Friday, August 16, 2019

Today in History - August 16

1792 - Maximilien de Robespierre presents the petition of the Commune of Paris to the Legislative Assembly, which demanded the formation of a revolutionary tribunal (Source)

1793 - French Revolution: A levee en masse is decreed by the National Convention (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

The French Revolution, by Dr. Peter Hammond

1812 - War o f 1812: American General William Hull surrenders Fort Detroit without a fight to the British Army (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

The War of 1812  - Commemorating 200 Years, by Pastor Kevin Swanson (2012)

1841 - U.S. President John Tyler vetoes a bill which called for the re-establishment of the Second Bank of the United States (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

The Two Best Presidents: Tyler and Cleavland Contra Mundum, by Historian Bill Potter

1896 - Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

The Crown of Gold Above Your Head, by Dr. Sinclair B. Ferguson [Text: Romans 5:1-11]

Recommended video:

North to Alaska - Johnny Horton
When it's Springtime in Alaska, it's Forty Below - Johnny Horton

How I Found Christ?

 How I Found Christ? by Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892)