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Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli Is Elected Pope: October 28, 1958

Oct 23, 20233 min read

Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli Is Elected Pope: October 28, 1958

This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part 2. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, the Patriarch of Venice, was 76 years old when his...

Thomas Edison Invents the Incandescent Light Bulb: October 21, 1879

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Oct 16, 20233 min read

Thomas Edison Invents the Incandescent Light Bulb: October 21, 1879

This text comes from our book, Lands of Hope and Promise. Western cattle and the railroads changed the agricultural economy of the East....

France and Austria Sign the Treaty of Vienna: October 14, 1809

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Oct 9, 20232 min read

France and Austria Sign the Treaty of Vienna: October 14, 1809

This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part 2. Napoleon had let General Miollis handle the pope; he himself still had a war...

St. Katharine Drexel Is Canonized: October 1, 2000

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Sep 28, 20233 min read

St. Katharine Drexel Is Canonized: October 1, 2000

This text comes from our book, The American Venture. “Why not become a missionary yourself, my child?” With these words, Pope Leo XIII...

The Imperial Diet Proclaims the “Religious Peace of Augsburg”: September 25, 1555

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Sep 25, 20232 min read

The Imperial Diet Proclaims the “Religious Peace of Augsburg”: September 25, 1555

This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part I. Charles V’s last years were spent trying to break the power of the...

The U.S. Constitution Is Signed: September 17, 1787

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Sep 19, 20234 min read

The U.S. Constitution Is Signed: September 17, 1787

This text comes from our book, Lands of Hope and Promise. In the hot, humid weather of a Philadelphia summer, delegates wrangled, tempers...

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Sep 14, 20231 min read

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Napoleon Triumphantly Enters a Deserted Moscow: September 16, 1812

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Sep 12, 20233 min read

Napoleon Triumphantly Enters a Deserted Moscow: September 16, 1812

Unlike other cities he had conquered, Moscow sent no delegation of citizens to greet Napoleon.

The Mayflower Sets Sail for America: September 6, 1620

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Sep 4, 20232 min read

The Mayflower Sets Sail for America: September 6, 1620

This text comes from our book, From Sea to Shining Sea. In a city in Holland called Leyden lived a colony of Englishmen. These English...

St. Junípero Serra Sails for America: August 30, 1749

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Aug 28, 20234 min read

St. Junípero Serra Sails for America: August 30, 1749

Junípero Serra was born on the island of Mallorca off the Mediterranean coast of Spain on November 24, 1713.

Henry Tudor’s Army Ends the Wars of the Roses: August 22, 1485

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Aug 21, 20234 min read

Henry Tudor’s Army Ends the Wars of the Roses: August 22, 1485

This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part I. When only an infant, King Henry VI of England had inherited England and...

Hernán Cortés Conquers Mexico: August 13, 1521

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Aug 14, 20233 min read

Hernán Cortés Conquers Mexico: August 13, 1521

This text comes from our book, All Ye Lands. The news of Cortés’s landing at Vera Cruz filled Montezuma with fear—could the Spaniard be...

An English Pirate Steals Silver for Queen Elizabeth I: August 9, 1573

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Aug 7, 20233 min read

An English Pirate Steals Silver for Queen Elizabeth I: August 9, 1573

This text comes from our book, From Sea to Shining Sea. It was a warm, muggy night. Guided by the lights of the town, the men quietly...

The First Indian Saint in the Americas Is Canonized: July 31, 2002

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Jul 31, 20234 min read

The First Indian Saint in the Americas Is Canonized: July 31, 2002

This text comes from our book, From Sea to Shining Sea. Meanwhile, Juan Diego had climbed the hill of Tepeyac. “Return here tomorrow,”...

Chief Pontiac Signs Peace Treaty with British at Oswego, New York: July 25, 1766

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Jul 24, 20233 min read

Chief Pontiac Signs Peace Treaty with British at Oswego, New York: July 25, 1766

This text comes from our book, From Sea to Shining Sea. In July 1759, France’s old enemy, the Iroquois Indians, joined the British in...

July 17th, 1918 – Vladimir Lenin Orders the Execution of Tsar Nicolas II and His Family

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Jul 17, 20233 min read

July 17th, 1918 – Vladimir Lenin Orders the Execution of Tsar Nicolas II and His Family

This text comes from our book, All Ye Lands. To weaken Russia, the Germans urged the soviet revolutionaries to take up arms against the...

The Northwest Ordinance Is Adopted by Congress: July 13, 1787

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Jul 10, 20233 min read

The Northwest Ordinance Is Adopted by Congress: July 13, 1787

This text comes from our book, Lands of Hope and Promise. The states however did cooperate with the national government in the matter of...

Independence Day in Sonoma: July 4, 1846

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Jul 3, 20233 min read

Independence Day in Sonoma: July 4, 1846

This text comes from our book, Lands of Hope and Promise. Californio factions could not bury their differences even to face a common foe....

Francisco Pizzaro Is Assassinated: June 26, 1541

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Jun 26, 20232 min read

Francisco Pizzaro Is Assassinated: June 26, 1541

This text comes from our book, All Ye Lands. Cortés’s conquest of the mighty Aztec kingdom inspired another Spanish conquistador to find...

Aztecs Attack the Spaniards on La Noche Triste (The Night of Sorrows): June 20, 1520

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Jun 19, 20234 min read

Aztecs Attack the Spaniards on La Noche Triste (The Night of Sorrows): June 20, 1520

This text comes from our book, From Sea to Shining Sea. Fear had filled the heart of the Aztec emperor Montezuma when he heard of the...

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