Richard Cavendish

Richard the Lionheart was born in Oxford on 8 September 1157.

The independent Federation of Malaya came into being on August 31st, 1957.

The great English admiral died on August 17th, 1657.

Robert Fulton's North River Steam Boat (later named the Clermont) made a trial run up the Hudson from New York to Albany on August 17th, 1807.

July 15th, 1957

Napoleon and Alexander I of Russia signed a peace treaty on 7 July, 1807.

Edward Longshanks died on July 7th, 1307. 

The British victory at Plassey in Bengal, on 23 June, 1757, was a crucial event in the history of India.

Richard Cavendish describes the motor race to Paris which set off from Beijing on June 10th, 1907.

Richard Cavendish recalls May 17th, 1257.