The Brunner Mond chemical factory had been built in 1893 to manufacture caustic soda and soda crystals.
20th July 1807: The world’s first internal combustion engine is patented in France
20th July 2019
American inventor Samuel Colt received the first government order for his revolver firearms from Captain Samuel Walker of the Texas Rangers.
On the 10th April 1858 Big Ben – the bell inside the clocktower at the Palace of Westminster in Britain – was cast.
On the 1st October 1928, the Soviet Union introduced Joseph Stalin’s first five-year plan.
On the 27th September 1908, the first Model T Ford automobile rolled out of the Piquette Avenue factory in Detroit.
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
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