Notable Events on May 7
1429: The English siege of Orleans was broken by Joan of Arc and the French army, marking a pivotal moment in the Hundred Years' War.
2017: MTV became the first major awards show to adopt gender-neutral categories, with Emma Watson and Millie Bobby Brown winning in their respective categories.
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Penn Leaves England
1682 William Penn leaves England to sail to the New World
1860 First British tram begins operating in Birkenhead1860 First British tram begins operating in Birkenhead
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rederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, c. February 14, 1818[a] – February 20, 1895) was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. He was the most important leader of the movement for African-American civil rights in the 19th century.
After escaping from slavery in Maryland in 1838, Douglass became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York and gained fame for his oratory[5] and incisive antislavery writings. Accordingly, he was described by abolitionists in his time as a living counterexample to claims by supporters of slavery that enslaved people lacked the intellectual capacity to function as independent American citizens.[6] Northerners at the time found it hard to believe that such a great orator had once been enslaved. It was in response to this disbelief that Douglass wrote his first autobiography.[7]
Douglass wrote three autobiographies, describing his experiences as an enslaved person in his
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1666 Great Fire of London begins at 2am in Pudding Lane, 80% of London is destroyed
1792 September Massacres of the French Revolution: In Paris rampaging mobs slaughter three Roman Catholic bishops, more than two hundred priests, and prisoners believed to be royalist sympathizers.
SEPT 28
28 September — in history
On this day image
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Norman conquest begins
Penicillin discovered
Whaam! goes art world
sept 13
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phineas_Gage
1846 Anesthetic ether is used for the first time by American dentist Dr. William Morton to extract a tooth
1862 Minister-President of Prussia Otto von Bismarck delivers his famous "Blood and Iron" speech on the unification of German territories
1938 The Treaty of Munich is signed by Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Édouard Daladier, and Neville Chamberlain, forcing Czechoslovakia to give territory to Germany. Chamberlain infamously declares "Peace for our time" upon his return to London.
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Assassination of Pompey the Great
48 BC Pompey the Great is assassinated on orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt after landing in Egypt
Roman Military and Political Leader
Pompey the Great
235 Pope Pontian becomes the first pope to abdicate from the role for St. Anterus
Battle of Mursa
351 Battle of Mursa: Emperor Constantius II defeats Emperor Magnentius, and Magnentius retreats to Gaul
Roman Emperor
Constantius II
365 Roman usurper Procopius bribes two legions passing by Constantinople and proclaims himself Roman emperor
935 Saint Wenceslas is murdered by his brother Boleslaus I of Bohemia
995 The Duchy of Bohemia's Slavník dynasty members Spytimír, Pobraslav, Pořej, and Čáslav are murdered by Boleslaus II the Pious
William the Conqueror Lands in England
1066 William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy, lands at Pevensey Bay in Sussex, beginning the Norman Conquest of England
William the Conqueror and his army land at Pevensey as depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry
Battle at Tinchebrai
1106 Battle of Tinchebrai: English King Henry I defeats his brother Robert, Duke of Normandy, in Normandy
Conquistador and Explorer
Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo
1569 Istanbul experiences its greatest fire of the century after a blaze that starts in a Jewish bakery goes on to destroy 36,000 buildings over eight days
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Jerusalem_(1187)
Fire at England's Windscale nuclear reactor
A fuel cartridge has burst in one of the channels of England's Windscale nuclear weapon facility and catches fire, sending iodine-131 radioactive contamination into the air. Eleven tons of uranium will be ablaze before the world's first known nuclear accident is contained two days later.
Atomfall's Windscale Disaster | What Really Happened …
3 Apr 2025 · On 10 October 1957, a fire raged out of control for three days in one of the reactors of the Windscale power station, in northwestern England. The …
Sixty-two years on – Cleaning up our nuclear past: …
10 Oct 2019 · The filter galleries proved their value with the fire in Windscale reactor 1 in 1957. It was these filters that prevented this disaster from …
# Windscale fire
1957 nuclear accident
The Windscale fire of 10 October 1957 was the worst nuclear accident in the United Kingdom's history, and one of the worst in the world, ranked in severity at level 5 out of 7 on the International Nuc…
1429: The English siege of Orleans was broken by Joan of Arc and the French army, marking a pivotal moment in the Hundred Years' War.
