The first traveller’s cheques, in the form of a ‘circular note’ issued by a bank, went on sale in London.
6th November 1860: Abraham Lincoln elected as the 16th President of the USA
6th November 2017
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.
13th September 1501: Michelangelo begins work on his statue of David
13th September 2019
12th September 1919: Hitler joins the German Workers Party
12th September 2019
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2017
