A bit of November 11th history…
308 - The Congress of Carnuntum: attempting to keep peace within the Roman Empire, the leaders of the Tetrarchy declare Maxentius and Licinius to be Augusti, while rival Constantine I is declared Caesar of Britain and Gaul
1647 - Massachusetts passes 1st compulsory school attendance law in the American colonies
1750 - The F.H.C. Society, aka the Flat Hat Club, was formed in Williamsburg, Virginia; it was the 1st college fraternity
1775 - Mohawk military leader Joseph Brant goes to London to solicit more support from the government and to persuade the Crown to address past Mohawk land grievances in exchange for their participation as allies in the impending war (pictured)
1918 - WWI armistice signed by the allies and Germany comes into effect and WWI hostilities end at 11 am; “the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month”
1933 - “Great Black Blizzard” - 1st of the great dust storms that created the dust bowl rips through South Dakota
2015 - Montreal begins controversial dumping of raw sewage (2.1 billion gallons) into the St Lawrence River
2019 - Transit of Mercury across the sun; closer than any other transit this century
A bit of November 11th history… 308 - The Congress of Carnuntum:...