https://dailyknowledge.co/ 2026-09-11 daily 1.0 https://dailyknowledge.co/about.php monthly 0.5 https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-09-10 2026-09-10 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/howe_1846.jpg A patent is granted for the lockstitch sewing machine (1846) Black and white photograph of an early cast iron sewing machine with a large hand wheel. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/canada_1939.jpg Canada declares war on Germany, a week after Britain (1939) Colour wartime recruitment poster of a young soldier holding a rifle before a Union Jack. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/jamestown_1608.jpg John Smith takes charge of a starving colony (1608) Old engraved plate combining scenes of Native American life with a detailed map of a coastline. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/lakeerie_1813.jpg An American fleet captures an entire British squadron (1813) Painting of a line of sailing warships at anchor in a calm bay seen from a wooded shore. 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building holding placards and American flags. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/kodak_1888.jpg A patent is granted for the camera that put photography in ordinary hands (1888) Patent drawings showing exploded views of a small box camera, a roll holder and internal gearing. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-09-03 2026-09-03 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/paris_1783.jpg A treaty in Paris formally ends the American Revolutionary War (1783) Unfinished oil painting of five eighteenth century diplomats in wigs and coats grouped around a table, the right side of the canvas left blank. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/cromwell_1658.jpg Oliver Cromwell dies, and the English republic dies with him (1658) Oil portrait of a stern man with shoulder length hair, wearing a white collar over polished steel armour. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/dagenh_1967.jpg An entire country switches which side of the road it drives on (1967) Black and white aerial photograph of a city street jammed with cars, buses and enormous crowds of onlookers. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/viking2_1976.jpg A lander touches down on Mars and starts sending back pictures (1976) Colour photograph of a rocky reddish plain scattered with boulders and patches of white frost, under a pale sky. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/fleming_1928.jpg Fleming returns from holiday to find a mould has killed his bacteria (1928) Black and white photograph of an older man in a white coat seated at a cluttered laboratory bench examining a small dish. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-09-02 2026-09-02 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/surrender_1945.jpg Japan signs the surrender that formally ends the Second World War (1945) Colour photograph of Japanese officials in top hats and military uniforms standing on a battleship deck before rows of Allied officers. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/greatfire_1666.jpg The Great Fire of London starts in a bakery on Pudding Lane (1666) Dark painting of a city burning fiercely at night across a river, with a bridge, a fortress and crowds of fleeing people in the foreground. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/atlanta_1864.jpg Sherman captures Atlanta, helping secure Lincoln a second term (1864) Black and white photograph of a collapsed railway depot, its roof caved in among brick rubble and bare trees. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/actium_31bc.jpg Octavian defeats Antony and Cleopatra at Actium (-31) Baroque painting of ancient warships with red banners clashing at sea, oars extended, figures falling into the water. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/hamilton_1789.jpg The US Treasury is created, and Alexander Hamilton takes charge of it (1789) Oil portrait of a man with greying swept back hair in a dark coat and white cravat against a dark background. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-09-01 2026-09-01 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/kanto_1923.jpg An earthquake and firestorm destroy Tokyo and Yokohama (1923) Black and 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pigeon with a long tail perched on a diagonal wooden rail. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-08-31 2026-08-31 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/henry5_1422.jpg Henry V dies, leaving a nine-month-old baby as King of England (1422) Medieval profile portrait of a young king in a dark cap and red and gold robes, hands raised in prayer. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/ripper_1888.jpg Jack the Ripper claims the first of his canonical victims (1888) Victorian newspaper front page densely packed with engraved illustrations of police, bloodhounds and crowded street scenes. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/charleston_1886.jpg Charleston is wrecked by the worst earthquake the eastern United States has recorded (1886) Black and white photograph of a damaged stone church with cracked walls, seen across an overgrown graveyard. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/lewisclark_1803.jpg Lewis sets off down the Ohio to begin the expedition west (1803) Side by side oil portraits of two men in high collared dark coats, one dark haired and one red haired. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/blackmaria_1897.jpg Edison patents the movie camera (1897) Engraving of a dark wooden studio interior where a man operates a large boxy camera pointed at performers lit by daylight. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-08-30 2026-08-30 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/marshall_1967.jpg Thurgood Marshall is confirmed to the Supreme Court (1967) Black-and-white portrait of an older man in judicial robes and glasses, seated in front of a bookshelf. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/louis_1937.jpg Joe Louis defeats Tommy Farr in a 15-round decision (1937) Black-and-white photograph of two boxers mid-bout, one throwing a jab while the other ducks low. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/tannenberg_1914.jpg Germany crushes the Russian army at the Battle of Tannenberg (1914) Old photograph of a burning building with heavy smoke, soldiers and horse carts in the foreground. 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Earth (1859) Old scientific diagram showing hand-drawn irregular blotchy shapes with compass and angle markings. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/enceladus_1789.jpg William Herschel discovers Saturn's moon Enceladus (1789) Photograph of a bright icy moon covered in craters and long blue fracture lines, against black space. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/robinson_1945.jpg Branch Rickey tells Jackie Robinson he'll break baseball's color line (1945) Black-and-white photograph of a baseball player in a Brooklyn cap mid-swing, bat raised over his shoulder. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/slavery_1833.jpg The Slavery Abolition Act receives royal assent in Britain (1833) Old engraving of a crowd gathered outdoors around a man reading from a paper, with a plantation house and windmill behind them. https://dailyknowledge.co/?date=2026-08-27 2026-08-27 yearly 0.7 https://dailyknowledge.co/images/krakatoa_1883.jpg Krakatoa erupts with a blast heard 3,000 miles away (1883) Black-and-white photograph of a huge dark ash cloud erupting from a coastal landform, seen across open water. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/zanzibar_1896.jpg The shortest war ever recorded ends in 38 minutes (1896) Black-and-white photograph of a badly damaged multi-story building, with rubble in front and exposed columns. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/pearljam_1991.jpg Pearl Jam release their debut album, Ten (1991) Color photograph of a young rock singer with long hair, eyes closed, gripping a microphone on a dark stage. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/mars_2003.jpg Mars swings closer to Earth than it has in 60,000 years (2003) Photograph of the planet Mars, an orange-red sphere with visible surface markings and a polar ice cap, against black space. https://dailyknowledge.co/images/bolt_2015.jpg Usain Bolt wins his fourth straight 200m world title (2015) Color photograph of a sprinter in a yellow and green Jamaica singlet crossing the finish line with arms raised.