On the 27th November 1095, Pope Urban II launched the First Crusade with an impassioned speech at the Council of Clermont.
24th July 1911: Machu Picchu ‘rediscovered’ by US explorer Hiram Bingham III
24th July 2019
On 2nd October 1187, the Siege of Jerusalem came to an end when Saladin captured the city from the crusaders who had ruled the city since 1099.
On the 18th May 1291, the Crusader-controlled city of Acre was seized by the Muslim forces of the Mamluk Sultan Al-Ashraf Khalil.
On the 18th March 1314 Jacques de Molay, the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, was executed on the orders of King Philip IV.
Anti-Semitic attacks spread across England and reached York in March 1190.
20th January 1942: Nazi leaders meet at the Wannsee Conference
20th January 2020
18th January 1871: Wilhelm I declared German Emperor
18th January 2020
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018