One Election Too Many
The Representation of the People Act, which received royal assent on 30 July 1948, abolished university constituencies.
Months Past
The Liberator’s Saviour is ‘Buried’
154 years after her death, Manuela Sáenz was given a state burial on 5 July 2010.
The Film Churchill Tried to Kill
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp premiered on 10 June 1943.
The End of a European Union
The Kalmar Union between Denmark, Norway and Sweden came to an end on 6 June 1523.
Theodore’s Mercy Mission
Theodore left Rome for Canterbury on 27 May 668.
First in Her Field (Work)
The pioneering archaeologist and Oxbridge’s first woman professor, Dorothy Garrod was elected to the Chair of Archaeology on 6 May 1939.
The Invention of the ‘Secchi depth’
Father Secchi demonstrated his water quality disk to the pope on 20 April 1865.
The Combat of the Thirty
A chivalric form of planned battle took place on 26 March 1351.
The Cato Street Conspiracy Unravels
The conspirators who planned to assassinate the Prime Minister and his Cabinet were arrested on 23 February 1820.
Defeat of the Dutch Fleet
On 23 January 1795, William of Orange's fleet, stuck in frozen waters of the Zuiderzee, was attacked by the French cavalry.