On the 27th November 1095, Pope Urban II launched the First Crusade with an impassioned speech at the Council of Clermont.
11th October 1975: Saturday Night Live is broadcast for the first time
11th October 2019
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.
3rd April 1882: Outlaw Jesse James shot by Robert Ford
3rd April 2020
2nd April 1982: Falklands War begins with Argentine invasion
2nd April 2020
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018
