by David West | Jun 20, 2026 | News
The Battle of Höchst was fought on the 20th of June 1622 during the Thirty Years’ War. I just checked and I haven’t written explicitely about the Thirty Years’ War before. I have written about the Eighty Years’ War many times because my ancestor, Sir Anthony Standen...
by David West | Jun 19, 2026 | News
Blaise Pascal, the French mathematician and physicist, was born on the 19th of June 1623. He was one of the most remarkable intellectual figures of the seventeenth century. A mathematician, physicist, inventor, and religious philosopher, he made major contributions to...
by David West | Jun 18, 2026 | News
On the 18th of June, 1940, Winston Churchill delivered his “Finest Hour” speech in the House of Commons. It came at a moment when the fate of Britain appeared extremely uncertain. Europe had largely fallen under the control of Adolf Hitler, and Britain faced the...
by David West | Jun 17, 2026 | News
On the 17th of June, forces of the Eight-Nation Alliance captured the Taku Forts in Tianjin, China, during the Boxer Rebellion. The Boxer Rebellion (1899–1901), also known as the Boxer Uprising, was a violent anti-foreign and anti-Christian movement that took place in...
by David West | Jun 16, 2026 | News
On the 16th of June, 1940, Henri Philippe Pétain became chief of state of Vichy France. Henri Philippe Pétain was one of the most controversial figures in modern French history. Revered as a national hero after the First World War, he later became the leader of the...
