What happened today... with a Cantr like twist...
Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 4:00 pm
Take the Cantr day, e.g 1608, and post what stuff happened in that year of our history...
1608:
January 7 - Fire destroys Jamestown, Virginia.
March 18 - Susenyos formally crowned Emperor of Ethiopia.
May 14 - Protestant Union founded in Auhausen.
July 3 - Quebec City founded by Samuel de Champlain.
August 24 - The first official English representative to India lands at Surat.
October 2 - Dutch lensmaker Hans Lippershey demonstrates the first telescope in the Dutch parliament.
Swedish troops enter Moscow.
First cheques come to use in Netherlands.
Old Bushmills Distillery founded in Bushmills, County Tyrone, Ireland.
1608:
January 7 - Fire destroys Jamestown, Virginia.
March 18 - Susenyos formally crowned Emperor of Ethiopia.
May 14 - Protestant Union founded in Auhausen.
July 3 - Quebec City founded by Samuel de Champlain.
August 24 - The first official English representative to India lands at Surat.
October 2 - Dutch lensmaker Hans Lippershey demonstrates the first telescope in the Dutch parliament.
Swedish troops enter Moscow.
First cheques come to use in Netherlands.
Old Bushmills Distillery founded in Bushmills, County Tyrone, Ireland.