The Electric Speakeasy

NOTE: History for 26 July. 657 - Battle of Siffin during the first Muslim civil war between Ali ibn Abi Talib and Muawiyah I beside Euphrates River. 1519 - Francisco Pizarro receives royal charter for the west coast of South America. 1775 - A postal system was established by the 2nd Continental Con...

NOTE: History for 25 July. 306 - Constantine I is proclaimed Roman Emperor by his troops. 326 - Constantine refused to carry out the traditional pagan sacrifices. 1394 - Charles VI of France issued a decree for the general expulsion of Jews from France. 1564 - Maximillian II (House of Habsburg ) be...

NOTE: History for 24 July. 1534 - Jacques Cartier lands in Canada, claims it for France. 1567 - Mary Queen of Scots is forced to abdicate; her one year-old son becomes King James VI of Scots. 1832 - Benjamin Bonneville leads the first wagon train across the Rocky Mountains by Wyoming's South Pass. ...

NOTE: History of 23 July. 1215 - Frederick II crowned King of the Germans in Aachen by one of the three German Archbishops. This was a major stepping stone on the way to being declared Holy Roman Emperor. 1715 - The first lighthouse in America was authorized for construction at Little Brewster Isla...

NOTE: History for 22 July. 1099 - First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Jerusalem. 1456 - Battle at Nandorfehervar (Belgrade): Hungarian army under Janos Hunyadi beats Sultan Murad II. 1515 - First Congress of Vienna settles issues ...

NOTE: History for 21 July. 356 BC - Herostratus sets fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. 365 - Crete Earthquake followed by tsunami around the Eastern Mediterranean which was said to have destroyed much of Alexandria. 1733 - John Winthrop was gra...

NOTE: History for 20 July. 1801 - A 1,235 pound cheese ball was pressed at the farm of Elisha Brown, Jr. The ball of cheese was later loaded on a horse-driven wagon and presented to U.S. President Thomas Jefferson at the White House. No word on how large a block of Ex-Lax was required at the execut...

NOTE: History for 19 July. 1525 - The Catholic princes of Germany formed the Dessau League to fight against the Reformation. 1553 - Fifteen-year-old Lady Jane Grey was deposed as Queen of England after claiming the crown for nine days. Mary, the daughter of King Henry VIII, was proclaimed Queen. 15...

NOTE: History for 18 July. 64 - The Great Fire of Rome began. Nero did not fiddle while Rome burned, the fiddle or violin was not invented until the 16TH Century, in fact Nero was at his villa at Antium, some 35 miles from Rome. Though he immediately returned and began relief measures, people still...

NOTE: History for 17 July. 180 - Six inhabitants of Carthage, North Africa executed for being Christians. This is the earliest reference to Christianity in this part of the World. 1203 - Siege of Constantinople begins during the fourth Crusade, Crusaders aboad a Venetian fleet attack the city. 1212...