1799 - Napoleon Bonaparte captures Jaffa in Palestine and his troops proceed to kill more than 2,000 Albanian captives (Source)
Recommended sermons and podcasts:
- The French Revolution, by Dr. Peter Hammond
- The French Revolution: Life, Liberty, Fraternity, or Death - Satanic Politics and God's Wrath Upon Nations That Turn Upon Him, by Francis Nigel Lee
"...both the Wilson and the FDR administrations were descendants - albeit distant ones - of the first fascist movement: the French Revolution...It produced the first modern dictators, Robespierre and Napoleon, and worked on the premise that the nation had to be ruled by an enlightened avant-garde who would serve as the organic, authentic voice of the 'general will.'...Robespierre summed up the totalitarian logic of the Revolution: 'There are only two parties in France: the people and its enemies. We must exterminate those miserable villains who are eternally conspiring against the right of man...[W]e must exterminate our enemies.'"
1850 - Senator Danial Webster gives his "Seventh of March" speech endorsing the Compromise of 1850 in order to prevent a possible Civil War (Source)
Recommended sermons and podcasts: Daniel Webster, by BJU Students and Faculty
1936 - Prelude to World War II: In violation of the Locarno Pact and the Treaty of Versailles, Germany reoccupies the Rhineland (Source)
Recommended sermons and podcasts: Versailles 100 Years Ago, by Dr. Peter Hammond
1775 - An Anonymous writer, thought by some to be Thomas Paine, publishes "African Slavery in America", the first article in the American colonies calling for the emancipation of slaves and the abolition of slavery (Source)
Recommended sermons and podcasts: Faith, Common Sense, and Science, by Francis Lee Nigel
