Troops from the British Indian Army committed the Amritsar Massacre when they opened fire on nonviolent protesters and pilgrims at Jallianwala Bagh.
24th July 1911: Machu Picchu ‘rediscovered’ by US explorer Hiram Bingham III
24th July 2019
Operation Dynamo, better known as the evacuation of Dunkirk, began.
The armed insurrection began on Easter Monday which, due to Easter being a moveable feast as a result of its relationship to the lunar calendar, in 1916 fell on the 24th April.
20th January 1942: Nazi leaders meet at the Wannsee Conference
20th January 2020
18th January 1871: Wilhelm I declared German Emperor
18th January 2020
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018