Charles VI of France danced in the Bal des Ardents in which four people died after their costumes caught fire.
6th September 1522: Victoria becomes the first ship to circumnavigate the world
6th September 2018
The Peshtigo Fire killed up to 2,500 people in the deadliest wildfire in recorded history.
The Globe Theatre in London burned to the ground during a performance of Henry VIII.
The worst fire in the history of the London Underground killed 31 people at Kings Cross St Pancras station.
Beginning at a bakery in Pudding Lane, the catastrophic fire blazed for more than three days and destroyed over 13,000 houses, churches and government buildings.
The 999 service was launched in London on 30 June 1937, and initially covered a 12 mile radius from Oxford Street.
The Jaffna Public Library in Sri Lanka was burnt down during a violent rampage by an organised mob of ethnic Sinhalese.
10th September 1991: Nirvana release ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’
10th September 2020
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2020
28th January 1393: Charles VI of France and the Bal des Ardents
28th January 2021
27th January 1945: Auschwitz-Birkenau liberated by Soviet forces
27th January 2021
25th January 1890: Nellie Bly circumnavigates the world in 72 days
25th 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