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Death Dance at Shiloh: April 6-7, 1862

This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. It took over 400 vessels to ferry the immense...

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Mar 26

Death Day of a Queen Who was Nobody’s Fool: April 1, 1204

This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations I: The History of Christian Civilization. At Henry I’s death, civil war engulfed...

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Mar 19

Milan and Venice Expel the Austrians: March 22, 24, 1848

This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. Why was the imperial government in Vienna...

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Mar 12

The Pope's Anti-Nazi Encyclical: March 14, 1937

This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. For Adolf Hitler, the Catholic Church was the...

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Mar 6

The Fall of Metternich: March 13, 1848

This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. In only a few days, Kossuth’s speech to the...

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Feb 26

Tippecanoe and Texas Too: February 28, 1845

This text comes from our book, Lands of Hope and Promise: A History of North America. In May 1836, John C. Calhoun said: “there [are]...

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Feb 19

The Emperor Returns: February 26, 1815

This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. Almost immediately after arriving on Elba in May...

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Feb 12

Slaughter in Saragossa: February 20, 1809

This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. The Bourbon Carlos IV had been king of Spain...

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Feb 5

Execution of the Queen of Scots: February 8, 1587

This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations I: The History of Christian Civilization. Elizabeth’s one serious rival for the...

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Jan 29

Conclusion to a Bootless Victory: February 2, 1848

This text comes from our book, Lands of Hope and Promise: A History of North America. It was September 13. [General Winfield] Scott had...