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Moscow Routs Napoleon: October 19, 1812
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. See digital samples, here. Unlike other cities he...
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Oct 10, 20195 min read
Columbus Thinks He Has Reached the Indies: October 12, 1492
This text comes from our book, Lands of Hope and Promise: A History of North America. With a crew of 90 men and boys and a fleet of three...
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Oct 4, 20193 min read
The Women's March on Versailles: October 5, 1789
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. See digital samples, here. Though he hesitated at...
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Sep 27, 20194 min read
The Death of a Weak and Regretful Pope: September 22, 1774
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. See digital samples, here. Friedrich the Great of...
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Sep 20, 20197 min read
The Cost of Delay -- the Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam): September 17, 1862
This text comes from our book, Lands of Hope and Promise: A History of North America. Lee’s men, said a Maryland woman, were “a most...
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Sep 13, 20193 min read
Cardinal Gibbons Opens the Parliament of World Religions: September 11, 1893
This text comes from our book, Lands of Hope and Promise: A History of North America. Archbishop Satolli had come to the United States,...
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Sep 6, 20196 min read
The Death of the Sun King: September 1, 1775
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations I: The History of Christian Civilization. On September 1, 1715, King Louis XIV of...
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Aug 30, 20192 min read
The Turks Triumph at Mohács: August 29, 1526
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations I: The History of Christian Civilization. If Charles V could not expect help from the...
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Aug 23, 20193 min read
Nat Turner's Rebellion Begins: August 21, 1831
This text comes from our book, Lands of Hope and Promise: A History of North America. Before 1822, southerners looked upon slavery as a...
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Aug 16, 20194 min read
Cortés Conquers Tenochtitlán: August 13, 1521
This text comes from our book, Lands of Hope and Promise: A History of North America. Defeat and the condition of his army did not...
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Aug 2, 20193 min read
Execution of a Priest Revolutionary: July 30, 1811
This text comes from our book, Lands of Hope and Promise: A History of North America. Please visit our blog to read our previous post on...
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Jul 25, 20196 min read
The Fall of Robespierre: 9th Thermidor (July 27) 1794
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. See digital samples, here. The Terror now entered...
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Jul 19, 20195 min read
Bismarck Goads France into War: July 19, 1870
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. See digital samples, here. A previous post...
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Jul 12, 20195 min read
Draft Riots Hit New York City: July 11-17, 1863
An excerpt from our book, Lands of Hope and Promise: A History of North America. Before the fall of Vicksburg and Lee’s retreat from...
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Jul 5, 20192 min read
Bismarck Dismembers Germany: July 3, 1866
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. See digital samples, here. Otto von Bismarck’s...
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Jun 27, 20194 min read
Slaughter on the Little Bighorn: June 25, 1876
An excerpt from our book, Lands of Hope and Promise: A History of North America. Though he had graduated at the bottom of his class at...
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Jun 24, 20195 min read
Eppur Si Muove! — Galileo Condemned: June 22, 1633
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. See sample chapters, here. At times Galileo...
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Jun 14, 20196 min read
Slaughter at El Tupo: June 9, 1695
An excerpt from our book, Lands of Hope and Promise: A History of North America. In 1692, at the age of 47, [Jesuit missionary Eusebio]...
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Jun 6, 20193 min read
Triumph of the Jacobins: June 2, 1793
The treason of Dumouriez gave the Mountain another weapon to use against the Girondins. The general had been friendly with the Girondins,...
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May 30, 20195 min read
The Fall of Constantinople: May 29, 1453
The differences between Catholics and Orthodox disappeared in the face of the common danger both faced. In this, the last Divine Liturgy off
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May 24, 20193 min read
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