by David West | Feb 25, 2025 | News
On the 25th of February, 1836 Samuel Colt patented his first revolver. Colt was born on the 19th of July, 1814, in Hartford, Connecticut. From a young age, he showed an interest in mechanics and chemistry. At 16, while working on a farm, he became fascinated by the...
by David West | Feb 24, 2025 | News
On the 24th of February 1797 a French invasion force, of between one and two thousand men, surrendered to Welsh women in tall black hats at Goodwick Sands near Fishguard. The French invasion at Goodwick Sands was the last time a foreign military force attempted to...
by David West | Feb 23, 2025 | News
On This Day tells me that on the 23rd of February 1455 Johannes Gutenberg printed his first bible. It does add that this is an estimated date. Johannes Gutenberg (c. 1400 – 1468) was a German inventor and printer who developed the first practical method of...
by David West | Feb 22, 2025 | News
On the 22nd of February, 1632, Galileo’s “Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems” was published. I have posted about Galileo before, because he is a character in Fire and Earth, the second book in the Sir Anthony Standen Adventures. Galileo dedicated his book...
by David West | Feb 21, 2025 | News
On the 21st of February 1431, the interrogation began in the trial of Joan of Arc for heresy. The trial of Joan of Arc (1412 – 1431) was a politically motivated inquisition orchestrated by the English and their allies during the Hundred Years’ War. Joan, a young...
