The Portuguese royal family and more than 10,000 courtiers relocated to Brazil to escape the advancing Napoleonic forces.
21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow
21st June 2019
28th November 1520: Ferdinand Magellan leads the first European fleet into the Pacific Ocean from the Atlantic as part of his planned circumnavigation of the globe
- 28th November 2021
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The channel they found through the South American landmass was named the Strait of All Saints, but is now known as the Strait of Magellan.
European and Japanese naval forces fought for the first time at the Battle of Fukuda Bay.
The ship Victoria returned to Spain as the only survivor of Ferdinand Magellan’s fleet that circumnavigated the globe.
On the 9th March 1841, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that captive Africans who had seized control of the Amistad ship had been taken into slavery illegally and were therefore free under American law.
On the 28th November 1520, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan led the first European ships from the Atlantic Ocean into the Pacific as part of his planned circumnavigation of the earth.
The 23rd June has, historically, seen many events regarding Britain’s relationship with other countries and so I thought I’d put together this HistoryPod Extra to share some with you.
HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich
28th June 2015
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2022
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2022
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018