Category: World History & Research Reports

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  #OnThisDay 1859: Late on the night, John Brown and twenty-one armed followers stole into the town of Harper’s Ferry, Virginia, (now West Virginia) as most of its residents slept to overturn slavery #AceNewsDesk report

  #AceNewsReport – Oct.17: The men–among them three free blacks, one freed enslaved person, and one fugitive enslaved person–hoped to spark… Read more.

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  #OnThisDay 1492 Early in the morning of October 12, a sailor on board the Pinta sighted land, beginning a new era of European exploration and expansion #AceHistoryDesk report

  #AceHistoryReport – Oct.13: As a reward for his valuable discovery, the Spanish crown granted Columbus the right to bear arms.… Read more.

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  #OnThisDay Dated: April.13: 1936: The Long Island Tercentenary Committee wanted a coin to mark the 300th anniversary of the first European settlement there, at modern Flatlands, Brooklyn #AceHistoryDesk report

  #AceHistoryReport – Oct.07: The authorizing bill for this passed through Congress without opposition, but was amended in the Senate to… Read more.

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  (WASHINGTON) JUST IN: Smuggled Gilgamesh Dream Tablet Returns to Iraq That Was Forfeited By Hobby Lobby In July #AceHistoryDesk report

  #AceHistoryReport – Sept.25: By returning these illegally acquired objects, the authorities here in the United States and in Iraq are… Read more.

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  (TOKYO) DNA Analysis Rewrites Ancient History of Japan Report: Approximately 71 percent of modern Japanese people’s ancestry comes from the newly identified Kofun period population. Shigeki Nakagome #AceNewsDesk report

  #AceHistoryReport – Sept.22: The ancestors of modern Japanese populations hailed from three distinct groups that arrived on the island during… Read more.

• (CZECH REPUBLIC) This intricate Renaissance shield was never used in battle—but its history is inseparable from the defining conflicts of the modern era #AceHistoryDesk report

  #AceHistoryReport – Sept.18: Once owned by Archduke Franz Ferdinand, whose assassination sparked World War I, the armor was looted by… Read more.

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  (NAPLES) Pompei Dig Report: Archaeologists in the ancient city have discovered a remarkably well-preserved skeleton during excavations of a tomb that also shed light on the cultural life of the city before it was destroyed by a volcanic eruption in AD 79 #AceHistoryDesk report

  #AceHistoryReport – Aug.19: A skull bearing tufts of white hair and part of an ear, as well as bones and… Read more.