HistoryPodHistoryPodHistoryPodHistoryPod
  • Timeline
  • About
  • Subscribe
  • Support
  • 366 Days: the book

Tag: American Express

  • Podcast

1st January 1772: First traveller’s cheques, known as “circular notes”, put on sale

  • 1st January 2022
  • Tagged as: American Express, Currency, Economy, Europe, Finance, Grand Tour, London, Travel

The first traveller’s cheques, in the form of a ‘circular note’ issued by a bank, went on sale in London.

Continue reading →

Tags

Aircraft America Assassination Britain Catholicism Civil Rights Cold War Communism Criminal Culture Economy England Execution Exploration First World War France Germany Hitler Invention Italy Law London Military Monarchy Murder Music Navy Nazi New York Politics Racism Religion Revolution Russia Science Second World War Ship Spain Sport Technology United Kingdom United States USA USSR War

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org
 
  • Popular
  • Recent
  • Commented
Scuttling of the German fleet

21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

21st June 2019

Gavrilo Princip sandwich

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

28th June 2015

Armistice

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

11th November 2020

Hitler becomes Fuhrer

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

2nd August 2021

Abraham Lincoln invention patent

22nd May 1849: Abraham Lincoln becomes the first and only President to be awarded a patent

22nd May 2022

Lindbergh and Earhart

21st May 1927 and 1932: Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic, followed five years later by Emilia Earhart as the first woman

21st May 2022

Politicians of the Triple Alliance

20th May 1882: Establishment of the Triple Alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy

20th May 2022

Execution of Anne Boleyn

19th May 1536: The execution of Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII’s second wife and mother of the future Elizabeth I

19th May 2022

Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

28th June 2020

Armistice

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

11th November 2020

German invasion of Poland

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

1st September 2018

Dow Jones

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

8th July 2020

HistoryPod by MrAllsopHistory.com
© Scott Allsop
  • Timeline
  • Support
  • Subscribe
  • Front Page
  • About
  • Archive
  • Privacy Policy