21 December 1832 December 21, 2014 Author: Staff Egyptian forces defeat Ottoman troops in what became known as the Battle of Konya. Famous Words of Inspiration..."We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." John Adams — Click here for more from John Adams Related posts: 29 May 1982 27 August 1776 27 August 1776 18 December 1916 27 June 1760 15 June 1389 15 June 1389 22 April 1954 9 February 1950 18 December 1939 Categories: History Tags: 1832, 21 December