1184 BC History The Trojan War Apr-24
216 BC History The Battle of Cannae Aug-02
49 BC History Julius Caesar Crossing the Rubicon Jan-10
AD 40 History Romans Gnaeus Julius Agricola Jun-13
AD 70 History End of siege and destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70 Aug-30
395 History Constantinople May 28/29
672 History Venerable Bede May-26
878 History Battle of Eddington (Alfred the Great) May-12
1066 History William the conqueror Sep-28
1173 History/building The leaning Tower of Pisa Aug-09
1192 History Richard the Lionheart Sep-21
1215 History Magna Carta Jun-15
1300's History The Haxey Hood (Origin of annual event) Jan-06
1301 History Llywelyn, Prince of Wales. Feb-07
1327 History Edward III Feb-01
1328 History William of Ockham May-25
1336 History Francesco Petrarch Apr-26
1350 Peasants Revolt Jun-10
1415 History Battle of Agincourt Oct-25
1491 History King Henry VIII Jun-28
1494 History Christopher Columbus May-03
1498 History Vasco da Gama India May-22
1514 History Lighthouses May-20
1533 History William the Silent Apr-16
1572 History St Bartholomew's Eve Aug-23
1581 History Francis Drake Apr-04
1588 History Sir Francis Drake May-18
1621 History Prague Old Town Square Executions Jun-21
1642 History Exploration (Navigation) Abel Janszoon Tasman - Discovery of New Zealand Dec-13
1644 History John Milton Nov-23
1655 History Robert Blake Apr-28
1657 History Oliver Cromwell Apr-13
1662 History The Act of Uniformity May-19
1671 History The Crown Jewels Theft May-09
1689 History The glorious revolution Apr-21
1692 History Port Royal Jun-07
1699 History Alexander Cruden (Cruden's concordance) May-31
1700's History George I Jul-19
1731 History Daniel Defoe Apr-24
1750 History Earthquakes Feb-08
1752 Calendar/time The Julian Calendar Sep-14
1755 History First English dictionary (Samuel Johnson) Apr-15
1759 History John Jeffrey's Game Sep-14
1759 History Burns night/Robert Burns Jan-25
1778 History French philosopher, Voltaire May-30
1797 History The Last Invasion Feb-22
1792 History George Vancouver May-19
1812 History Spencer Percival May-11
1819 History Peterloo Massacre Aug-16
1820 History Abram Lyle Dec-14
1821 History Napoleon Boneparte May-05
1822 History Charles Babbage's Logarithm machine invention Jun-14
1823 History St. Kilda May-13
1830 History Swing Riots Nov-22
1855 History David Livingstone Nov-16
1857 History Fog in London Dec-07
1858 History Wedding of Victoria the Princess Royal Jan-25
1869 History The Cutty Sark Nov-23
1899 History Siege of Ladysmith Nov-02
1901 History The Greek language Nov-08
1902 History Technology Technological Discoveries from ancient Greece May-17
1904 History Exploration Henry Morton Stanley May-10
1926 History Birth of Queen Elizabeth II Apr-21
1929 History Stalin and the Kulaks Dec-27
1927 History/Aviation Charles “Slim” Lindbergh May-20
1937 History Hindenburg Disaster May-06
1937 History King George VI May-12
1940 History The Luftwaffe Sep-07
See World War II for more lessons
1956 History/Aviation Raymond Martin Jun-05
1957 English Mary Ingalls Wilder Feb-07
1959 History Thomas Babbington Macaulay Dec-28
1959 History William J. Rankin Jul-26
1961 History Exploration USS Trident May-10
1982 History Falklands war Jun-14
1982 Naval History Mary Rose Oct-11
1989 History China freedom of Speech Tiananmen Square Jun-05
1990 History Fall of the Berlin Wall Apr-29
216 BC History The Battle of Cannae Aug-02
49 BC History Julius Caesar Crossing the Rubicon Jan-10
AD 40 History Romans Gnaeus Julius Agricola Jun-13
AD 70 History End of siege and destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70 Aug-30
395 History Constantinople May 28/29
672 History Venerable Bede May-26
878 History Battle of Eddington (Alfred the Great) May-12
1066 History William the conqueror Sep-28
1173 History/building The leaning Tower of Pisa Aug-09
1192 History Richard the Lionheart Sep-21
1215 History Magna Carta Jun-15
1300's History The Haxey Hood (Origin of annual event) Jan-06
1301 History Llywelyn, Prince of Wales. Feb-07
1327 History Edward III Feb-01
1328 History William of Ockham May-25
1336 History Francesco Petrarch Apr-26
1350 Peasants Revolt Jun-10
1415 History Battle of Agincourt Oct-25
1491 History King Henry VIII Jun-28
1494 History Christopher Columbus May-03
1498 History Vasco da Gama India May-22
1514 History Lighthouses May-20
1533 History William the Silent Apr-16
1572 History St Bartholomew's Eve Aug-23
1581 History Francis Drake Apr-04
1588 History Sir Francis Drake May-18
1621 History Prague Old Town Square Executions Jun-21
1642 History Exploration (Navigation) Abel Janszoon Tasman - Discovery of New Zealand Dec-13
1644 History John Milton Nov-23
1655 History Robert Blake Apr-28
1657 History Oliver Cromwell Apr-13
1662 History The Act of Uniformity May-19
1671 History The Crown Jewels Theft May-09
1689 History The glorious revolution Apr-21
1692 History Port Royal Jun-07
1699 History Alexander Cruden (Cruden's concordance) May-31
1700's History George I Jul-19
1731 History Daniel Defoe Apr-24
1750 History Earthquakes Feb-08
1752 Calendar/time The Julian Calendar Sep-14
1755 History First English dictionary (Samuel Johnson) Apr-15
1759 History John Jeffrey's Game Sep-14
1759 History Burns night/Robert Burns Jan-25
1778 History French philosopher, Voltaire May-30
1797 History The Last Invasion Feb-22
1792 History George Vancouver May-19
1812 History Spencer Percival May-11
1819 History Peterloo Massacre Aug-16
1820 History Abram Lyle Dec-14
1821 History Napoleon Boneparte May-05
1822 History Charles Babbage's Logarithm machine invention Jun-14
1823 History St. Kilda May-13
1830 History Swing Riots Nov-22
1855 History David Livingstone Nov-16
1857 History Fog in London Dec-07
1858 History Wedding of Victoria the Princess Royal Jan-25
1869 History The Cutty Sark Nov-23
1899 History Siege of Ladysmith Nov-02
1901 History The Greek language Nov-08
1902 History Technology Technological Discoveries from ancient Greece May-17
1904 History Exploration Henry Morton Stanley May-10
1926 History Birth of Queen Elizabeth II Apr-21
1929 History Stalin and the Kulaks Dec-27
1927 History/Aviation Charles “Slim” Lindbergh May-20
1937 History Hindenburg Disaster May-06
1937 History King George VI May-12
1940 History The Luftwaffe Sep-07
See World War II for more lessons
1956 History/Aviation Raymond Martin Jun-05
1957 English Mary Ingalls Wilder Feb-07
1959 History Thomas Babbington Macaulay Dec-28
1959 History William J. Rankin Jul-26
1961 History Exploration USS Trident May-10
1982 History Falklands war Jun-14
1982 Naval History Mary Rose Oct-11
1989 History China freedom of Speech Tiananmen Square Jun-05
1990 History Fall of the Berlin Wall Apr-29
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Cuneiform writing 1 Apr-11