On the 23rd January 1556, the deadliest earthquake ever recorded hit the Chinese province of Shaanxi (pronounced Shensi) and surrounding areas.
28th June 1880: Australian outlaw Ned Kelly arrested following a violent shoot out
28th June 2017
On the 1st January 1942, the Declaration by the United Nations was agreed and signed by the representatives of four major Allied nations during the Second World War.
On 4 August 221 Lady Zhen, the wife of Cao Pi of Wei of the Three Kingdoms, died.
Henry Kissinger, Richard Nixon’s National Security Advisor, made a secret trip to China to meet with Premier Zhou Enlai.
On 5th May 1260, Kublai Khan was declared Emperor of the Mongolian Empire.
Thomas Stevens departed San Francisco on a large-wheeled Ordinary, also known as a penny-farthing, to become the first person to cycle around the world.
The United States table tennis team heralded the era of ‘ping pong diplomacy’ by becoming the first official American delegation to visit China in 20 years.
Port Arthur was a fortified naval base in the south of Manchuria that had been leased to Russia since 1898.
On the 13th December 1937, the Nanking Massacre began at the end of the Battle of Nanking – part of the Second Sino-Japanese War.
At 7:48 on the morning of the 7th December 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy launched a surprise attack against the United States’ Hawaiian naval base at Pearl Harbor.
18th February 1930: Elm Farm Ollie becomes the first cow to fly
18th February 2019
17th February 1864: An enemy ship sunk by submarine for the first time
17th February 2019
16th February 1923: Howard Carter unseals Tutankhamun’s burial chamber
16th February 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