AncientPages.com – On the night of 8/9 February 1855, a strange phenomenon – the so-called ‘Devil’s Footprints’- occurred around the Exe Estuary in East Devon and South Devon, England. The trails of hoof-like marks appeared after heavy snowfall overnight in the snow, covering a total distance
AncientPages.com – In the early morning of February 7, 1920, in Irkutsk, Siberia, the Bolsheviks executed Aleksandr Kolchak, one of the leaders of the White Movement and the so-called Supreme Ruler of Russia. Before the October Revolution in 1917, Kolchak served
AncientPages.com – The Battle of San Domingo was fought on February 6, 1806, between squadrons of French and British ships of the line off the southern coast of the French-occupied San Domingo, the first colony in the New World and claimed
AncientPages.com – On February 5, 62 AD, Pompeii, an ancient Roman town-city near modern Naples, was at the epicenter of an earthquake. The earthquake was approximately 7.5 in magnitude and may have been a precursor to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD
AncientPages.com – On February 4, 960, an important political and historical event occurred in China. The coronation of Zhao Kuangyin as Emperor Taizu of Song initiated the Song dynasty period of China that would last more than three centuries. Born
AncientPages.com – On February 4, 1488, Dias reached Mossel Bay, South Africa. He had passed Africa’s southern tip. Dias rounded the cape and landed. Since it was the day of the Feast of St. Blaise, Dias named the spot Angra de
AncientPages.com – On February 3, 1706, the Battle of Fraustadt was fought between Sweden, Saxony-Poland, and their Russian allies near Fraustadt (present-day Wschowa) on Poland’s western border. Thanksgiving after the victory of Fraustadt – Gustaf Cederström. Public Domain It was
AncientPages.com – On February 2, 1461, the battle was fought near Mortimer’s Cross in Herefordshire, at a site not far from the border with Wales. The young Edward, Earl of March (later Edward IV), head of the Yorkist faction, and
AncientPages.com – On February 1, 1662, the Chinese general Koxinga seized the island of Taiwan after a nine-month siege. Koxinga (1624-1662) was a Chinese military leader widely regarded as a pioneer and freedom fighter. Some consider him an army pirate. Zheng Chenggong
AncientPages.com – Reginald Walter Bonham was born on January 31, 1906, in St. Neots, Huntingdonshire, England. Bonham was the most famous British blind player ever. He was known for his extraordinary achievements in both blind and sighted chess. Like others in his
AncientPages.com – On January 30, 1972, in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, British Army paratroopers shot 26 unarmed civilians, all Northern Catholics, during a protest march against internment. This tragic event – during which the soldiers fired indiscriminately into the crowd of protesters
AncientPages.com – On January 29-30, 1943, the naval Battle of Rennell Island was fought off Guadalcanal. It was the last major naval clash between U.S. and Japanese forces during the Guadalcanal campaign of World War II. The US Navy heavy cruiser USS Chicago (CA-29)
