Friday, July 24, 2020

Today in History for July 25 & 26

 July 25

306 Constantine I is proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops (Source)

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677 - Climax of the Siege of Thessalonia by the Slavs in a three-day assault on the city walls  (Source)


Recommended sermons and podcasts:

I Thessalonians: Background and Introduction, by Brian Borgman [Text: I Thessalonians 1:1; Acts 17:1-10]

Mary I marries Philip II of Spain at Winchester Cathedral (Source)


Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Bloody Mary, Part 1, by Rev. John Sawtelle
Bloody Mary, Part 2, by Rev. John Sawtelle
Elizabeth I, Part I, by Joe Morecraft III
Elizabeth I, Part II, by Joe Morecraft III

1593 - Henry IV of France publicly converts from Protestantism to Roman Catholicism (Source)


Recommended sermons and podcasts:

The French Huguenots, by Peter Hammond


July 26

1758 - French and Indian War: The Siege of Louisbourg ends with British forces defeating the French  and taking control of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

How I Found Christ?

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