April 24, 1916 — The Easter Rising commences
In 1916, with the hated English overlords distracted by the First World War, a group of Irish revolutionaries decided that...
November 9, 2019
Politics & War
June 29, 1916 — Roger Casement is sentenced to death for treason
Sir Roger Casement was still a young man when he toured colonial Africa and South America in the early years...
October 29, 2019
September 17, 1916 — Manfred von Richthofen makes his first kill as a pilot
Manfred von Richtofen won his first aerial combat with Jasta 2 in the skies over Cambrai, France, on 17 September,...
October 19, 2019
December 16, 1916 — Rasputin is murdered
Rasputin is one of the legends of the Twentieth Century. He was definitely real, but has been imputed with supernatural...
October 14, 2019
July 11, 1917 — The Battle of Passchendaele commences
Also known as the third Battle of Ypres, the Battle of Passchendaele was an attempt to capture the strategically important...
October 9, 2019
October 31, 1917 — Turkish lines are broken at Beersheba
By 1917, British and Commonwealth forces under General Allenby were slowly progressing northward through Turkish-occupied Palestine, but the advance stalled...
October 4, 2019
July 18, 1918 — Nelson Mandela born
One of the greatest political figures of the Twentieth Century, Nelson Mandela was born in the village of Mvezo, in...
September 24, 2019
January 19, 1920 — Construction of the permanent Cenotaph in London begins
Edwin Lutyens was one of the greatest British architects, possibly the greatest of his era. His design for the Cenotaph...
September 4, 2019
July 29, 1921 — Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of the Nazi Party
Hitler was the 55th person to join the German Worker’s Party – the same party that later re-named itself the...
August 29, 2019
August 23, 1921 — Sacco and Vanzetti are executed
Ferdinando Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were two Italian-born labourers and anarchists resident on Massachusetts. On May 5, 1920, they...
August 24, 2019
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