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Francis Drake’s Fleet Sets Out on an Expedition to Circumnavigate the Globe: December 13, 1577
This text comes from our book, Lands of Hope and Promise . In 1567, six English ships, anchored off the western tip of Cuba, were struck...

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Dec 9, 20244 min read


Japanese Bombers Attack the U.S. Fleet Stationed at Pearl Harbor: December 7, 1941
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part II . Many people living in lands that had suffered under the Soviets or who...

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Dec 2, 20243 min read


Maria Theresia of Austria Dies after Receiving the Last Sacraments: November 29, 1780
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part 2 . Maria Theresia of Austria has never been called “the Great,” but she was...

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Nov 25, 20245 min read


St. Peter Canisius—“The Hammer of the Heretic”—Dies: November 21, 1597
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part I . Because of Luther’s revolt, much of Germany had become Protestant; and even...

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Nov 18, 20242 min read


40 Girondins Are Executed at Place de la Révolution: October 31, 1793
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part II . It was fortunate for the revolutionary government that, after capturing...

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Oct 28, 20244 min read


Nathaniel Bacon Dies, Ending the Revolt in Virginia: October 26, 1676
This text comes from our book, Lands of Hope and Promise . Virginia fell on hard times during the reign of Charles II. The price of...

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Oct 21, 20243 min read


The Saxon English Surrender to the Normans: October 14, 1066
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part I . Early in 1066, the childless old Saxon king of England, Edward the...

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Oct 14, 20242 min read


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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Oct 4, 20243 min read


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...

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Sep 23, 20243 min read


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 16, 20243 min read


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 9, 20242 min read


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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Sep 2, 20243 min read


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 26, 20242 min read


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 19, 20243 min read


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 12, 20243 min read


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...

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Aug 5, 20242 min read


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...

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Jul 29, 20242 min read


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...

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Jul 22, 20244 min read


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...

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Jul 15, 20244 min read


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...

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Jul 8, 20244 min read
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