Often referred to as the ‘Hungry Decade’, the 1840s was characterised by social unrest, military losses and economic hardship ...

General Charles Cornwallis is best known for his part in the British defeat at Yorktown during the American Revolutionary War ...

A British Army intelligence officer, John André was hanged as a spy at Tappan, New York, on Oct. 2nd 1780 on the orders of ...

In 1781, American and French forces under George Washington laid siege to the British army at Yorktown. This would become the most decisive battle of the American Revolutionary ...

On the 26th December 1900, a small ship was making its way to the Flannan Islands in the remote Outer Hebrides. Its destination was the lighthouse at Eilean Mor, a remote island which (apart from its ...

On Tuesday 29th October 1929 the Wall Street Crash caused a cataclysmic chain of events which affected nearly every country across the globe. The Great Depression, also known as ‘The Slump’ ...

In June 1665, one of the most famous cities in the world became known by its new name, New York, which was formally adopted and renamed in honour of the Duke of York, brother of King Charles II. It ...

Sir George was an Elizabethan privateer, merchant trader, MP, military leader and founder of Bermuda (The Somers Isles), England’s first Crown Colony. He was also instrumental in ensuring the survival ...

Among many other events, August saw the first night of the Blitz as German planes bombed the city of London (pictured to the left). 1 August 1740 ‘Rule Britannia‘ sung for the first time in public, in ...

The name of Newgate is notorious in the annals of London’s history. Developing out of a collection of cells in the old City Walls to the west (above the ‘New Gate’), it was begun in 1188 during the ...

The 18th century was a time of change and revolution across the world. Intellectuals and ordinary men alike would gather to discuss anything and everything, from the social order problems of the day, ...

Welcome to Lyme Regis, the ‘Pearl of Dorset’, situated at the heart of the world famous Jurassic Coast. Lyme’s existence depended upon the Cobb, a small artificial harbour dating from the time of ...