January
- January 1st1735: Paul Revere Is Born
- January 2nd1832: Jules Brunet, "The Last Samurai" Is Born In France
- January 3rd1521: Martin Luther Is Excommunicated From The Catholic Church
- January 4th1643: Isaac Newton Is Born
- January 5th1531: Pope Clement VII Tells Henry VIII He May Not Remarry
- January 6th1412: Joan of Arc Is Born
- January 7th1610: Galileo Discovers Jupiter's Moons
- January 8th1642: Italian Astronomer Galileo Galilei Dies
- January 9th1431: Joan Of Arc's Trial Begins
- January 10th49 B.C.E: Julius Caesar Crosses The Rubicon
- January 11th1755/57: Alexander Hamilton Is Born
- January 12th1737: John Hancock Is Born
- January 13th1898: Émile Zola Exposes The Drefyus Affair
- January 14th83 B.C.E: Mark Antony Is Born
- January 15th1559: Elizabeth I Is Crowned Queen Of England
- January 16th27 B.C.E: Augustus Becomes The First Emperor Of The Roman Empire
- January 17th1377: The Papacy Returns To Italy
- January 18th1486: Henry VII Marries Elizabeth Of York
- January 19th1419: Henry V Captures Normandy
- January 20th1327: King Edward II Is Deposed
- January 21st1793: Louis XVI Is Executed
- January 22nd1506: The First Swiss Guards Arrive In Vatican City
- January 23rd1516: King Ferdinand II Dies
- January 24th41 C.E.: Roman Emperor Caligula Is Assassinated
- January 25th41 A.D.: Claudius Is Declared Emperor Of Rome
- January 26th1788: The First English Prisoners Arrive In Australia
- January 27th1756: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Is Born
- January 28th814 C.E.: Charlemagne Dies
- January 29th1737: Thomas Paine Is Born
- January 30th1649: Charles I Is Beheaded
- January 31st1606: Guy Fawkes Is Executed
February
- February 1st1901: Langston Hughes Is Born
- February 2nd962 C.E.: Otto I Is Crowned Emperor Of The Romans
- February 3rd1468: Johannes Gutenburg, Inventor Of The Printing Press, Dies
- February 4th1520: Mary Boleyn, "The Other Boleyn Girl" Gets Married
- February 5th146 B.C.E.: The Punic Wars End
- February 6th1778: France Recognizes U.S. Independence
- February 7th1478: Sir Thomas More Is Born
- February 8th1587: Mary, Queen of Scots Is Beheaded
- February 9th1773: William Henry Harrison Is Born
- February 10th1763: The French And Indian War Ends
- February 11th600 B.C.E.: Japan Is Founded
- February 12th1554: Lady Jane Grey Is Beheaded
- February 13th1542: Catherine Howard Is Beheaded
- February 14th270 C.E.: Saint Valentine Is Beheaded
- February 15th1564: Galileo Galilei Is Born
- February 16th1834: Ernst Haeckel Is Born
- February 17th1801: Thomas Jefferson Is Elected President
- February 18th1294: Kublai Khan Dies
- February 19th1473: Nicolaus Copernicus Is Born
- February 20th1792: The U.S. Post Office Department Is Founded
- February 21st1613: Mikhail Romanov Becomes Tsar Of Russia
- February 22nd1732: George Washington Is Born
- February 23rd303 C.E.: Roman Emperor Diocletian Orders The Persecution Of Christians
- February 24th1500: Holy Roman Emperor Charles V Is Born
- February 25th1570: Pope Pius V Excommunicates Queen Elizabeth I
- February 26th1815: Napoleon Bonaparte Escapes From Exile
- February 27th1827: The First New Orleans Mardi Gras Celebration Takes Place
- February 28th1525: Cuauhtémoc Is Executed
- February 29th46 B.C.E.: The First Leap Day Is Recognized
March
- March 1st1872: Yellowstone Becomes The First U.S. National Park
- March 2nd1836: Texas Declares Independence From Mexico
- March 3rd1847: Alexander Graham Bell Is Born
- March 4th1461: Edward IV Becomes King Of England
- March 5th1133: King Henry II Of England Is Born
- March 6th1475: Michelangelo Is Born
- March 7th161 C.E.: Marcus Aurelius Becomes Emperor Of Rome
- March 8th1702: Queen Anne Takes The English Throne
- March 9th1796: Napoleon Bonaparte Marries Joséphine De Beauharnais
- March 10th241 B.C.E.: The Battle Of The Aegates Occurs
- March 11th1845: Māori Warriors Burn Kororāreka
- March 12th538 C.E.: Gothic Siege Of Rome Ends
- March 13th1781: William Herschel Discovers Uranus
- March 14th1794: Eli Whitney Patents The Cotton Gin
- March 15th44 B.C.E.: Julius Caesar Is Assassinated
- March 16th37 C.E.: Caligula Becomes Emperor Of Rome
- March 17th180: Marcus Aurelius Dies
- March 18th1882: Morgan Earp Is Assassinated In Tombstone, Arizona
- March 19th1813: David Livingstone Is Born
- March 20th43 B.C.E.: Ovid Is Born
- March 21st1617: Pocahontas' Funeral Is Held
- March 22nd1622: The Jamestown Massacre Takes Place
- March 23rd1775: Patrick Henry Says "Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death!"
