On the 27th November 1095, Pope Urban II launched the First Crusade with an impassioned speech at the Council of Clermont.
21st July 1925: ‘Monkey Trial’ finds John T. Scopes guilty of teaching evolution
21st July 2018
Gibbon’s six volume history traces the collapse of the Roman Empire from the rule of the Five Good Emperors until the end of Byzantium.
On the 29th May 1453 the troops of the Ottoman Empire under Sultan Mehmed II successfully took control of Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire.
18th January 1871: Wilhelm I declared German Emperor
18th January 2020
16th January 27 BCE: Octavian becomes Augustus, Roman Emperor
16th January 2020
15th January 1919: Great Molasses Flood kills 21 people in Boston
15th January 2020
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018