The Antarctic Treaty came into force, 1961
On the 15th October 1959 representatives of the twelve countries met in Washington D.C. to negotiate a treaty regarding the future of Antarctica. The twelve nations – Argentina, Australia, Belgium,…
Caribbean immigrants arrive on the Empire Windrush, 1948
The Second World War had left the United Kingdom with a labour shortage, just when it needed as many workers as possible for the task of reconstruction. To alleviate this…
Mechanical reaper patented, 1834
In the early nineteenth-century, a Virginian called Robert Hall McCormick spent his time developing various inventions on his farm in Rockbridge County. In 1831, he passed the development of one…
Münster Rebellion ended,1535
In the sixteenth century a number of increasingly vocal critics of the practices and beliefs of the Catholic church emerged. These criticisms, taken as a whole, became known as the…
The Antarctic Treaty came into force, 1961
On the 15th October 1959 representatives of the twelve countries met in Washington D.C. to negotiate a treaty regarding the future of Antarctica. The twelve nations – Argentina, Australia, Belgium,…
Caribbean immigrants arrive on the Empire Windrush, 1948
The Second World War had left the United Kingdom with a labour shortage, just when it needed as many workers as possible for the task of reconstruction. To alleviate this…
First doctorate conferred on a woman, 1678
On 25th June 1678, the University of Padua conferred the first ever doctorate on a woman: Lady Elena Lucrezia Cornaro-Piscopia. She was born in the Palazzo Loredano, Venice, on 5th…
First electronic Automatic Teller Machine installed, 1967
In 1939 the Armenian-American inventor Luther George Simjian came up with the idea of a automated mechanical cash dispenser for banks. He registered twenty payments for his invention and finally…
First Victoria Crosses presented, 1857
During the state opening of Parliament in 1854 Queen Victoria praised her forces currently engaged in the Crimean War leading Capt. G.T. Scobell, M.P, to suggest… […] that an humble…
Battle of Berestechko begins, 1651
In the mid-seventeenth century, one of the largest and most populace states in Europe was the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (also known by the rather delightful name ‘Most Serene Commonwealth of the…