The Peloponnesian League, led by Sparta, defeated Athens in the Peloponnesian War.
20th July 1807: The world’s first internal combustion engine is patented in France
20th July 2019
The International Olympic Committee was founded at the Sorbonne in Paris.
On the 29th May 1453 the troops of the Ottoman Empire under Sultan Mehmed II successfully took control of Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire.
On the 17th May 1902, an ancient analogue computer known as the Antikythera mechanism was first identified by Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais.
On the 6th April 1896, the first modern Olympic Games opened in Athens.
24th January 41 CE: Emperor Caligula killed by the Praetorian Guard
24th January 2020
22nd January 1905: Bloody Sunday massacre in Saint Petersburg
22nd January 2020
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018