William Wilberforce Makes His First Speech Against the Slave Trade, 1789
Week of May 13
On this day in 1789, William Wilberforce rose to his feet in the House of Commons and began what would become his lifelong crusade to abolish the...
The Sinking of RMS Lusitania, 1915
Week of May 6
The first year of the First World War was markedly contained in the neutral American mind. While Europe and her various colonies all became embroiled against each other in accordance with...
The Allied Air Force Begins Mercy Runs Over Holland, 1945
Week of April 29
On April 29, 1945, the greatest mercy operation of the Second World War began, although initially it had all the marks of a suicide mission, the...
The Pazzi Conspiracy to Assassinate the Medici Family, 1478
Week of April 22
In the late 1400s, the country we now call Italy was divided into many states and governed each by their own rulers. In the north, Milan’s form of...
Remembering the Titanic, 1912
Week of April 8
One hundred twelve years ago, the luxury ocean liner RMS Titanic struck an iceberg and began to sink. In the three short hours before she was submerged, her enduring legacy of heroism and....
Winston Churchill Creates the RAF, 1918
Week of April 1
On this day in 1918, Britain’s Royal Air Force was created by Winston Churchill. It is now considered the oldest independent flying force in the world. They were spawned from the existing...
Isabella MacDuff Crowns Robert the Bruce, 1306
Week of March 25
Since the overthrow of the infamous Macbeth’s usurpation, Scotland’s rightful kings were crowned by a member of the clan MacDuff....
Princess Pocahontas Dies in England, 1617
Week of March 18
Once upon a time in Jamestown, Virginia, during the days of King James I when America was yet a wilderness, an Indian Princess was traded for a...
The Death of Tiberius Caesar, 37 AD
Week of March 11
It was in the reign of Tiberius Caesar that our Lord Jesus Christ was crucified, and what an imposing reign it was. He was born the first son of Tiberius Nero, an acclaimed Roman General,...
The Boston Massacre, 1770
Week of March 4
When looking back at our nation’s road to independence, there were a number of inciting incidents considered to be formative in setting the tone for the manner in which such an...