Richard Cavendish

The man who gave his name to the notorious killing machine died on February 26th, 1903

Elizabeth of York was Queen consort of England as spouse of King Henry VII from 1486 until her death on February 11th, 1503.

The taking of Kano by the West African Frontier Force, on February 3rd 1903, signalled the end of the Muslim fundamentalist Fulani empire in northern Nigeria.

Borrowing the money to hire 3,000 mercenaries, Henry crossed the Channel in a howling gale on 6 January 1153.

The House of Trade was set up in Seville on January 20th, 1503, granting the city the exclusive right to trade with the New World.

Josip Broz, known as Tito since the 1930s, was elected President of the Federal Assembly of Yugoslavia on January 13th, 1953.

The illegitimate child of Pope Alexander VI, Cesare Borgia thwarted a plot by his own men on December 31st, 1502.

On 14 December 1702, a band of samurai avenged the death of their master.

George Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, became Prime Minister on December 19th, 1852.

King Æthelred ordered the massacre of Danes in England on November 13th, 1002.