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29th June 1613: The Globe Theatre in London burns to the ground

29th June 2025
Tagged as: Culture, England, Fire, London, Renaissance, Restoration, Shakespeare, Theatre

The Globe Theatre in London burned to the ground during a performance of Henry VIII.

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8th December 1660: The first woman appears on a professional stage in England in Othello

8th December 2024
Tagged as: Charles II, Culture, Drama, Equality, Gender, Restoration, Shakespeare, Theatre, Women

Theatre in England had been banned by the Puritan Long Parliament in 1642 but, following the restoration of the monarchy under Charles II, the ban was lifted.

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17th November 1558: Queen Elizabeth I’s reign begins after the death of Mary I

17th November 2019
Tagged as: Armada, Catholicism, Elizabeth I, Elizabethan, England, Henry VIII, James I and VI, Monarchy, Parliament, Protes, Shakespeare, Spain

On the 17^th November 1558, Elizabeth I succeeded her half-sister Mary to become queen of England.

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29th June 1613: The Globe Theatre in London burns to the ground

8th December 1660: The first woman appears on a professional stage in England in Othello

17th November 1558: Queen Elizabeth I’s reign begins after the death of Mary I

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21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

5th September 1698: Peter the Great of Russia imposes a tax on beards

4th September 476: End of the Western Roman Empire when Romulus Augustulus is overthrown by the barbarian general Odoacer

3rd September 1260: Battle of Ain Jalut allows the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt to permanently halt the Mongol advance

1st September 1604: The Sikh Adi Granth first installed at the Golden Temple

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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