Richard Cavendish

John Herschel Glenn Jr was the first American to orbit the Earth on February 20th 1962.

Otto I was crowned Emperor of the Romans by Pope John XII on February 2nd 962.

The designer of the Colt revolver, the most celebrated killing machine in the history of the Wild West, died on January 10th 1862, aged 47.

Frederick the Great, the man who made Prussia a leading European power, was born on January 24th, 1712.

The Maid of Orléans was born on January 6th 1412: she has been an incarnation of French national identity and pride for six centuries.

Goa fell to Indian troops on December 19th 1961.

The Duke of Marlborough was dismissed from the office of captain-general on December 31st 1711.

After he was formally condemned to death in Moscow, the Mexican government offered Trotsky refuge and protection, on December 6th 1936.

The leading Victorian radical and Liberal politician John Bright was born on November 16th 1811.

Clovis I died in Paris on November 27th 511, aged 46.