Arthur Guinness signed a 9,000 year lease for the derelict St. James’s Gate Brewery in Dublin.
22nd November 1718: The pirate Blackbeard killed by sailors under Robert Maynard
22nd November 2017
On the 17th October 1814 eight people were killed when nearly one and a half million litres of beer swept out of London’s Horse Shoe Brewery and formed an alcoholic tidal wave that swept down Tottenham Court Road.
First established to celebrate the marriage of Crown Prince Ludwig to Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen, the most important part of the festivities was a horse race held on the final day.
Duke Wilhelm IV of Bavaria signed the Reinheitsgebot, a law to ensure the purity of beer that specified a limited number of ingredients.
23rd January 1556: Most destructive earthquake on record in Shaanxi
23rd January 2019
22nd January 1808: Portuguese royal court relocates to Brazil
22nd January 2019
21st January 1793: Louis XVI executed for high treason
21st January 2019
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2017