- March 24th1603: Queen Elizabeth I Dies
- March 25th421 C.E.: Venice Is Founded
- March 26th1827: Ludwig Van Beethoven Dies
- March 27th1785: King Louis XVII Is Born
- March 28th1881: Barnum And Bailey's "Greatest Show On Earth" Opens
- March 29th1461: Battle of Towton
- March 30th1849: Britain Wins The Second Anglo-Sikh War, Resulting In The Exchange Of The Koh-i-Noor Diamond
- March 31st1596: René Descartes Is Born
April
- April 1st1621: The Pilgrims And Wampanoag Make Peace
- April 2nd1502: Arthur Prince Of Wales Dies
- April 3rd33 C.E.: Jesus Christ Is Crucified
- April 4th1841: William Henry Harrison Dies
- April 5th1614: Pocahontas Weds John Rolfe
- April 6th1453: The Siege Of Constantinople Begins
- April 7th1803: Toussaint L'Ouverture Dies
- April 8th563 B.C.E.: Gautama Buddha Is Born
- April 9th1835: King Leopold II Of Belgium Is Born
- April 10th837 C.E.: Halley's Comet Makes Closest Ever Pass By Earth
- April 11th1814: Napoleon Bonaparte Is Exiled To Elba
- April 12th1633: Galileo Galilei Is Accused Of Heresy
- April 13th1612: Miyamoto Musashi Defeats Sasaki Kojiro
- April 14th1818: Webster's American Dictionary Is First Printed
- April 15th1848: Seventy-Seven Slaves Attempt To Escape In The 'Pearl Incident'
- April 16th1828: Francisco Goya Dies
- April 17th1790: Benjamin Franklin Dies
- April 18th1775: Paul Revere Embarks On His 'Midnight Ride'
- April 19th1775: The American Revolution Begins
- April 20th1689: The Siege Of Derry Begins
- April 21st753 B.C.E.: Rome Is Founded
- April 22nd1519: Hernán Cortés Establishes Veracruz
- April 23rd1016: King Aethelred II Dies
- April 24th1800: The Library Of Congress Is Established
- April 25th1719: Robinson Crusoe Is Published
- April 26th1777: The 'Female Paul Revere' Rides From New York To Connecticut
- April 27th1521: Ferdinand Magellan Is Killed
- April 28th357 C.E. Emperor Constantius II Arrives In Rome
- April 29th1429: Joan Of Arc Arrives In Orleans
- April 30th1803: The Louisiana Purchase Is Completed
May
- May 1st1840: The First Adhesive Postage Stamp Is Released
- May 2nd1536: Anne Boleyn Is Jailed For Adultery
- May 3rd1469: Niccolò Machiavelli Is Born
- May 4th1886: The Haymarket Riot Breaks Out
- May 5th1818: Karl Marx Is Born
- May 6th1856: Sigmund Freud Is Born
- May 7th1824: Beethoven Debuts Symphony No. 9
- May 8th1753: Miguel Hidalgo Is Born
- May 9th1502: Columbus Launches His Final Voyage
- May 10th1676: Bacon's Rebellion Begins
- May 11th330 C.E: Constantinople Is Consecrated
- May 12th1593: Playwright Thomas Kyd Is Arrested For Libel
- May 13th1568: Mary, Queen of Scots Is Defeated By Scottish Protestants
- May 14th1607: The Colony Of Jamestown Is Established
- May 15th1756: The Seven Years' War Begins
- May 16th1717: Voltaire Is Imprisoned
- May 17th1510: Sandro Botticelli Dies
- May 18th1804: Napoleon Proclaims Himself Emperor
- May 19th1536: Anne Boleyn Is Beheaded
- May 20th1498: Vasco da Gama Arrives In India
- May 21st1542: Hernando de Soto Dies
- May 22nd1455: The War Of The Roses Begins
- May 23rd1701: Captain Kidd Is Executed
- May 24th1543: Nicolaus Copernicus Dies
- May 25th1660: The English Restoration Begins
- May 26th1637: The Pequot Massacres Begin
- May 27th1703: St. Petersburg Is Founded
- May 28th1830: The Indian Removal Act Is Signed Into Law
- May 29th1453: Constantinople Falls To The Ottoman Empire
- May 30th1431: Joan Of Arc Is Burned At The Stake
- May 31st1819: Walt Whitman Is Born
June
- June 1st1533: Anne Boleyn Is Crowned Queen Of England
- June 2nd1863: Harriet Tubman Frees 800 Enslaved People
- June 3rd1937: The Duke Of Windsor Marries Wallis Simpson
- June 4th1629: The Batavia Crashes On The Houtman Abrolhos
- June 5th1850: Pat Garrett Is Born
- June 6th1683: The World's First University Museum Opens
