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.
29th July 1588: Decisive Battle of Gravelines during the Spanish Armada
29th July 2018
The economic bubble that is also referred to as the ‘dot-com boom’ was the result of investors speculatively pouring money into the numerous internet companies that were founded in the mid- to late-1990s.
On the 15th February 1971, the United Kingdom and Ireland abandoned their old currency of pounds, shillings and pence and introduced a decimalised system.
France and the United States signed the first two treaties ever negotiated by the American government, and which formally recognised the independence of the United States.
The DeLorean DMC-12 sports car was later used as the time machine in Back to the Future.
The first traveller’s cheques, in the form of a ‘circular note’ issued by a bank, went on sale in London.
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.
10th September 1991: Nirvana release ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’
10th September 2020
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2020
19th January 1920: Foundation of the American Civil Liberties Union
19th January 2021
18th January 1919: The Paris Peace Conference begins
18th January 2021
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2020
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2019