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GEORGE WASHINGTON
He was the first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797 and Commander-in-Chief of the Revolutionary Continental Army in the American War of Independence. -
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH DEATH
Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, musician, conductor, chapel teacher, singer, and teacher of the Baroque period. He was the most important member of one of the most prominent families of musicians in history, with more than 35 famous composers: the Bach family. -
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WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
He was a composer, pianist, conductor and professor of the former Archbishopric of Salzburg, master of Classicism, considered one of the most influential and prominent musicians in history. -
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AMERICAN REVOLUTION
The Americans in the Thirteen Colonies formed independent states that defeated the British in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), gaining independence from the British Crown and establishing the United States as the first nation-state founded on Enlightenment principles of liberal democracy. -
URANUS DISCOVERED
Uranus is the seventh planet in the solar system, the third largest, and the fourth most massive. It is named in honor of the Greek goddess of the sky, Uranus, the father of Cronus and the grandfather of Zeus. -
THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE
The Louisiana Purchase was a commercial transaction by which Napoleon Bonaparte, then French first consul, violating the resale agreement to Spain, sold to the United States. -
NAPOLEON CROWNS HIMSELF EMPEROR
According to legend, during the coronation he snatched the crown from the hands of Pope Pius VII and crowned himself, thus displaying his rejection of the authority of the Pontiff. -
ROSETTA STONE DECIPHERED
The French philologist announced that he'd decrypted the key that would unlock Egypt's ancient past. Two-hundred years ago, French scholar and polymath Jean-François Champollion announced he had deciphered the Rosetta Stone.
