The Baptism of Europe: Christmas Day, 496
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations I: The History of Christian Civilization. In 481, Clodevech, the 16-year-old chief of...
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Dec 13, 20194 min read
A Socialist Napoleon's Scheme Succeeds: December 20, 1848
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. In commenting on France’s June rebellion, the...
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Dec 6, 20196 min read
Miracle of an Aztec Queen: December 12, 1531
This text comes from our fifth-grade book, From Sea to Shining Sea: The Story of America. Though, by 1531, Cortés and the new Audience...
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Nov 29, 20193 min read
Death of a Disillusioned Tsar: December 1, 1825
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. By 1824, Tsar Aleksandr I of Russia was no longer...
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Nov 22, 20195 min read
Death of a Truly Great Woman: November 29, 1780
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. See sample chapters, here. For ordering...
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Nov 15, 20194 min read
Seville Falls to the Arms of a Saint: November 23, 1248
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations I: The History of Christian Civilization. Fernando III became king of Castile in...
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Nov 8, 20195 min read
Hanging in Chicago's Haymarket: November 11, 1887
This text comes from our book, Lands of Hope and Promise: A History of North America. The Winter of 1885–86 was bitterly cold. Thousands...
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Oct 31, 20194 min read
Martyrdom in California: November 4, 1775
This text comes from our book, Lands of Hope and Promise: A History of North America. In California as in Florida and other Spanish...
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Oct 24, 20194 min read
A Plea for Peace Ignored: November 1, 1914
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. See digital samples, here. The 57 cardinals who...
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Oct 21, 20194 min read
The Victory of the Longbow: October 25, 1415
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations I: The History of Christian Civilization. For another six years after the Battle of...
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Oct 10, 20195 min read
Moscow Routs Napoleon: October 19, 1812
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. See digital samples, here. Unlike other cities he...
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Oct 4, 20193 min read
Columbus Thinks He Has Reached the Indies: October 12, 1492
This text comes from our book, Lands of Hope and Promise: A History of North America. With a crew of 90 men and boys and a fleet of three...
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Sep 27, 20194 min read
The Women's March on Versailles: October 5, 1789
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. See digital samples, here. Though he hesitated at...
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Sep 20, 20197 min read
The Death of a Weak and Regretful Pope: September 22, 1774
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. See digital samples, here. Friedrich the Great of...
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Sep 13, 20193 min read
The Cost of Delay -- the Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam): September 17, 1862
This text comes from our book, Lands of Hope and Promise: A History of North America. Lee’s men, said a Maryland woman, were “a most...
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Sep 6, 20196 min read
Cardinal Gibbons Opens the Parliament of World Religions: September 11, 1893
This text comes from our book, Lands of Hope and Promise: A History of North America. Archbishop Satolli had come to the United States,...
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Aug 30, 20192 min read
The Death of the Sun King: September 1, 1775
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations I: The History of Christian Civilization. On September 1, 1715, King Louis XIV of...
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Aug 23, 20193 min read
The Turks Triumph at Mohács: August 29, 1526
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations I: The History of Christian Civilization. If Charles V could not expect help from the...
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Aug 16, 20194 min read
Nat Turner's Rebellion Begins: August 21, 1831
This text comes from our book, Lands of Hope and Promise: A History of North America. Before 1822, southerners looked upon slavery as a...
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Aug 2, 20193 min read
Cortés Conquers Tenochtitlán: August 13, 1521
This text comes from our book, Lands of Hope and Promise: A History of North America. Defeat and the condition of his army did not...
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