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Map of Lithuania In 1944 Lithuania was liberated from Nazi occupation by the advancing Russian army, only to be absorbed into the Soviet system. For almost half a century the country formed part of the Soviet Union as the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic. But the disintegration of the Soviet Union gave Lithuania the Continue reading 11 March 1990: Lithuania Declared Independence From the Soviet Union Cuthbert Collingwood Cuthbert Collingwood was born on 26 September 1748 in Newcastle upon Tyne, the eighth child of Cuthbert and Milcah Collingwood. He was the eldest of three sons. After a schooling at the Newcastle Free School, Collingwood went to sea on the Shannon at the age of twelve on 28 August 1761. Continue reading 7 March 1810: Death of Cuthbert Collingwood, British Admiral The Boston Massacre by Paul Revere A great deal of tension existed between the American colonies and the British government in the 1760s. In 1767 the Townshend Acts were passed by the British parliament in an attempt to enforce trade regulations and establish its right to tax the colonies. The acts were unpopular Continue reading 5 March 1770: The Boston Massacre The Forth Rail Bridge, 1890 Before 1890 the only direct route between Queensferry and North Queensferry in the east of Scotland was the ferry across the Firth of Forth. The crossing was slow and often dangerous and the four ferries, Queen Margaret, Robert the Bruce, Mary Queen of Scots and Sir William Wallace, Continue reading 4 March 1890: Opening of the Forth Rail Bridge Rhodesia On 2 March 1970 Ian Smith, the Prime Minister of Rhodesia, announced the formation of the Republic of Rhodesia at a ceremony at Government House, Salisbury. With the signing of the proclamation, Smith dissolved Rhodesia’s parliament and brought into effect a new constitution. Rhodesia, named after Cecil Rhodes, had been a British Continue reading 2 March 1970: Ian Smith Declared Rhodesia a Republic Labour Party Headquarters, Victoria Street, London At the end of the 19th century left-wing political representation in the United Kingdom was spread across a large number of small organisations. The Independent Labour Party failed to make any headway in the 1895 general election despite fielding 28 candidates. In order to have any influence Continue reading 27 February 1900: Founding of the British Labour Party Roger Mortimer was born at Ludlow on 11 November 1328. At that time the Mortimer family, headed by his grandfather, Roger Mortimer, first earl of March, was the most powerful in England. But, by the time Roger was three, the family’s fortunes had reversed and its future looked bleak. When the first earl was Continue reading 26 February 1360: Death of Roger Mortimer, Second Earl of March Elizabeth I c1575 Henry VIII’s decision to break the Church of England away from Rome set in motion a series of events that were central to the political and religious life of the Tudor era and beyond. Today marks the 440th anniversary of one of those events, the excommunication of Henry’s daughter, Elizabeth Continue reading 25 February 1570: The Excommunication of Elizabeth I The building used by the Cato Street Conspirators At half past seven in the evening of 23 February 1820, a group of police officers stormed into a hayloft above a stable in Cato Street, London. Inside were a gang intent on assassinating members of the British cabinet who they believed were attending a Continue reading 23 February 1820: The Cato Street Conspiracy
Edward the Confessor Often in the study of history a reputation must be stripped away to reveal the real historical figure (or as much as the evidence allows). This applies to the story of Edward the Confessor more than most. Far from being the saintly old man seen in the Bayeux tapestry, Edward was Continue reading Kings and Queens of England: Edward the Confessor |
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