Britain’s First Female Doctor
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson passed her medical exams on 28 September 1865.
Months Past
Discovery of the Lascaux Cave Paintings
The Paleolithic illustrations were found on 12 September 1940.
The Jacobite standard raised at Braemar
The Stuart banner was raised on 6 September 1715.
Leon Trotsky assassinated in Mexico
The man born Lev Bronstein was attacked on August 20th, 1940. He died the following day.
The premiere of Tristan und Isolde
Wagner's opera was first performed in Munich on June 10th, 1865.
James Gillray dies in London
The artist died on June 1st, 1815.
Genghis Khan takes Beijing
The great conqueror took the Chinese city on June 1st, 1215.
Death of Sir Geoffrey de Havilland
The aviation pioneer died on May 21st, 1965.
The Death of John Wilkes Booth
The man who killed Abraham Lincoln was shot dead on 26 April, 1865.
The Eruption of Mount Tambora
Possibly the most destructive volcanic eruption of all time occurred on 10 April 1815.