Historical men and women

On 27th December 1831 HMS Beagle, a naval sloop that that had been converted to a brig by the addition of an extra mast, set sail from...

26th September 1513 was the day on which a European first set eyes on the Pacific Ocean, as far as is known. This was Vasco Núñez de B...

On 26 th February 1815 Napoleon Bonaparte escaped from his exile on the island of Elba and began his “100 days” revival that would e...

Pre-Revolutionary Russia was ruled by a long series of Tsars who were often intriguing characters who did remarkable things. During t...

25 th January 1947 was the day on which Al Capone died at the age of 48, from a stroke complicated by pneumonia and syphilis. He...

“On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life” may not sou...

24 th March 1603 was the day on which Queen Elizabeth I died. It was therefore also the day on which the crowns of England and Scotl...