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What was the Siege of Brookefield (1675)?

Introduction Wheeler’s Surprise, and the ensuing Siege of Brookfield, was a battle between Nipmuc Indians under Muttawmp, and the English of the Massachusetts Bay Colony under the command of Thomas Wheeler and Captain Edward Hutchinson, in August 1675 during King Philip’s War. The battle consisted of an initial ambush by the Nipmucs on Wheeler’s unsuspecting… Read More

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What was the Battle of Bloody Brook (1675)?

Introduction The Battle of Bloody Brook was fought on 18 September 1675 OS (28 September 1675 NS) between English colonial militia from the Massachusetts Bay Colony and a band of Indians led by the Nipmuc sachem Muttawmp, during King Philip’s War. The Indians ambushed colonists escorting a train of wagons carrying the harvest from Deerfield… Read More

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On This Day .. 02 November

Events 1410 – The Peace of Bicêtre suspends hostilities in the Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War. 1675 – Plymouth Colony governor Josiah Winslow leads a colonial militia against the Narragansett during King Philip’s War. 1795 – The French Directory, a five-man revolutionary government, is created. 1868 – Time zone: New Zealand officially adopts a standard time to… Read More

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What was King Philip’s War (1675-1678)?

Introduction King Philip’s War (sometimes called the First Indian War, Metacom’s War, Metacomet’s War, Pometacomet’s Rebellion, or Metacom’s Rebellion) was an armed conflict in 1675-1678 between indigenous inhabitants of New England and New England colonists and their indigenous allies. The war is named for Metacom, the Wampanoag chief who adopted the name Philip because of… Read More

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What was the Tawwabin Uprising (680-685)?

Introduction Tawwabin uprising (Arabic: ثَوْرَة ٱلتَّوَّابِين‎, Thawrah at-Tawwābīn) or the penitents uprising refers to the uprising of a group of Kufan Shia after the Battle of Karbala to take revenge for murder of Husayn ibn Ali, whom they had invited to Kufa in 680 CE (60 AH). The group was led by Sulayman ibn Surad… Read More

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What was the Siege of Mecca (692)?

Introduction The siege of Mecca occurred at the end of the Second Fitna in 692 when the forces of the Umayyad caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan besieged and defeated his rival, the caliph Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr in his centre of power, the Islamic holy city of Mecca. After the death of Caliph Yazid in… Read More