On September 12th 1919, Adolf Hitler officially joined the German Workers’ Party (DAP).
10th November 1871: Henry Morton Stanley locates Dr David Livingstone in Africa
10th November 2017
On the 23rd July 1914, Austria-Hungary issued an ultimatum to Serbia specifically designed to be rejected and lead to war between the two countries.
On the 15th July 1834 the Tribunal of the Holy Office of the Inquisition, otherwise known as the Spanish Inquisition, was disbanded.
France agreed to sell 828,000 square miles of territory that stretched from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains, and which doubled the size of the United States.
The Russian Empire’s State Duma met for the first time at the Taurida Palace in St. Petersburg.
Duke Wilhelm IV of Bavaria signed the Reinheitsgebot, a law to ensure the purity of beer that specified a limited number of ingredients.
A referendum in South Africa resulted in white South Africans voting to end apartheid.
On the 4th March 1789, the United States constitution went into effect when the first US Congress met.
Massachusetts Governor Elbridge Gerry signed a bill that redrew electoral boundaries in the first example of ‘gerrymandering’.
On the 8th February 1587 Mary Stuart, more commonly known as Mary, Queen of Scots, was executed in the great hall of Fotheringhay Castle in Northamptonshire.
20th September 1066: Harald Hardrada wins Battle of Fulford
20th September 2019
19th September 1879: The Blackpool Illuminations turned on for the first time
19th September 2019
18th September 1931: Manchurian Crisis begins after Japanese bomb
18th September 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
