This Week In History
Let’s learn about our past!
9/14
1821: Central American leaders accepted a plan by Mexican leader Agustín de Iturbide, granting independence from Spain to Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua.
9/15
1620: English colonists on the Mayflower set sail for America. They later founded Plymouth, Massachusetts, after 41 men, including William Bradford and Myles Standish, signed the Mayflower Compact.
1978: The Camp David Accords were completed. Negotiated by U.S. President Jimmy Carter, they led to a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel and laid the groundwork for broader Middle East peace efforts.
9/16
9/17
1931: During the Mukden Incident, the Japanese army used a railway explosion as a pretext to occupy Mukden and, within three months, took control of all of Manchuria.
9/18
1796: George Washington's Farewell Address was published in a Philadelphia newspaper, in which he urged the U.S. to remain neutral and avoid entangling alliances with Europe.
1870: Italian troops occupied Rome, leading to its incorporation into the Kingdom of Italy and reducing papal authority to the Vatican and a small surrounding area.
9/19
9/20
1847: U.S. General Winfield Scott entered Mexico City after a relentless campaign marked by an unbroken string of victories, effectively bringing the military phase of the Mexican-American War to a close.