The Pig War border confrontation began when Lyman Cutlar shot a British-owned pig on San Juan Island.
11th March 1702: First edition of the Daily Courant, the first daily English-language newspaper
11th March 2019
On the 8th June 1972 one of the most iconic photographs of the Vietnam War was taken of Phan Thị Kim Phúc, a nine-year-old girl from the South Vietnamese village of Trang Bang.
On the 23rd May 1915, Italy entered the First World War on the side of the Triple Entente and declared war on Austria-Hungary.
On 29th April 1975, America began Operation Frequent Wind – the evacuation of over 1,000 American civilians and a further 6,000 “at-risk” Vietnamese from Saigon.
On the 27th April 1509, Pope Julius II excommunicated the entire republic of Venice.
The Canadian Corps successfully captured Vimy Ridge in the First World War.
On the 2nd April 1982, the Falklands War began when Argentina launched an amphibious invasion of the Falkland Islands.
On the 29th March 1973, the last American troops withdrew from South Vietnam.
The last invasion of Britain by a hostile foreign force began when French troops under the command of the Irish-American Colonel William Tate landed near the Welsh town of Fishguard.
Port Arthur was a fortified naval base in the south of Manchuria that had been leased to Russia since 1898.
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018