On the 12th June 1942, Anne Frank received a diary as a thirteenth birthday present from her father.
27th April 1906: The Russian Empire’s State Duma meets for the first time
27th April 2017
On the 25th March 1957 the Treaty of Rome, which laid the foundations for the European Economic Community, was signed by Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and West Germany.
By the start of the 17th century merchants from the Dutch Republic had begun to undertake voyages to the ‘Spice Islands’ of the Indian Ocean.
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 29th November 1781, the crew of the slave ship Zong threw the first of at least 132 African slaves overboard in a massacre intended to allow them to cash in their insurance policy.
The Treaty of London was signed, which recognised and guaranteed the independence and neutrality of Belgium.
On the 22nd March 1621, Dutch legal scholar Hugo Grotius – also known as Hugo de Groot – escaped imprisonment in Loevestein Castle concealed inside a book chest.
6th October 1683: Germantown founded in the Pennsylvania Colony
6th October 2018
22nd October 1797: The first high altitude parachute descent
22nd October 2018
16th November 1945: Foundation of UNESCO
16th November 2018
14th November 1990: Margaret Thatcher faces leadership challenge
14th November 2018
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2017