TODAY IN HER & HISTORY
216 BC Hannibal Barca wins his greatest victory over the Romans at Cannae.
47 BC Caesar defeats Pharnaces at Zela in Syria and declares, "veni, vidi, vici,"
1552 The treaty of Passau gives religious freedom to German Protestants.
1553 An invading French army is destroyed at the Battle of Marciano in Italy.
1589 During France's religious war, a monk stabs and kills King Henry II.
1776 The Continental Congress makes the Declaration of Independence.
1802 Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed "Consul for Life" by the French Senate.