The World’s Fair Opens in Chicago: May 1, 1893
This text comes from our book, Lands of Hope and Promise. Henry Adams, great-grandson of President John Adams, stood in awe of all he saw...
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- Apr 22
- 4 min
Two Masters of Realistic Storytelling Pass Away: April 23, 1616
This text comes from our book, All Ye Lands. Just as in the Renaissance, painters and sculptors tried to depict the world around them in...
Catholic Textbook Project
- Apr 15
- 4 min
Pope Julius II Lays the Cornerstone for the New St. Peter’s Basilica: April 18, 1506
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part I. On April 18, 1506, Pope Julius II laid the cornerstone for a new basilica...
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- Apr 8
- 4 min
La Salle Claims Land He Names “Louisiana”: April 9, 1682
This text comes from our book, From Sea to Shining Sea. There were many differences between Louis Joliet and René de La Salle...
Catholic Textbook Project
- Apr 1
- 4 min
Emperor Karl I Dies Gazing on a Crucifix: April 1, 1922
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part 2. It was a cold day in late October 1921 when a small airplane from...
Catholic Textbook Project
- Mar 25
- 3 min
The Treaty of Rome Is Signed, Forming the European Economic Community: March 25, 1957
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part 2. As we have seen, the late 1940s and the decade of the 1950s were periods of...
Catholic Textbook Project
- Mar 18
- 3 min
St. Joseph Answers Fray Junípero’s Prayers for Supplies: March 19, 1769
This text comes from our book, From Sea to Shining Sea. Day after day, for nine days, the small man in a gray habit climbed to the summit...
Catholic Textbook Project
- Mar 11
- 4 min
Elizabeth Ann Seton Is Received into the Catholic Church: March 14, 1805
This text comes from our book, Lands of Hope and Promise. For months she had watched him grow weaker and weaker. With determination and...
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- Mar 4
- 4 min
The Supreme Court Publishes Its Decision in the Dred Scott Case: March 6, 1857
This text comes from our book, Lands of Hope and Promise. It had been over ten years since Dred Scott, a slave, had laid suit for his...
Catholic Textbook Project
- Feb 26
- 4 min
Miklós Horthy Is Elected Regent of the Kingdom of Hungary: March 1, 1920
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part 2. Emperor Karl’s withdrawal from power on November 11, 1918, marked the end of...
Catholic Textbook Project
- Feb 20
- 4 min
Russian Parishes Are Asked to Donate Their Precious Articles: February 19, 1922
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part 2. In December 1922, the tenth All-Russian Congress of Soviets gathered in...
Catholic Textbook Project
- Feb 12
- 3 min
The Chinese Emperor Abdicates: February 12, 1912
This text comes from our book, All Ye Lands. One man who helped to make China what it is today was born the son of a poor farmer in...
Catholic Textbook Project
- Feb 5
- 2 min
The Japanese Martyrs Are Crucified near Nagasaki: February 6, 1597
This text comes from our book, All Ye Lands. Around the year 1540, a Portuguese ship, driven by a storm, landed on an island lying south...
Catholic Textbook Project
- Jan 29
- 3 min
The Reichstag Transfers All Powers to the Third Reich: January 30, 1934
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part 2. With the power of the chancellor in his hands, Hitler began purging the...
Catholic Textbook Project
- Jan 22
- 5 min
James Wilson Marshall Discovers Gold in the American River: January 24, 1848
This text comes from our book, Lands of Hope and Promise. It was January 1848. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo had not yet been signed,...
Catholic Textbook Project
- Jan 15
- 4 min
Pope Gregory XI Returns to Rome at the Request of St. Catherine of Siena: January 17, 1377
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part I. Boniface VIII’s successor, Benedict XI, made peace with King Philip the...
Catholic Textbook Project
- Jan 8
- 3 min
The Seven Provinces of the Austrian Netherlands Declare Independence: January 11, 1790
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part 2. Josef II was ambitious to extend his rule over more lands and to make his...
Catholic Textbook Project
- Jan 2
- 3 min
George Washington Marries Martha Dandridge Custis: January 6, 1759
This text comes from our book, From Sea to Shining Sea. Not long after he helped the British capture Fort Duquesne, George Washington...
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- Dec 25, 2023
- 3 min
St. Thomas Becket Is Martyred at Canterbury Cathedral: December 29, 1170
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part I. Like the Norman kings before him, Henry II wanted to make England a united...
Catholic Textbook Project
- Dec 18, 2023
- 4 min
Pope Pius XI Issues the Encyclical “Ubi Arcano Dei Consilio”: December 23, 1922
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part 2. “Gladly do We offer Our life for the Peace of the World!” These words were...
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