The Battle of Franklin, Tennessee, 1864
Week of November 26
On a late Indian Summer’s day, the crippled Confederacy gave its last valiant gasp when 33,000 brave southern men and boys charged the Union...
The Knights Templar Destroyed, 1307
Week of November 19
Mohammed, the founder and prophet of Islam, and his successors, spread their new religion across the Middle East, North Africa, and parts of...
Nast Cartoon Debuts the Republican Elephant, 1874
Week of November 5
Particular national images resonate through the years, becoming iconic symbols with great meaning in popular culture...
The Great Lisbon Earthquake, November 1, 1755
Week of October 29
Some historians, theologians and insurance companies of the past attributed “natural disasters” to God’s control over His creation...
Sam Houston Becomes President of the Republic of Texas, 1836
Week of October 22
The colony and state of Virginia was the birthplace of nine Presidents. Seven were Tidewater or Piedmont Planters, one was a...
Birth of Philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, October 15, 1844
Week of October 15
According to Christian historian Paul Johnson, the ideas of four men shaped the intellectual world of the 20th, and now 21st, centuries:...
Alexander the Great and the Battle of Guagamela, 331 BC
Week of October 1
God ceased direct and written revelation in the era between the Old Testament and the New Testament, but He did not stop His providential....
The Birth of Chief Justice John Marshall, 1755
Week of September 24
John Marshall was one of the most important men of his age or any age: soldier, lawyer, statesman, diplomat, congressman, secretary of state, and...
The Council of Trent Moved to Bologna, 1549
Week of September 17
The German Augustinian friar and theologian Martin Luther, upset over the sale of indulgences, tacked his 95 complaints against the Catholic Church on...
The Battle of Brandywine, 1777
Week of September 10
The American cause in the War for Independence had gotten a life-saving boost in the victories George Washington scored over the British army in the Christmas surprise at Trenton and the...