Moments in Time – July 6, 2022
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On July 24, 1567, during her imprisonment at Lochleven Castle in Scotland, Mary Queen of Scots is forced to abdicate in favor of her 1-year-old son, later crowned King ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – June 29, 2022
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On July 15, 1606, the great Dutch master Rembrandt van Rijn is born in Leiden. Rembrandt completed more than 600 paintings, many of them portraits or self-portraits. By ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – June 22, 2022
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On July 9, 1777, New York elects Brigadier Gen. George Clinton as the first governor of the independent state of New York. Clinton would go on to become New York’s ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – June 15, 2022
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On July 3, 1863, the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s last attempt at breaking the Union line ends in disastrous failure, bringing ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – June 8, 2022
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On June 20, 1782, Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States after six years of discussion. The seal depicts a bald eagle clutching an olive branch in its right ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – June 1, 2022
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On June 13, 1381, a large mob of English peasants marches into London and begins burning and looting the city. The revolt began with the bubonic plague in the late 1340s, ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – May 25, 2022
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On June 6, 1683, the Ashmolean, the world’s first university museum, opens in Oxford, England. Today, the collection at the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – May 18, 2022
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On May 30, 1593, playwright Christopher Marlowe, 29, is killed in a brawl. He was nearly denied his master’s degree in 1587, until advisers to Queen Elizabeth intervened, ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – May 11, 2022
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On May 24, 1883, after 14 years and 27 deaths during construction, the Brooklyn Bridge in New York is opened, the largest suspension bridge ever built to that date.
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Moments in Time – April 29, 2022
On May 13, 1607, some 100 English colonists arrive along the east bank of the James River in Virginia to found Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North America. Dispatched ... Continue Reading →
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