July 20, 356 BCE — Alexander the Great is born
One of the greatest conquerors and military leaders the world has ever known was born in Pella, the capital of...
November 29, 2022
Iron Maiden
May 22, 334 BCE — Alexander the Great defeats the Persian Army in the Battle of the Granicus
In the first of three major engagements during his Persian campaign, Alexander the Great and his forces defeated a numerically...
November 24, 2022
October 1, 331 BCE — Alexander the Great defeats Darius III at Arbela
In the short, glorious history of Alexander the Great’s empire-building, this victory was probably the most significant. The battle is...
November 19, 2022
October 27, 312 CE — Constantine I sees a vision of a fiery cross
On the eve of what history would record as the Battle of Milvian Bridge, the Emperor Constantine had a vision....
June 7, 2022
October 25, 1854 — The Battle of Balaclava
Beginning about a year into the Crimean War (1853-6), the Battle of Balaclava is perhaps the best known engagement of...
November 19, 2020
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
July 10, 1940 — The Battle of Britain begins
The Battle of Britain is virtually unique in the annals of wartime history for being one of the few extended...
February 7, 2019
September 1, 1953 — The Doomsday Clock is set at two minutes to midnight
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is one of the world’s most prestigious scientific publications in the world. Its first...
April 4, 2018
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