469 BCE — Socrates is born
Socrates is one of the most influential, and also most enigmatic, figures in Western Philosophy. An Athenian who lived at...
December 14, 2022
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May 26, 428 BCE — Plato is born
Oddly, not the Platonic Ideal of the philosopher (although in fairness, he would have been the first to point that...
December 9, 2022
April 16, 384 BCE — Aristotle is born
The third of the three great Ancient Greek philosophers was the student of Plato (who, in his turn, had been...
December 4, 2022
April 5, 1588 — Thomas Hobbes is born
Best known as the writer of “Leviathan”, Thomas Hobbes was one of the fundamental philosophers in the Western tradition. His...
January 14, 2022
April 25, 1599 — Oliver Cromwell born
Born at almost the end of the 16th Century, Oliver Cromwell would grow to become one of the most important...
January 9, 2022
March 27, 1625 — Charles the First becomes King of Britain
Charles the First, destined to end his rein several inches shorter than he began it, was a firm believer in...
December 14, 2021
March 17, 1628 — The 3rd Parliament of Charles I first assembles
Against a backdrop of royal poverty and worsening relations with that institution, Charles I of England summoned his third Parliament...
December 9, 2021
July 2, 1644 — The Battle of Marston Moor
The Battle of Marston Moor, which is located near York in northern England, was a decisive engagement in the English...
November 29, 2021
June 14, 1645– Cromwell’s forces triumph at Naseby
Cromwell and Fairfax had recruited their New Model Army in the early months of 1645, taking advantage of King Charles...
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December 6, 1648 — Colonel Pride purges the Houses of Parliament
At the direction of Cromwell, Colonel Thomas Pride took elements of their forces – his own Regiment of Foot and...
November 19, 2021
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