The Peshtigo Fire killed up to 2,500 people in the deadliest wildfire in recorded history.
29th July 1588: Decisive Battle of Gravelines during the Spanish Armada
29th July 2018
The most intense hurricane to ever make landfall struck the United States.
The 24th August AD 79 is traditionally believed to have been the eruption of Mount Vesuvius that wiped out numerous Roman settlements including Pompeii and Herculaneum.
In the medieval period the Netherlands, whose name literally means ‘lower countries’, consisted of large areas of boggy land around the winding estuaries of three of the largest rivers in Europe.
On the 23rd January 1556, the deadliest earthquake ever recorded hit the Chinese province of Shaanxi (pronounced Shensi) and surrounding areas.
18th January 1919: The Paris Peace Conference begins
18th January 2021
17th January 1991: Gulf War combat begins with Operation Desert Storm
17th January 2021
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2020
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2019