national meeting in Pittsburgh. In...

In 1808, without a declaration of war, Russian troops crossed the border into Sweden, starting a conflict that resulted in Sweden losing the eastern half of the country (land that would become Finland). In...