State Opening of the New Houses of Parliament
Twelve years after the first stone of the new building was laid, the state opening of the new Houses of Parliament took place on November 11th, 1852.
Richard Cavendish
Boniface VIII’s Bull Unam Sanctam
Pope Boniface VIII issued the papal bull Unam Sanctam, the most famous papal document of the Middle Ages, on November 18th, 1302.
The Birth of Richard III
The last Plantagenet king was born on 2 October 1452.
Kazan Falls to Ivan the Terrible
The walled and moated town of Kazan was stormed by Ivan the Terrible's army on October 2nd, 1552.
First British Atomic Bomb Test
Britain's first atomic bomb was detonated on 3 October 1952.
The Battle of Homildon Hill
The skirmish between the Douglases and the Percies took place on September 14th, 1402.
The Gregorian Calendar Adopted in England
The country skipped ahead 11 days on September 2nd, 1752.
The Strange Death of Émile Zola
The French writer died on 29 September 1902.
Arthur of Brittany Captured
Arthur of Brittany was captured on August 1st, 1202.
Birth of Leni Riefenstahl
One of the most admired and reviled film makers in the history of cinema was born on August 22nd, 1902.