By the start of the 17th century merchants from the Dutch Republic had begun to undertake voyages to the ‘Spice Islands’ of the Indian Ocean.
14th March 1958: Perry Como awarded the first gold record by the RIAA
14th March 2020
British prisoners of war were imprisoned in the ‘Black Hole of Calcutta’ after the Bengali army captured Fort William from the East India Company.
The Indian Mutiny, also known as the First War of Indian Independence, began in Meerut.
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
31st March 1905: Wilhelm II provokes the First Moroccan Crisis
31st March 2020
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018
