1228: St Francis of Assissi was canonized. 1377: Richard II was officially crowned King of England. Luckily for Shakespare, if not for the country. 1790: The Congress of a very young country declares that its new nation's capital shall be located on a site between Maryland and Virginia, rather humid and swampy, and named "The Dictrict… Continue reading July 16, A Day Like Any Other Day