Months Past

The last woman hanged in Britain was executed on 13 July 1955.

A rebellion erupted on the Russian battleship Potemkin on 14 June 1905.

A mutual defence treaty between Communist states was signed on 14 May 1955.

A Dictionary of the English Language was first published on 15 April 1755.

Tamerlane, or Timur, one of history's most brutal butchers, died on 18 February 1405.

The meetings of the Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire were held on 2 February 1555.

The Founding Father was born on 11 January 1755.

About 200 people died and 800 were wounded during the march led by Father George Gapon on 22 January 1905.

Claudius died on 13 October AD 54. Roman opinion was convinced that Agrippina had poisoned him.

The grandson of William the Conqueror died on 25 October 1154.