- June 7th1692: An Earthquake Destroys Port Royal, Jamaica
- June 8th632 C.E.: The Prophet Muhammad Dies
- June 9th68 C.E.: The Roman Emperor Nero Dies
- June 10th1692: The First Victim Of The Salem Witch Trials Is Put To Death
- June 11th1509: King Henry VIII Marries Catherine Of Aragon
- June 12th1817: Karl Von Drais Takes The World's First Bicycle Ride
- June 13th323 B.C.E.: Alexander The Great Dies
- June 14th1789: Survivors Of The Mutiny Aboard The HMS Bounty Reach Timor
- June 15th1215: King John Signs The Magna Carta
- June 16th1883: The Victoria Hall Theatre Disaster Kills 183 Children
- June 17th1631: Mumtaz Mahal Dies
- June 18th1812: The War Of 1812 Begins
- June 19th1846: The First Official Baseball Game Is Played
- June 20th1791: The French Royal Family Attempts To Flee
- June 21st1377: Edward III Of England Dies
- June 22nd1377: Richard II Of England Begins His Reign
- June 23rd47 B.C.E.: Cleopatra Gives Birth To Caesar's Son
- June 24th1509: Henry VIII Is Crowned King Of England
- June 25th1741: Maria Theresa Crowned Queen Of Hungary
- June 26th1541: Francisco Pizarro Is Assassinated
- June 27th1829: James Smithson Dies
- June 28th1519: Charles I Becomes The Holy Roman Emperor
- June 29th1613: The Globe Theatre Burns Down
- June 30th1520: Hernán Cortés Retreats
July
- July 1st1863: The Battle Of Gettysburg Begins
- July 2nd1839: The Revolt On The Amistad Begins
- July 3rd1035: William I Becomes Duke Of Normandy
- July 4th1776: The Declaration Of Independence Is Adopted
- July 5th1810: P.T. Barnum Is Born
- July 6th1483: Richard III Becomes King Of England
- July 7th1865: Mary Surratt Is Executed
- July 8th1822: Percy Bysshe Shelley Dies
- July 9th1762: Catherine The Great Becomes Empress
- July 10th138 C.E.: Emperor Hadrian Dies
- July 11th1656: The First Quakers Arrive In The Colonies
- July 12th100 B.C.E.: Julius Caesar Is Born
- July 13th1814: The Carabinieri Is Established
- July 14th1518: The Dancing Plague Breaks Out In Strasbourg
- July 15th1099: Jerusalem Is Captured By Christians
- July 16th1769: The First Catholic Mission Is Founded In California
- July 17th1763: John Jacob Astor Is Born
- July 18th64 C.E.: The Great Fire Of Rome Ignites
- July 19th1553: Lady Jane Grey Is Deposed As Queen
- July 20th1304: Francesco Petrarca Is Born
- July 21st365 C.E.: Alexandria Is Hit By A Tsunami
- July 22nd1298: William Wallace Is Defeated At The Battle Of Falkirk
- July 23rd1536: Henry VIII's Illegitimate Son Dies
- July 24th1567: Mary, Queen Of Scots Is Deposed
- July 25th1587: Missionaries Are Banished From Japan
- July 26th1533: Inca Emperor Atahualpa Is Executed
- July 27th1794: Maximilien Robespierre Is Overthrown
- July 28th1540: Henry VIII Marries Catherine Howard
- July 29th1588: The Spanish Armada Is Defeated
- July 30th762 C.E.: Baghdad Is Founded
- July 31st1703: Daniel Defoe Is Placed In A Pillory
August
- August 1st1589: Henry III Of France Is Assassinated
- August 2nd1610: Henry Hudson Sails Into What Is Now Hudson Bay
- August 3rd1305: William Wallace Is Captured
- August 4th1693: Dom Pérignon Invents Champagne
- August 5th1100: Henry I Becomes King Of England
- August 6th1846: Anna Haining Bates, One Of The Tallest Women In The World, Is Born
- August 7th1560: Elizabeth Báthory Is Born
- August 8th1844: Brigham Young Is Chosen To Lead The Mormon Church
- August 9th1173: Construction Begins On The Leaning Tower Of Pisa
- August 10th1628: The Warship Vasa Sinks
- August 11th1833: Robert Ingersoll Is Born
- August 12th30 B.C.E.: Cleopatra Dies By Suicide
- August 13th1521: The Aztec Capital Falls To Hernán Cortés
- August 14th1751: Mary Blandy Poisons Her Father
- August 15th1769: Napoleon Is Born
- August 16th1858: The First Transatlantic Telegraph Is Sent
