In 27 B.C., Octavius was granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate, marking the beginning of the Roman Empire. In 1547, Ivan IV of Russia, aka "Ivan the Terrible," became Czar. In 1581, the...

In 1559, Elizabeth I was crowned Queen of England in Westminster Abbey. In 1759, the British Museum opened. In 1844, the University of Notre Dame received its charter from the state of Indiana. In...

In 1724, King Philip V of Spain abdicated the throne. In 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill began the Casablanca Conference to discuss World War II...

In 1840, the steamship Lexington burned and sank four miles off the coast of Long Island, N.Y., killing 139. In 1910, the first public radio broadcast took place; it was a live performance of the...

In 1908, a long-distance radio message was sent from the Eiffel Tower for the first time. In 1915, the U.S. House of Representatives rejected a proposal to give women the right to vote. In 1921,...

In 1759, the first American life insurance company was incorporated in Philadelphia. In 1787, William Herschel discovered Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus. In 1805, the Michigan Territory...

In 49 B.C., Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war. In 1776, Thomas Paine published his pamphlet "Common Sense." In 1810, Napoleon Bonaparte divorced his first wife,...