Tag: 1700s
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The American Revolution Formally Ended When Delegates of the United States, Great Britain, Spain, and France Signed the Treaty of Paris. September 3, 1783.
Image: Treaty of Paris, a 1783 portrait by Benjamin West depicting the American delegation at the Treaty of Paris, including (left to right): John Jay, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Henry Laurens, and William Temple Franklin. The British delegation refused to pose, and the portrait was never completed. (Wikimedia Commons.) On this day in history, September…
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Samuel Mason, a Patriot Captain in Command of Fort Henry on the Ohio Frontier, Survives a Devastating Native American Attack on the Fort.
Image: While on the Ohio River and later the Mississippi, Samuel Mason and his gang of river pirates chose flatboats, keelboats, and rafts as profitable targets to attack because of the valuable and plentiful cargo on board. (Wikimedia Commons.) On this day in history, August 31, 1777, Samuel Mason, a Patriot captain in command of…
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African American mathematician and astronomer Benjamin Banneker wrote a letter to Thomas Jefferson criticizes his hypocritical stance on slavery. August 19, 1791.
Image: Benjamin Banneker On this day in history, the accomplished American mathematician and astronomer Benjamin Banneker wrote a letter to then-Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson communicates prolifically with luminaries from around the world. Still, Banneker is unique among them: the son of a free Black American woman and a formerly enslaved African man from…
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History Daily: August 16
BABE RUTH DIES Image: Ruth at Yankee Stadium prior to the Yankees’ retirement of his jersey number. (Wikimedia Commons.) On August 16, 1948, baseball icon George Herman “Babe” Ruth died from cancer in New York City. Following his death, his body lay in state at Yankee Stadium, and thousands of people paid their last respects. He was…
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Francis Blandy, the Father of Eighteenth-Century Murderer Mary Blandy, Falls into a Coma and Dies Outside London, England. August 14, 1751.
On this day in history, Francis Blandy, the father of eighteenth-century murderer Mary Blandy, falls into a coma and dies outside London, England. Later that night, Blandy’s daughter Mary offered one of the family’s servants a large sum of money to help her get to France immediately. Mary was forced to flee when he refused,…
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History Daily: August 13
“HOUND DOG” IS RECORDED FOR THE FIRST TIME BY BIG MAMA THORNTON. AUGUST 13, 1952 Image: Big Mama Thornton (Wikimedia Commons) Elvis Presley’s “Hound Dog” (1956) is one of Rock and Roll’s most identifiable songs. It’s a song so closely associated with Presley that many have incorrectly accepted that Presley recorded it first. The story…
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History Daily: August 10
THE BATTLE OF SCHEVENINGREN Image: Naval battle near Ter Heijde on 10 August 1653, during the First Anglo-Dutch War. In the middle the Brederode, the Dutch flagship of Maarten Tromp is in combat with the English flagship Resolution under the command of admiral Monk. (Wikimedia Commons) The Battle of Scheveningen (also known as the Battle of Ter Heijde) was the final naval battle of the First Anglo-Dutch…
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History Daily: August 9
CAPITULATION OF FORT WILLIAM HENRY On August 9, 1757, English Fort William Henry, New York, surrendered to French & Indians troops. Fort William Henry was a British fort at the southern end of Lake George, in the province of New York. The fort’s construction was ordered by Sir William Johnson in September 1755, during the French and Indian War, as a staging ground for…
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