The Persian poet and philosopher Nasir Khusraw began a seven-year journey through the Islamic world that he recorded in the Safarnama.
12th July 1561: The consecration of Saint Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow
12th July 2019
The first Orient Express train, known at the time as Express d’Orient, departed Paris.
The first traveller’s cheques, in the form of a ‘circular note’ issued by a bank, went on sale in London.
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018