The first traveller’s cheques, in the form of a ‘circular note’ issued by a bank, went on sale in London.
24th July 1911: Machu Picchu ‘rediscovered’ by US explorer Hiram Bingham III
24th July 2019
The Persian poet and philosopher Nasir Khusraw began a seven-year journey through the Islamic world that he recorded in the Safarnama.
The first Orient Express train, known at the time as Express d’Orient, departed Paris.
18th January 1871: Wilhelm I declared German Emperor
18th January 2020
16th January 27 BCE: Octavian becomes Augustus, Roman Emperor
16th January 2020
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018