Colonel Thomas Blood attempted to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.
27th May 1703: The foundation of St Petersburg by Tsar Peter the Great
27th May 2017
On the 30th January 1649 King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland was executed outside the Banqueting House in London.
On the 4th January 1642, Charles I attempted and failed to arrest the Five Members of Parliament, prompting the English Civil War and his own eventual execution for treason.
The Battle of Naseby, a decisive engagement of the English Civil War, was fought between the Royalist army of King Charles I and the Parliamentarian New Model Army.
On the 7th June 1628, the Petition of Right was approved by King Charles I.
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2017