Learn about the major world events and happenings, birthdays, and deaths that took place on July 04. Check what happened ...

Angelo Correr renounces his claim to the Papacy as Pope Gregory XII. 1610: Sigmund III’s Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth army defeats ...

Francis was the first pope from the Southern Hemisphere, and the first from outside Europe since the eighth century under Pope Gregory III of Syria. He picked the unprecedented name Francis in honor ...

1868 – The U.S. Congress enacted legislation granting an eight-hour day to workers employed by the Federal government. 1868 – ...