The secret Sykes-Picot Agreement between Britain and France, formally known as the Asia Minor Agreement, was ratified.
11th March 1702: First edition of the Daily Courant, the first daily English-language newspaper
11th March 2019
On the 11th May 1997, the IBM computer Deep Blue became the first computer to defeat a reigning world chess champion under tournament conditions when it beat Garry Kasparov 3½-2½ over six matches.
The Crimean War began in October 1853, having been triggered by disagreements between Russia and the Ottoman Empire regarding Russia’s right to protect the Orthodox Christian minority in the Ottoman-controlled Holy Land.
On the 13th March 1881, Tsar Alexander II of Russia was assassinated in a St Petersburg street by a member of the People’s Will revolutionary movement.
Tsar Alexander II of Russia signed the Emancipation Manifesto.
The Romanov dynasty began after Michael Romanov was elected Tsar of Russia by the Zemsky Sobor national assembly.
Port Arthur was a fortified naval base in the south of Manchuria that had been leased to Russia since 1898.
On the 22nd January 1905, the Bloody Sunday massacre took place in the Russian capital Saint Petersburg.
On the 7th November 1917, Red Guards entered the Winter Palace in St Petersburg in a defining event of the Bolshevik Revolution.
On the 3rd November 1957, Laika the dog became the first animal to enter orbit around the Earth when she was launched into space on board the Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 2.
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018