In 1547, Edward VI was crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey. In 1792, President George Washington signed the Postal Service Act, establishing the Post Office Department. In 1816, Rossini's...

In 1674, England and the Netherlands signed the Treaty of Westminster, ending the Third Anglo-Dutch War; part of the agreement gave New Amsterdam to England and it was renamed New York. In 1807,...

In 1865, Union forces under Gen. William T. Sherman set fire to the South Carolina State House during the burning of Columbia. In 1885, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain was published in...

In 1600, the philosopher Giordano Bruno was burned alive for heresy in Rome. In 1621, Myles Standish was appointed the first commander of the Plymouth Colony. In 1864, the H.L. Hunley became the...

In 1852, Studebaker Brothers wagon company was established. In 1874, the silver dollar became legal U.S. tender. In 1923, Howard Carter unsealed the burial chamber of King Tutankhamun. In 1937,...

In 1764, the city of St. Louis was established. In 1870, the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, N.J. offered the first degrees in engineering and mechanical engineering. In 1879, President...

In 1779, James Cook was killed by natives near Kealakekua on the island of Hawaii. In 1849, James K. Polk became the first sitting U.S. President to have his photograph taken. In 1859, Oregon was...