Richard Cavendish

The Roman emperor abdicated on May 1st, 305.

A mutual defence treaty between Communist states was signed on 14 May 1955.

Richard Cavendish charts the events leading up to the execution of Marin Falier, Doge of Venice, on April 18th, 1355.

A Dictionary of the English Language was first published on 15 April 1755.

The two halves of the railway tunnel linking Switzerland and Italy met on April 2nd, 1905.

Richard Cavendish marks the funeral of one of medicine's most eminent pioneers, on March 18th, 1955.

The Russian ruler died of pneumonia on March 2nd, 1855.

Richard Cavendish marks the anniversary of the union of two branches of the Roosevelts, on March 17th, 1905

Tamerlane, or Timur, one of history's most brutal butchers, died on 18 February 1405.

The meetings of the Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire were held on 2 February 1555.