Delving into the Intriguing Stories of British History: Kings, Queens, and Revolutions
Delving into the Intriguing Stories of British History: Kings, Queens, and Revolutions
The European Football Championship will take place in Germany next summer, in anticipation the British Foreign Office has issued a dire warning. However, the warning is not because of the cars that, from a British perspective, drive on the wrong side of the road, at great speed. Nor because of the expected high temperatures and […]
4th August 1914 - Germany declared war on Belgium 1914 - Britain declared war on Germany. 1914 - The US declared neutrality. A woman gives flowers to a German soldier leaving for the front, Berlin, August 1914 pic.twitter.com/AbpfIdFCN9— History In Pictures (@HistoryInPics) August 5, 2014 1944 - Anne Frank was arrested in Amsterdam by German Security Police […]
20th June 451 – Flavius Aetius' defeated Attila the Hun. 1214 – The University of Oxford received its charter. 1631 – The Irish village of Baltimore was attacked by Algerian pirates. 1685 – James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth declared himself King of England at Bridgwater. 1756 – A British garrison was imprisoned in the […]
10th June 1184 BC – The city of Troy was sacked and burned. 1509 – Henry VIII of England married Catherine of Aragon. 1692 - Salem Village. Bridget Bishop, the first colonist tried in the Salem witch trials, was hanged after being found guilty of the practice of witchcraft. (In 1956 the Massachusetts General Court […]