The Constitutional Convention Opens: May 25, 1787
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The Constitutional Convention Opens: May 25, 1787
Segregated Schools Ruled Unconstitutional: May 17, 1954
German Government Surrenders to the Allies: May 7, 1945
A Brave Bishop Leaves Prison: April 29, 1839
Parliament Emancipates Catholics:April 13, 1829
Congress Declares War “for Democracy”: April 6, 1917
Death of a Great Romantic: March 26, 1827
A Dastardly Execution: March 21, 1804
Hungary against the Habsburgs: March 3, 1848
The Pope’s Republican Encyclical: February 16, 1892
The Founding of Vatican City State: February 11, 1929
Mexico Surrenders at Guadalupe-Hidalgo: February 2, 1848
Gold Discovered in California: January 24, 1848
The Birth of the German Empire: January 18, 1871
Victory for the Papal Zouaves: November 3, 1867
The Peace of Death at Westphalia: October 24, 1648
Marie Antoinette Condemned to Death: October 14, 1793
Redshirts Invade St. Peter’s Patrimony: September 29, 1867
A Priest Leads a Peasants' Revolt: September 16-28, 1810
A Coup the Sparked a Revolution: September 15, 1808