Arthur Guinness signed a 9,000 year lease for the derelict St. James’s Gate Brewery in Dublin.
10th December 1768: First edition of the Encyclopaedia @Britannica published (Corrected)
10th December 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.
25th September 1956: Inauguration TAT-1, the first transatlantic telephone cable
25th September 2017
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2017