The public saw the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel for the first time when Pope Julius II celebrated All Saints Day mass.
10th June 1924: Italian politician Matteotti kidnapped and murdered by Fascists
10th June 2017
On the 13th October AD 54, the Roman Emperor Claudius died, supposedly after being poisoned.
Octavian defeated the combined forces of Marc Anthony and Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium.
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.
Nero, the last Roman emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, committed suicide.
On the 21st April 753 BC, the ancient city of Rome was founded.
Pope Julius II laid the cornerstone of the current St. Peter’s Basilica, one of Catholicism’s most sacred buildings.
On the 15th March 44BCE, Roman dictator Julius Caesar was stabbed to death near to the Theatre of Pompey in Rome.
On the 24th January 41 CE, Caligula became the first Roman Emperor to be assassinated.
The Battle of Monte Cassino began when Allied forces launched the first of four attacks against the Gustav Line in Italy.
16th December 1914: German Navy attack Scarborough
16th December 2018
14th December 1911: Roald Amundsen reaches the South Pole
14th December 2018
13th December 902: Æthelwold’s revolt against Edward the Elder is defeated
13th December 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