Opening of the Sudanese Parliament
The first-ever parliament of the Sudan was opened by the British governor-general, Sir Robert Howe, on January 1st, 1954.
Richard Cavendish
The Methuen Treaty
December 27th, 1703
Lavrenti Beria Executed
Stalin's security chief Lavrenti Beria was executed on December 23rd, 1953.
The Gadsden Purchase
The treaty to bring parts of present-day Arizona and New Mexico into the United States was signed on December 30th, 1853.
The Great Storm
The week-long hurricane that struck the south of England and the English Channel on November 24th, 1703, was beyond anything in living memory.
The Bolshevik-Menshevik Split
The Russian socialist movement divided on November 16th, 1903.
Death of Ibn Saud
The founder of Saudi Arabia died on November 9th, 1953. In his last years he was one of the richest men on earth.
Robert Grosseteste Dies
Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln, died on October 9th, 1253, at his favourite manor house at Buckden in Huntingdonshire.
Albert Schweitzer’s Nobel Prize
In 1952 the Nobel peace prize was awarded to Albert Scheiwtzer for his work at a hospital in tropical Africa.
End of the Hundred Years War
The succession of conflicts known as the Hundred Years War ended on October 19th, 1453, when Bordeaux surrendered, leaving Calais as the last English possession in France.