The first traveller’s cheques, in the form of a ‘circular note’ issued by a bank, went on sale in London.
22nd November 1718: The pirate Blackbeard killed by sailors under Robert Maynard
22nd November 2017
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.
Every year on the day after the American holiday of Thanksgiving, millions of shoppers head to the stores to take advantage of cut-price deals offered by retailers.
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.
23rd January 1556: Most destructive earthquake on record in Shaanxi
23rd January 2019
22nd January 1808: Portuguese royal court relocates to Brazil
22nd January 2019
21st January 1793: Louis XVI executed for high treason
21st January 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