- August 17th1786: Davy Crockett Is Born
- August 18th1227: Genghis Khan Dies
- August 19th14 C.E.: Emperor Augustus Dies
- August 20th1619: The First Enslaved Africans Arrive In Jamestown Colony
- August 21st1831: Nat Turner Launches A Rebellion Of Enslaved People
- August 22nd1485: Battle Of Bosworth Field Takes Place
- August 23rd1305: William Wallace Is Executed
- August 24th79 C.E.: Mount Vesuvius Erupts
- August 25th1530: Ivan The Terrible Is Born
- August 26th1768: Captain James Cook Sets Sail On The HMS Endeavour
- August 27th410 C.E.: Visigoths Sack Rome
- August 28th1774: St. Elizabeth Is Born
- August 29th1533: The Last Inca Emperor Is Executed
- August 30th1797: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Is Born
- August 31st1422: Henry V Of England Dies
September
- September 1st1802: James Callender Reveals Thomas Jefferson And Sally Hemings' Relationship
- September 2nd31 B.C.E.: Octavian Defeats Mark Antony
- September 3rd1189: Richard The Lionheart Is Crowned King
- September 4th476 C.E.: The Western Roman Empire Falls
- September 5th1638: King Louis XIV Is Born
- September 6th1522: Ferdinand Magellan's Ship Becomes The First To Circumnavigates The Globe
- September 7th1191: Richard The Lionheart Breaks Through The Muslim Army On The Way To Jerusalem
- September 8th1429: Joan Of Arc Attacks Paris
- September 9th1087: William The Conqueror Dies
- September 10th1608: John Smith Is Elected To Lead Jamestown
- September 11th1792: The Hope Diamond Is Stolen
- September 12th1638: The Battle Of Vienna Ends Ottoman Domination In Eastern Europe
- September 13th1501: Michelangelo Begins His 'David' Statue
- September 14th1321: Dante Alighieri Dies
- September 15th1254: Marco Polo Is Born
- September 16th1620: The Mayflower Departs England
- September 17th1787: The Constitution Is Signed
- September 18th1634: Anne Hutchinson Arrives In The New World
- September 19th1692: Giles Corey Is Executed In The Salem Witch Trials
- September 20th1830: The First National Negro Convention Convenes In Philadelphia
- September 21st19 B.C.E.: Virgil Dies
- September 22nd1828: Shaka Zulu Is Assassinated
- September 23rd1215: Kublai Khan Is Born
- September 24th1789: The U.S. Supreme Court Is Established
- September 25th1513: Vasco Núñez De Balboa Spots The Pacific Ocean
- September 26th1580: Sir Francis Drake Completes His Trip Around The World
- September 27th1590: Urban VII Dies 12 Days After Becoming Pope
- September 28th48 B.C.E.: Pompey The Great Is Assassinated
- September 29th1571: Caravaggio Is Born
- September 30th1630: John Billington Is Hanged
October
- October 1st1553: Mary I Becomes Queen Of England
- October 2nd1780: John André Is Hanged
- October 3rd1226: St. Francis Of Assisi Dies
- October 4th1582: The Gregorian Calendar Is Introduced
- October 5th1813: Shawnee Chief Tecumseh Is Killed
- October 6th1866: The Reno Brothers Commit America's First Train Robbery
- October 7th1821: William Still Is Born
- October 8th1871: The Great Chicago Fire Starts
- October 9th1635: Roger Williams Is Banished From Massachusetts Bay Colony
- October 10th1845: The U.S. Naval Academy Opens
- October 11th1138: The Aleppo Earthquake Strikes
- October 12th1492: Christopher Columbus Reaches The "New World"
- October 13th1792: Construction Begins On The White House
- October 14th1066: The Battle of Hastings Takes Place
- October 15th70 B.C.E.: Virgil Is Born
- October 16th1793: Marie Antoinette Is Executed
- October 17th1814: The London Beer Flood Takes Place
- October 18th1469: King Ferdinand And Queen Isabella Marry
- October 19th1745: Jonathan Swift Dies
- October 20th1548: The City Of La Paz, Bolivia, Is Founded
- October 21st1805: The Battle Of Trafalgar Takes Place
