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  • 07-24-2008, 02:24 AM
    jakncoke
    1675 - Gottfried Leibniz demonstrated integral calculus for the first time to find the area under the graph of y = f(x) function.
  • 07-24-2008, 02:24 AM
    jakncoke
    1724 - Joseph Blake, alias Blueskin, a highwayman known for attacking "Thief-Taker General" (and thief) Jonathan Wild at the Old Bailey, is hanged in London.
  • 07-24-2008, 02:24 AM
    jakncoke
    1750 - The F.H.C. Society, also known as the Flat Hat Club, was formed at Raleigh Tavern, Williamsburg, Virginia. It was the first college fraternity.
  • 07-24-2008, 02:25 AM
    jakncoke
    # 1778 - Cherry Valley Massacre: an attack by Loyalists and Seneca Indian forces on a fort and village in eastern New York during the American Revolutionary War, killing more than forty civilians and soldiers.
  • 07-24-2008, 02:25 AM
    jakncoke
    1805 - Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Dürenstein - 8000 French troops attempted to slow the retreat of a vastly superior Russian and Austrian force.
  • 07-24-2008, 02:25 AM
    jakncoke
    # 1831 - In Jerusalem, Virginia, Nat Turner is hanged after inciting a violent slave uprising.
  • 07-24-2008, 02:26 AM
    jakncoke
    1839 - The Virginia Military Institute is founded in Lexington, Virginia.
  • 07-24-2008, 02:26 AM
    jakncoke
    1864 - American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea - Union General William Tecumseh Sherman begins burning Atlanta, Georgia to the ground in preparation for his march south.
  • 07-24-2008, 02:26 AM
    jakncoke
    1865 - Treaty of Sinchula is signed in which Bhutan ceded the areas east of the Teesta River to the British East India Company.
  • 07-24-2008, 02:26 AM
    jakncoke
    1880 - Australian Bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged at Melbourne Gaol.

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