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15th October 1764: Edward Gibbon first considers The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

  • 15th October 2022
  • Tagged as: Byzantine Empire, Edward Gibbon, Empire, Grand Tour, Machiavelli, Roman Empire, Rome, Temple of Jupiter

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.

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1st January 1772: First traveller’s cheques, known as “circular notes”, put on sale

  • 1st January 2022
  • Tagged as: American Express, Currency, Economy, Europe, Finance, Grand Tour, London, Travel

The first traveller’s cheques, in the form of a ‘circular note’ issued by a bank, went on sale in London.

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21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

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11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

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2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

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29th March 1974: Discovery of the Terracotta Army in Xi’an, China

29th March 2023

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28th March 1942: Operation Chariot and the St. Nazaire raid by British forces in WW2

28th March 2023

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27th March 1915: Typhoid Mary placed in permanent quarantine in New York

27th March 2023

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28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

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11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

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1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

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8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

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