February 14

Women's Memorial March in Vancouver

On February 14, 1992, the annual Women's Memorial March honouring missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, two-spirit, plus, persons (MMIWG2S+), is first held in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, i…

James Cook killed at Kealakekua Bay

On this day in 1779, James Cook was killed by Kanakas as he attempted to kidnap Kalaniʻōpuʻu, an aliʻi nui of the island of Hawaii. James Cook was the first known European to visit the Hawaiian Islan…

Mapuche Uprising of 1655

From Wikipedia: The Mapuche uprising of 1655 (Spanish: alzamiento mapuche de 1655 or levantamiento mapuche de 1655) was a series of coordinated Mapuche attacks against Spanish settlements and forts i…