2017: MTV became the first major awards show to adopt gender-neutral categories, with Emma Watson and Millie Bobby Brown winning in their respective categories.
------------------------------------------
AUG 30
Penn Leaves England
1682 William Penn leaves England to sail to the New World
1860 First British tram begins operating in Birkenhead1860 First British tram begins operating in Birkenhead
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rederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, c. February 14, 1818[a] – February 20, 1895) was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. He was the most important leader of the movement for African-American civil rights in the 19th century.
After escaping from slavery in Maryland in 1838, Douglass became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York and gained fame for his oratory[5] and incisive antislavery writings. Accordingly, he was described by abolitionists in his time as a living counterexample to claims by supporters of slavery that enslaved people lacked the intellectual capacity to function as independent American citizens.[6] Northerners at the time found it hard to believe that such a great orator had once been enslaved. It was in response to this disbelief that Douglass wrote his first autobiography.[7]
Douglass wrote three autobiographies, describing his experiences as an enslaved person in his
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seot 2
1666 Great Fire of London begins at 2am in Pudding Lane, 80% of London is destroyed
1792 September Massacres of the French Revolution: In Paris rampaging mobs slaughter three Roman Catholic bishops, more than two hundred priests, and prisoners believed to be royalist sympathizers.
SEPT 28
28 September — in history
On this day image
©
1066192819631981
Norman conquest begins
Penicillin discovered
Whaam! goes art world
sept 13
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phineas_Gage
1846 Anesthetic ether is used for the first time by American dentist Dr. William Morton to extract a tooth
1862 Minister-President of Prussia Otto von Bismarck delivers his famous "Blood and Iron" speech on the unification of German territories
1938 The Treaty of Munich is signed by Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Édouard Daladier, and Neville Chamberlain, forcing Czechoslovakia to give territory to Germany. Chamberlain infamously declares "Peace for our time" upon his return to London.
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Assassination of Pompey the Great
48 BC Pompey the Great is assassinated on orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt after landing in Egypt
Roman Military and Political Leader
Pompey the Great
235 Pope Pontian becomes the first pope to abdicate from the role for St. Anterus
Battle of Mursa
351 Battle of Mursa: Emperor Constantius II defeats Emperor Magnentius, and Magnentius retreats to Gaul
Roman Emperor
Constantius II
365 Roman usurper Procopius bribes two legions passing by Constantinople and proclaims himself Roman emperor
935 Saint Wenceslas is murdered by his brother Boleslaus I of Bohemia
995 The Duchy of Bohemia's Slavník dynasty members Spytimír, Pobraslav, Pořej, and Čáslav are murdered by Boleslaus II the Pious
William the Conqueror Lands in England
1066 William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy, lands at Pevensey Bay in Sussex, beginning the Norman Conquest of England
William the Conqueror and his army land at Pevensey as depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry
Battle at Tinchebrai
1106 Battle of Tinchebrai: English King Henry I defeats his brother Robert, Duke of Normandy, in Normandy
Conquistador and Explorer
Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo
1569 Istanbul experiences its greatest fire of the century after a blaze that starts in a Jewish bakery goes on to destroy 36,000 buildings over eight days
======================================================================
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Jerusalem_(1187)
Fire at England's Windscale nuclear reactor
A fuel cartridge has burst in one of the channels of England's Windscale nuclear weapon facility and catches fire, sending iodine-131 radioactive contamination into the air. Eleven tons of uranium will be ablaze before the world's first known nuclear accident is contained two days later.
Atomfall's Windscale Disaster | What Really Happened …
3 Apr 2025 · On 10 October 1957, a fire raged out of control for three days in one of the reactors of the Windscale power station, in northwestern England. The …
Sixty-two years on – Cleaning up our nuclear past: …
10 Oct 2019 · The filter galleries proved their value with the fire in Windscale reactor 1 in 1957. It was these filters that prevented this disaster from …
# Windscale fire
1957 nuclear accident
The Windscale fire of 10 October 1957 was the worst nuclear accident in the United Kingdom's history, and one of the worst in the world, ranked in severity at level 5 out of 7 on the International Nuc…