- October 22nd1797: The World's First Parachute Jump Is Made
- October 23rd42 B.C.E: Marcus Junius Brutus Dies By Suicide
- October 24th1648: The Thirty Years' War Ends
- October 25th1415: The Battle Of Agincourt Takes Place
- October 26th1825: The Erie Canal Opens
- October 27th939 C.E.: Æthelstan Dies
- October 28th1704: John Locke Dies
- October 29th1618: Sir Walter Raleigh Is Executed
- October 30th1485: Henry VII Becomes King Of England
- October 31st1517: Martin Luther Posts His 95 Theses
November
- November 1st1512: The Sistine Chapel Ceiling Opens To The Public
- November 2nd1734: Daniel Boone Is Born
- November 3rd1793: Olympe De Gouges Is Executed
- November 4th1677: William III And Mary II Of England Marry
- November 5th1605: Guy Fawkes Is Arrested
- November 6th1661: Charles II Of Spain Is Born
- November 7th1867: Marie Curie Is Born
- November 8th1510: Lope De Aguirre Is Born
- November 9th1888: Jack The Ripper Kills His Final Victim
- November 10th1865: Henry Wirz Is Hanged
- November 11th1620: The Mayflower Compact Is Signed
- November 12th1666: Mary Astell Is Born
- November 13th1002: St. Brice's Day Massacre
- November 14th1840: Claude Monet Is Born
- November 15th1842: Cherokee Slave Revolt
- November 16th1532: Francisco Pizarro Captures Atahualpa
- November 17th1558: Elizabeth I Of England Takes The English Throne
- November 18th1626: St. Peter's Basilica Is Consecrated
- November 19th1703: The "Man In The Iron Mask" Dies
- November 20th1820: A Sperm Whale Sinks The Whaling Ship Essex
- November 21st1620: The Pilgrims Sign The Mayflower Compact
- November 22ndBlackbeard Is Killed
- November 23rd1499: Perkin Warbeck Is Hanged
- November 24th1700: Spanish War Of Succession Begins
- November 25th1487: Elizabeth Of York Is Crowned Queen Of England
- November 26th1883: Sojourner Truth Dies
- November 27th1809: The Berners Street Hoax Unfolds
- November 28th1582: William Shakespeare Marries Anne Hathaway
- November 29th1832: Louisa May Alcott Is Born
- November 30th1835: Mark Twain Is Born
December
- December 1st1761: Marie Tussaud Is Born
- December 2nd1804: Napoleon Bonaparte Is Crowned Emperor
- December 3rd1847: Frederick Douglass Publishes The First Issue Of His Anti-Slavery Newspaper
- December 4th1532: The Shroud Of Turin Is Damaged In A Fire
- December 5th1484: Pope Innocent VIII Condemns Witchcraft
- December 6th1421: Henry VI Of England Is Born
- December 7th1598: Gian Lorenzo Bernini Is Born
- December 8th1660: An English Woman Appears In A Public Play For The First Time
- December 9th1608: John Milton Is Born
- December 10th1593: Antonio Bosio Starts Exploring The Catacombs Of Rome
- December 11th1792: Louis XVI's Treason Trial Begins
- December 12th1821: Gustave Flaubert Is Born
- December 13th1784: Samuel Johnson Dies
- December 14th1503: Nostradamus Is Born
- December 15th1791: The Bill Of Rights Is Ratified
- December 16th1773: The Boston Tea Party Unfolds
- December 17th1760: Deborah Sampson Is Born
- December 18th1892: The Nutcracker Ballet Debuts
- December 19th1732: The First Poor Richard's Almanack Is Released
- December 20th1860: South Carolina Secedes From The Union
- December 21st1620: The Pilgrims Come Ashore At Plymouth
- December 22nd1807: Congress Passes The Embargo Act
- December 23rd1783: George Washington Resigns From The Continental Army
- December 24th1826: The Eggnog Riot Breaks Out
- December 25th1776: George Washington Crosses The Delaware River
- December 26th1862: Dakota Warriors Are Executed In A Mass Hanging
- December 27th537: The Hagia Sophia Is Consecrated
- December 28th1065: The Original Westminster Abbey Is Consecrated
- December 29th1170: Thomas Becket Is Assassinated
- December 30th1862: U.S.S. Monitor Sinks
- December 31st192: Commodus Is Assassinated
