12th July 927: Earliest foundation of England under Æthelstan
July 12th 927 is the closest we have to a foundation date for England, when all the kings of...
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13th July 1793: Jean-Paul Marat attacked in his bathtub by Charlotte Corday
The radical French journalist Jean-Paul Marat was stabbed to death in his bathtub by Charlotte...
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14th July 1789: Storming of the Bastille
The morning of the 14th July 1789 saw the beginning of the French Revolution when Parisian...
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15th July 1815: Napoleon Bonaparte voluntarily surrenders to the British
Napoleon Bonaparte voluntarily surrendered to British Captain Maitland on board the Royal Navy...
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9th July 1971: Henry Kissinger makes a secret diplomatic trip to China
Henry Kissinger, Richard Nixon’s National Security Advisor, made a secret trip to China to meet...
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10th July 1553: Lady Jane Grey becomes queen of England
On the 10th July 1553, Lady Jane Grey was proclaimed queen of England after her first cousin once...
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20th November 1945: First Nuremberg Trial begins
On the 20th November 1945 the first, and best known, of the Nuremberg Trials ...
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25th November 1491: The Treaty of Granada ends Islamic rule on the Iberian Peninsula
The Treaty of Granada ended the Granada War and brought about the end of Islamic rule on the...
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17th October 1814: The London Beer Flood kills 8 people
On the 17th October 1814 eight people were killed when nearly one and a half million litres of...
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19th October 1935: League of Nations imposes sanctions on Italy
On the 19th October 1935, the League of Nations voted to impose sanctions on Italy after it...
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25th October 1415: The Battle of Agincourt is fought
On the 25th October 1415, the English king Henry V celebrated a major victory in the Hundred...
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28th October 1971: Prospero, the only British satellite launched with a British rocket
The Prospero satellite was launched, making it the first and only British satellite to be...
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30th October 1961: The Tsar Bomba detonated by the USSR
The Tsar Bomba, the most powerful explosive weapon ever created, was detonated by the ...
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31st October 1517: Martin Luther reputedely posts his 95 Theses
On the 31st October 1517, the foundations of the Protestant Reformation were laid when Martin...
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1st November 1512: Michelangelo’s ceiling of the Sistine Chapel unveiled
The public saw the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel for the first time when Pope Julius II...
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2nd November 1795: The Directory established in France
On the 2nd November 1795, the Directory was established in ...
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3rd November 1534: English Parliament passes the Act of Supremacy
The Parliament of England passed the First Act of Supremacy which made Henry VIII the head of the...
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19th November 1985: Reagan and Gorbachev meet for the first time at the Geneva Summit
U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev met for the first...
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21st November 1974: The Birmingham pub bombings kill 21 people and injure 182
21 people were killed and 182 were injured in the Birmingham pub ...
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22nd November 1963: Assassination of John F. Kennedy
At 12.30pm on Friday November 22nd 1963, President John F. Kennedy of the United States of...
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