TWiH: January 15-19, 2024

This week in History

Monday: on January 15, 1962

The oldest known European manuscript was found in Derveni, Greece. BItH Unit 5, Peoples V: Ancient Greeks

Tuesday: on January 16, 1458 BCE

Hatshepsut, Egyptian queen regnant, died. BItH Unit 3, Peoples III: Ancient Egyptians

Wednesday: on January 17, 1773

Captain Cook’s ship Resolution was the first known voyage south of the Arctic Circle. BItH Unit 23, Section 67: Captain Cook

Thursday: on January 18, 1871

Wilhelm I is named first Kaiser of a united Germany. BItH Unit 28, Peoples XXVIII: Germans

Friday: on January 19, 1788

Ships of the First Fleet arrive in Botany Bay, Australia to establish the continent’s first penal colony. BItH Unit 23, Section 68: Penal Colonies

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