Tensions between university students and the locals of Oxford had been building for some time before violence broke out.
7th January 1785: First aerial crossing of the English Channel completed in a hydrogen balloon
7th January 2020
The first recorded naval battle featuring artillery took place in the first naval engagement of the Hundred Years’ War.
On the 26th August 1346, one of the most decisive battles in the Hundred Years War was won by the army of the English king Edward III.
15th February 1971: The UK and Ireland decimalise their currency
15th February 2020
14th February 1990: Voyager 1 creates the ‘Pale Blue Dot’ image of Earth
14th February 2020
13th February 1689: William and Mary become co-regents
13th February 2020
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018