The first traveller’s cheques, in the form of a ‘circular note’ issued by a bank, went on sale in London.
24th July 1911: Machu Picchu ‘rediscovered’ by US explorer Hiram Bingham III
24th July 2019
The British government had passed the Tea Act seven months earlier on 10 May, partly in an attempt to support the struggling East India Company.
Thursday the 24th October 1929, known as Black Thursday, is generally accepted as the first day of the Wall Street Crash.
The closure of Palmer’s Shipyard was a devastating blow to the people of Jarrow, where unemployment had hit 70%.
On the 26th September 1923, German Chancellor Gustav Stresemann ended passive resistance in the Ruhr and resumed the payment of First World War reparations.
Alexander Hamilton was made the first United States Secretary of the Treasury by President George Washington.
On the 21st July 1970, construction was completed on the Aswan High Dam in Egypt.
Duke Wilhelm IV of Bavaria signed the Reinheitsgebot, a law to ensure the purity of beer that specified a limited number of ingredients.
On the 11th January 1923, French and Belgian troops marched into Germany and occupied the industrial Ruhr area.
On the 9th January 1799, modern income tax was introduced for the first time. William Pitt the Younger, the British Prime Minister, announced the tax the previous December as a way to pay for the wars against France.
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