Arthur Guinness signed a 9,000 year lease for the derelict St. James’s Gate Brewery in Dublin.
22nd November 1718: The pirate Blackbeard killed by sailors under Robert Maynard
22nd November 2017
On the 21st May 1927, Charles Lindbergh became the first person to make a solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic when he flew 3,600 miles from New York to Paris.
The Easter Rising began in Dublin, with the aim of securing an independent Irish Republic.
On the 17th March 1766, the first recorded St Patrick’s Day parade took place…in New York.
On the 15th February 1971, the United Kingdom and Ireland abandoned their old currency of pounds, shillings and pence and introduced a decimalised system.
On the 13th February 1689, William and Mary became co-regents of the Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland after agreeing to the Declaration of Right.
On June 11th 1837, the Broad Street Riot broke out in Boston, Massachusetts, between Irish immigrants and existing American citizens known as Yankees.
On the 7th June 1628, the Petition of Right was approved by King Charles I.
On the 26th May 1897, Bram Stoker’s Gothic horror novel Dracula was first published.
Colonel Thomas Blood attempted to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.
23rd January 1556: Most destructive earthquake on record in Shaanxi
23rd January 2019
22nd January 1808: Portuguese royal court relocates to Brazil
22nd January 2019
21st January 1793: Louis XVI executed for high treason
21st January 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