A Brave Bishop Leaves Prison: April 29, 1839
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. It was silent night, November 20, 1837. By order...
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Christopher Zehnder
- Apr 11
- 4 min
Parliament Emancipates Catholics:April 13, 1829
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. Conditions did not improve when George IV became...
Christopher Zehnder
- Apr 1
- 5 min
Congress Declares War “for Democracy”: April 6, 1917
From our text, Lands of Hope and Promise, A History of North America. By early 1917, the British blockade of Germany was beginning to...
Christopher Zehnder
- Mar 24
- 3 min
Death of a Great Romantic: March 26, 1827
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. … [T]hough Romanticism started as a literary...
Christopher Zehnder
- Mar 17
- 4 min
A Dastardly Execution: March 21, 1804
This text comes from our book,Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. Despite the Treaty of Amiens, France and Great...
Christopher Zehnder
- Feb 17
- 3 min
Hungary against the Habsburgs: March 3, 1848
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. For many years, Hungary and Austria had shared...
Catholic Textbook Project
- Feb 10
- 4 min
The Pope’s Republican Encyclical: February 16, 1892
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. Leo XIII was the first pope in many centuries to...
Christopher Zehnder
- Feb 3
- 5 min
The Founding of Vatican City State: February 11, 1929
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. “Gladly do We offer Our life for the Peace of the...
Christopher Zehnder
- Jan 28
- 4 min
Mexico Surrenders at Guadalupe-Hidalgo: February 2, 1848
From our text, Lands of Hope and Promise, A History of North America. It was September 13. [General Winfield] Scott had granted Santa...
Christopher Zehnder
- Jan 20
- 5 min
Gold Discovered in California: January 24, 1848
From our text, Lands of Hope and Promise, A History of North America. It was January 1848. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo had not yet...
Christopher Zehnder
- Jan 14
- 3 min
The Birth of the German Empire: January 18, 1871
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. The Franco-Prussian War, as the 1870 struggle...
Christopher Zehnder
- Oct 28, 2022
- 3 min
Victory for the Papal Zouaves: November 3, 1867
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. It continues our account of Garibaldi’s invasion...
Christopher Zehnder
- Oct 21, 2022
- 5 min
The Peace of Death at Westphalia: October 24, 1648
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. The threat of France entering the war convinced...
Christopher Zehnder
- Oct 10, 2022
- 4 min
Marie Antoinette Condemned to Death: October 14, 1793
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. It was fortunate for the revolutionary government...
Catholic Textbook Project
- Sep 22, 2022
- 3 min
Redshirts Invade St. Peter’s Patrimony: September 29, 1867
From our text, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World The pope’s army was very small—no more than four thousand men. It...
Catholic Textbook Project
- Sep 16, 2022
- 4 min
A Priest Leads a Peasants' Revolt: September 16-28, 1810
From our text, Lands of Hope and Promise, A History of North America. A group of creole intellectuals and army officers had been meeting...
Catholic Textbook Project
- Sep 10, 2022
- 2 min
A Coup the Sparked a Revolution: September 15, 1808
From our text, Lands of Hope and Promise, A History of North America. It was not conditions in New Spain that finally precipitated...
Catholic Textbook Project
- Jun 14, 2022
- 2 min
El Cid Conquers Valencia: June 15, 1094
Alfonso VI’s fame was surpassed only by one other man of his time, whom Spanish legend presents as a loyal soldier and vassal. He was...
Catholic Textbook Project
- Jun 3, 2022
- 4 min
Robespierre's Supreme Hour: June 8, 1794
While Paris ran with the blood of patriots, French arms continued to achieve victories against the republic’s enemies. By the spring of...
Catholic Textbook Project
- May 27, 2022
- 3 min
Voltaire’s Philosopher Becomes King: May 31, 1740
This week's "This Week in History" continues a story about Prince Fritz that we began last August, which you may read here. Reconciled at...
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