The first traveller’s cheques, in the form of a ‘circular note’ issued by a bank, went on sale in London.
16th March 1190: The Jewish population of York massacred in a pogrom
16th March 2020
Gibbon’s six volume history traces the collapse of the Roman Empire from the rule of the Five Good Emperors until the end of Byzantium.
3rd August 1492: Christopher Columbus sets sail from Spain
3rd August 2020
1st August 1981: Cable music television channel MTV is launched
1st August 2020
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2019
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018