On the 27th November 1095, Pope Urban II launched the First Crusade with an impassioned speech at the Council of Clermont.
4th September 1882: Thomas Edison opens the world’s first power plant on Pearl Street in New York
4th September 2018
On the 5th November 1605, the Gunpowder Plot was foiled when Guy or Guido Fawkes was discovered guarding 36 barrels of gunpowder that had been placed in an undercroft below the House of Lords in London.
On the 4th October 1582, Pope Gregory XIII implemented the Gregorian calendar.
On 2nd October 1187, the Siege of Jerusalem came to an end when Saladin captured the city from the crusaders who had ruled the city since 1099.
On the 16th September 1978, filming began on Monty Python’s Life of Brian.
The Adi Granth, the original holy scripture of Sikhism now known as Guru Granth Sahib, was first installed at the Harmandir Sahib Golden Temple.
The Islamic calendar was dated to start with the first new moon after the Prophet Muhammad and his followers migrated to Medina.ituals.
On the 15th July 1834 the Tribunal of the Holy Office of the Inquisition, otherwise known as the Spanish Inquisition, was disbanded.
Moscow’s Trinity Church, later renamed Cathedral of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos on the Moat and better known as Saint Basil’s Cathedral, was consecrated.
Born Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti, Pius IX’s election by the Papal conclave of 1846 came at a time of significant political unrest across Europe.
7th December 1941: Attack on Pearl Harbor
7th December 2019
5th December 1934: Wal-Wal Incident between Italy and Abyssinia
5th December 2019
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018