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History
Welcome To History where the past is explained.If you are looking for information about your family tree try our Genealogy section.
I have in my hand a peice of paper.....Right oh! Neville Chamberlain regarding the Munich agreement....you know the rest.
Probably the greatest fight in history, the Thrilla in Manilla took place. Ali and Frazier fought each other to a standstill in 15 rounds of brutality. Ali only won because his team were slightly... ...
The first first Police force was founded by Robert Peel. Giving rise instantly to 2 nicknames for Policemen, Peelers and Bobbies. Fun fact their first HQ was 4 Whitehall place, the rear of which... ...
The first passengers of the first train pulled by George Stephenson's "Locomotion no 1" travelled between Stockton and Darlington. I remember it well from history at school.
Battle of Stamford Bridge: English army under King Harold II defeat invading Norwegians led by King Harald Hardrada and Harold's brother Tostig, who were both killed.
Neptune was first observed by Johann Galle. The presence of which had previously been mathematically predicted by Cornishman John Couch Adams who was interested in the irregularities in the motion... ...
I worked on the AB project back in the day and I would like to know the name of the original web design outfit in London who designed the site
23 june 2016 Britain made the biggest mistake ever, by leaving the European Union.
Scotland rejected "independence" in a once in a generation referendum.
WW1 is commonly described as 1914 to 1918, but on our local war memorial it is shown as 1914 to 1919. Why might this be?
The mayflower departs from Plymouth with the first colonists heading for the new world. Plymouth Massachusetts founded on arrival.
The religion of peace murdered 3000 people in New York and many others in several attacks across the US effectively starting "The war on Terror"....
Guiseppe Garibaldi entered Naples and declared himself "Dictator of the two Sicilies" - and we got the squashed fly biscuit!...
The legend that is Farrokh Bulsara was born in Zanzibar. We will rock you Freddie!
The son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, Richard I (The Lion Heart) was crowned in Westminster. Ironically he spent a grand total of 6 months in England!
The great fire of London started in a bakery in Pudding Lane.
The Julian calendar was replaced by the Gregorian Calendar. Pope Gregory XIII had calculated that we were in fact wrong with having a leap year every 4 years and instead proposed that adding a day...
The Japanese surrendered aboard the USS Missouri bringing WWII to an end....
Germany invaded Poland, effectively starting WWII. Though it really became inevitable from around 1933 by the inaction of the west. Britain and France were infected with a Liberal pacifist desire for...
The Titanic was found. There were two skeletons on the bow with their arms outstretched :)
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