Do you know the story of Ignatius Sancho?
Ignatius was born on slave ship crossing the Atlantic Ocean, his mother died not long after in the Spanish colony of New Granada, while his father took his own life rather than live as a slave. His…
Was the Hanseatic League the forerunner to the EU?
When did it start? Would you believe that it started as early as the 12th Century when a group of Northern European medieval towns decided to trade between themselves. So, isn’t it interesting that…
The Galileo Affair
Galileo Galilei was an unknown, north Italian professor of mathematics, a lover of good wines with a razor-sharp wit until 1609, when he got a telescope. It changed his and our lives for ever. He…
The Moscow Fire
It was started on 14th September 1812, curiously the Fire of Moscow startedjust before Napoleon’s troops reached the city. The 1812 Fire of Moscow broke out on 14 September 1812, when Russian troops and most…
The Great Seal of Office
The “Great Seal” signifies that a document carries the force of the will of the Monarch. Interestingly, on December 11th 1688, while attempting to flee to France, James II threw his Great Seal into the…
What was the worst storm in Britain?
When asked this question most people say that the storm in 1953 was the worst peacetime weather disaster. It was one that claimed 307 lives in England and devastated parts of East Anglia.. However, the…
The Gunpowder Plot – a fool proof plan that wasn’t!
Let’s make history fun, this was a plan that the conspirators, pictured above, thought was fool proof, unfortunately it wasn’t! The Church of Egland had been formed 80 years before, but the conspirators were not…
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