by David West | Sep 28, 2025 | News
Wikipedia tells me that it was on the 28th of September,1928, that Alexander Fleming noticed a mould growing in his laboratory that was killing bacteria. Sir Alexander Fleming, a Scottish bacteriologist born on the 6th August 1881 in Lochfield, Ayrshire, Scotland,...
by David West | Sep 27, 2025 | News
During my career as a civil engineer I worked on a number of railway projects including the London, Tilbury, and Southend Resignalling Project, Great Western Renaissance, HS2, and London’s Elizabeth Line. Hence my pick for today’s historical event. The Stockton and...
by David West | Sep 26, 2025 | News
On the 26th of September, 1905, Albert Einstein published the third of his Annus Mirabilis Papers. The third paper introduced his theory of special relativity. Albert Einstein’s theory of special relativity revolutionised our understanding of space, time, and...
by David West | Sep 25, 2025 | News
The Peace of Augsburg, signed on the 25th of September, 1555, was a pivotal treaty within the Holy Roman Empire that sought to quell the religious tensions that had simmered and erupted since the onset of the Protestant Reformation. This accord, agreed upon by Charles...
by David West | Sep 24, 2025 | News
On the 24th of September, 787, the Second Council of Nicaea assembled at the church of Hagia Sophia. The Second Council of Nicaea addressed the iconoclast controversy that had deeply divided the Byzantine Empire. Iconoclasm, the rejection and destruction of religious...
