Months Past

The English reporter who posed as a man to become a soldier during the First World War was born on 4 October 1896.

The Roman leader was born 29 September 106 BC.

‘Little Miss Sure Shot’, Annie Oakley, was born 13 August 1860.

Reparations paid by the Chinese to the US following the Boxer Rebellion were used to open Tsinghua University in Beijing on 11 April, 1911.

In the first games, which began on 6 April, 1896, 241 athletes from 14 countries competed in 43 events.

The deal to buy Alaska from Russia was signed on 30 March 1867.

American poet Walt Whitman died on March 26th, 1892 after completing his masterpiece, Leaves of Grass, a year earlier.

The Reinheitsgebot was adopted on 23 April 1516.

Ralegh's fateful attempt to discover El Dorado began on March 17th, 1617.

A major conflict in the Chilean War of Independence was fought on 12 February 1817.