HistoryPodHistoryPodHistoryPodHistoryPod
  • Timeline
  • About
  • Subscribe
  • Support
  • 366 Days: the book

Tag: Calcutta

  • Podcast

20th June 1756: British prisoners locked in the ‘Black Hole of Calcutta’

  • 20th June 2023
  • Tagged as: Bengal, Britain, British Empire, Calcutta, East India Company, India, Robert Clive

British prisoners of war were imprisoned in the ‘Black Hole of Calcutta’ after the Bengali army captured Fort William from the East India Company.

Continue reading →

Tags

Aircraft America Art Assassination Britain Catholicism Christianity Civil Rights Cold War Communism Culture Economy England Execution Exploration First World War France Germany Hitler Invention Italy Law London Military Monarchy Murder Music Nazi New York Politics Racism Religion Revolution Rome Russia Science Second World War Spain Sport Technology United Kingdom United States USA USSR War

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org
 
  • Popular
  • Recent
  • Commented
pic_thumb

21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

21st June 2019

pic_thumb

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

28th June 2015

pic_thumb

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

11th November 2022

pic_thumb

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

2nd August 2021

pic_thumb

19th September 1870: The Siege of Paris began during the Franco-Prussian War when the city was encircled by forces of the North German Confederation

19th September 2023

pic_thumb

18th September 1812: The Fire of Moscow burnt out five days after it began, leaving Napoleon in possession of the city

18th September 2023

pic_thumb

17th September 1862: Explosion at the Allegheny Arsenal in Pennsylvania sees the largest single civilian loss of life during the American Civil War

17th September 2023

pic_thumb

16th September 1920: 38 people died in the Wall Street bombing in New York

16th September 2023

pic_thumb

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

28th June 2020

pic_thumb

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

11th November 2022

pic_thumb

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

8th July 2022

pic_thumb

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

9th November 2019

HistoryPod by MrAllsopHistory.com
© Scott Allsop
  • Timeline
  • Support
  • Subscribe
  • Front Page
  • About
  • Archive
  • Privacy Policy