The Jewish population of Basel were massacred amidst accusations that they were responsible for causing the Black Death.
20th July 1807: The world’s first internal combustion engine is patented in France
20th July 2019
On the 24th May 1956, the first Eurovision Song Contest took place in Lugano, Switzerland.
Vladimir Lenin arrived in Russia after a decade of self-imposed exile.
24th January 41 CE: Emperor Caligula killed by the Praetorian Guard
24th January 2020
22nd January 1905: Bloody Sunday massacre in Saint Petersburg
22nd January 2020
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018