by David West | Jul 6, 2025 | News
The First Battle of Algeciras fought on the 6th of July, 1801 was a significant naval engagement during the French Revolutionary Wars, specifically within the War of the Second Coalition. When we think of naval battles of this war, the heroic successes of Nelson...
by David West | Jul 5, 2025 | News
On the 5th of July, 1687, Isaac Newton published Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, often referred to simply as the Principia. It is one of the most influential works in the history of science. It laid the foundations for classical mechanics and transformed...
by David West | Jul 4, 2025 | News
Durham University was founded by an Act of Parliament on the 4th of July, 1832, becoming England’s third university, six hundred years after Cambridge, and more than 700 years after Oxford. I have posted about my alma mater, Oxford, so let’s look at Durham today. The...
by David West | Jul 3, 2025 | News
On the 3rd of July, 1035, William the Bastard became the Duke of Normandy. William was born around 1028 in Falaise, Normandy. He was the illegitimate son of Robert I, Duke of Normandy, and Herleva, a woman of modest origins. Due to his illegitimacy, William was often...
by David West | Jul 2, 2025 | News
The Battle of Marston Moor, fought on the 2nd of July 1644, was a decisive engagement during the English Civil War, pitting the Royalist forces of King Charles I against the combined armies of the Parliamentarians and Scottish Covenanters. This battle marked a turning...
