Richard Cavendish

Bartholomew's Fair, which dates back to the 12th century, was held for the last time on September 3rd, 1855.

Julius Caesar first landed in Britain on August 26th, 55 BC, but it was almost another hundred years before the Romans actually conquered Britain in AD 43.

The Magyars of Hungary were defeated by an army led by Otto I, on August 10th, 955.

The Guinness Book of Records was first published on August 27th, 1955.

‘A damnable and hellish plot’ orchestrated by a ‘shame to mankind’. 

Richard Cavendish describes how Major-General Edward Braddock arrived in Virginia to take command against the French in North America, but was defeated on July 9th, 1755.

The last woman hanged in Britain was executed on 13 July 1955.

Richard Cavendish charts the life of the Italian nationalist Guiseppe Mazzini.

Richard Cavendish explains how Archbishop Scrope and Thomas Mowbray were executed on June 8th, 1405.

A rebellion erupted on the Russian battleship Potemkin on 14 June 1905.