Category: Events

    1429  Henry VI crowned King of England. 1656  Death of King John V of Portugal. 1860  Abraham Lincoln elected President of US. 1924  Stanley Baldwin elected Prime Minister of Great Britain.  ...

    1605  The “Gunpowder Plot” to blow up Houses of Parliament in London is uncovered. 1854  Battle of Inkerman in Crimean War. 1912  Woodrow Wilson elected President of US. 1919  Rudolph Valentino marries...

    1843  Nelson’s Column in Trafalgar Square is completed. 1921  Japanese Prime Minister Takashi Hara Kei is assassinated. 1939  President Roosevelt signs amendment to the Neutrality Act. 1946  UNESCO is established. 1980  Ronald...

    1706  The town of Abruzzi in Italy is destroyed by an earthquake. 1868  Ulysses S Grant elected president of US. 1870  The photographing of prisoners in England and Wales is made compulsory....

    Howard Hughes’ $25,000,000 plywood flying boat  took to the air and flew at 70 feet for a mile during its first taxi tests in Los Angeles-Long Beach Harbour. Hughes was at the...

    1517  Martin Luther nails his 95 theses to the church door at Wittenberg. 1864  Nevada becomes the 36th state of the Union. 1940  The Battle of Britain ends with RAF losses of...