Months Past

Wagner's opera was first performed in Munich on June 10th, 1865.

The artist died on June 1st, 1815.

The great conqueror took the Chinese city on June 1st, 1215.

The aviation pioneer died on May 21st, 1965.

The man who killed Abraham Lincoln was shot dead on 26 April, 1865.

Possibly the most destructive volcanic eruption of all time occurred on 10 April 1815.

A tax on Britain's American colonies was introduced on 22 March 1765.

The young queen married Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha on 10 February 1840.

William Brooke Joyce took to the airwaves on 14 September 1939.

The much-loved film first appeared on August 12th, 1939.