First US Thanksgiving Celebrated: Marking Victory Over Burgoyne
The Continental Congress proclaimed America's first national day of thanksgiving to celebrate the decisive victory over General Burgoyne at Saratoga. This coordinated observance across all thirteen colonies served as both a morale boost and a demonstration of unified national identity during the darkest years of the Radical War.
December 18, 1777
249 years ago
Key Figures & Places
What Else Happened on December 18
en el río Trebia, cerca de Piacenza (Italia) ―en el marco de la segunda guerra púnica―, las tropas cartaginesas de Aníbal derrotan al ejército romano en la bata…
Hannibal had just crossed the Alps with elephants. Now he needed Rome to bleed. The Trebia River ran cold that December morning. Hannibal sent cavalry to provo…
King Alfonso I of Aragon seized Zaragoza from the Almoravid dynasty, ending centuries of Islamic rule in the Ebro Valley. This conquest transformed his kingdom …
Kublai Khan declared the new name Yuan, transforming a Mongol conquest into a recognized Chinese dynasty that integrated traditional imperial bureaucracy with s…
en Italia un terremoto destruye la ciudad de Potenza.
In der Bulle Licet dudum legt Papst Clemens V. fest, dass die Privilegien des verbotenen Templerordens auf den Orden vom Hospital des Heiligen Johannes zu Jerus…
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