British naval ships attacked the French Navy at Mers-el-Kébir in Algeria during the Second World War.
11th March 1702: First edition of the Daily Courant, the first daily English-language newspaper
11th March 2019
The German gunboat SMS Panther was sent to the Moroccan port of Agadir, sparking the Second Moroccan Crisis.
The 28th June saw both the trigger and the definitive end of the First World War.
The International Olympic Committee was founded at the Sorbonne in Paris.
On the 20th June 1789 at Versailles in France, the National Assembly swore the Tennis Court Oath in which they vowed not to separate until a written constitution had been established for the country.
On the 18th June 1815, Napoleon was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo.
The Arab Revolt began fully on June 10th 1916 when Grand Sharif Hussein bin Ali, the guardian of the holy city of Mecca, ordered his troops to attack the Ottoman Caliphate’s garrison in the city.
In 1518 the English Cardinal Wolsey had negotiated the Treaty of London, a non-aggression pact that was signed by the twenty major European powers of the time.
The 6th June 1944 saw the largest seaborne invasion in history, when the Allied forces of the Second World War launched Operation Neptune – more commonly known as the D-Day landings.
The first Orient Express train, known at the time as Express d’Orient, departed Paris.
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018