Christopher Columbus Lands in the New World: October 12, 1492
This text comes from our book, From Sea to Shining Sea . It took some courage for sailors to set off westward across the Ocean Sea. In...
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- Sep 23
- 3 min
Vasco Nuñez de Balboa Discovers the Pacific Ocean: September 24, 1513
This text comes from our book, All Ye Lands . The modern history of Latin America began with Christopher Columbus’s discovery of the...
Catholic Textbook Project
- Sep 16
- 3 min
President James A. Garfield Dies after an Assassination Attempt: September 19, 1881
This text comes from our book, Lands of Hope and Promise . And who claimed the responsibility for all the new industrial power, all the...
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- Sep 9
- 2 min
Poet, Playwright, and Historian Mercy Otis Warren Is Born: September 14, 1728
This text comes from our book, The American Venture . It may seem that it was men alone who took part in the revolution and in governing...
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- Sep 2
- 3 min
French Forces Attempt to Abduct Pope Boniface VIII: September 7, 1303
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part I . The quarrel between Philip the Fair and Pope Boniface arose because the...
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- Aug 26
- 2 min
Sailors Witness a “Miracle from Heaven” Near the Eastern Coast of Florida: August 27, 1565
This text comes from our book, Lands of Hope and Promise . On August 27, 1565, sailors and passengers of a fleet sailing off the eastern...
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- Aug 19
- 3 min
The Spanish Colony of New Mexico and Its Missions Are Destroyed: August 21, 1680
This text comes from our book, From Sea to Shining Sea . Though the Spanish colony and the Indian missions were making progress, all was...
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- Aug 12
- 3 min
Ignatius of Loyola and His Companions Take Vows of Poverty and Chastity: August 15, 1534
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part I . As a young courtier, serving one of King Fernando and Queen Isabel’s...
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- Aug 5
- 2 min
General Simón Bolívar Ends the Revolution in South America with a Victory at Ayacucho: August 6, 1824
This text comes from our book, All Ye Lands. Not just in Mexico, but in South American as well—there were those who wanted independence...
Catholic Textbook Project
- Jul 29
- 2 min
Padre Hidalgo Faces a Firing Squad: July 30, 1811
This text comes from our book, All Ye Lands. As the priest for the little village of Dolores in the Guanajuato region, Padre Miguel...
Catholic Textbook Project
- Jul 22
- 4 min
Prime Minister David Lloyd George Gives a Speech That Germany Perceives as a Threat of War: July 21, 1911
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part 2. For several years after the Algeciras conference, Morocco caused little...
Catholic Textbook Project
- Jul 15
- 4 min
An Atomic Bomb Explodes at Los Alamos in the First Successful Test: July 16, 1945
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part 2. It was morning, August 6, 1945. Colonel Paul W. Tibbets of the United States...
Catholic Textbook Project
- Jul 8
- 4 min
Marie Charlotte de Corday Assassinates Jean-Paul Marat in the Bath: July 13, 1793
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part 2. [Georges Danton’s] attempts to bridge the split between the Girondins and...
Catholic Textbook Project
- Jul 1
- 4 min
John Hancock Signs the Declaration of Independence: July 4, 1776
This text comes from our book, The American Venture. It took some time to convince people in the English colonies to seek independence...
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- Jun 24
- 3 min
Pope Pius IX Issues “Aeterni Patris”: June 29, 1868
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part 2. The return of the French army to Rome meant that Pope Pius IX could hold the...
Catholic Textbook Project
- Jun 17
- 4 min
Colonel Prescott Prepares for the Battle of Bunker Hill: June 16, 1775
This text comes from our book, From Sea to Shining Sea. The members of the Massachusetts assembly rejoiced when they heard the news of...
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- Jun 10
- 3 min
Voltaire Flees Paris When His Work Is Condemned: June 10, 1734
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part 2. In the Paris salon of the Duchess of Maine, François-Marie Arouet began the...
Catholic Textbook Project
- Jun 3
- 3 min
The Crusaders Lay Siege to Jerusalem: June 7, 1099
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part I. Meanwhile, a more organized force was gathering for the long march to the...
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- May 27
- 5 min
Joan of Arc Is Burned at the Stake: May 30, 1430
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part I. Three years before the English victory at Agincourt, an obscure maiden was...
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- May 20
- 4 min
Hernando de Soto Discovers the Mississippi River: May 21, 1541
This text comes from our book, From Sea to Shining Sea. Many leagues south of Mexico, in the tall and cold Andes Mountains, there reigned...
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