by David West | Mar 11, 2026 | News
The Daily Courant, first published on the 11th of March, 1702, was Britain’s first daily newspaper. Though modest in size and presentation, this single-sheet publication marked a significant turning point in the evolution of news, journalism, and public information in...
by David West | Mar 10, 2026 | News
On the 10th of March, 241 B.C. the Battle of Aegates was fought, and won by the Romans, bringing the First Punic War, between Rome and Carthage, to a close after nearly twenty-three years of exhausting conflict. Taking place off the western coast of Sicily near the...
by David West | Mar 9, 2026 | News
On the 9th of March, 1776, Adam Smith published The Wealth of Nations. Adam Smith’s An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, published in 1776, is one of the most influential works in the history of economics and political thought. Often...
by David West | Mar 8, 2026 | News
On the 8th of March, 1844, the Althing, Iceland’s parliament, reopened after 45 years of closure. Judging by AI’s painting it seems to be a bit of an open-air affair. Hardy people the Icelanders, clearly. Wikipedia tells me that it is the oldest surviving parliament...
by David West | Mar 7, 2026 | News
On the 7th of March, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell was granted a patent for his invention of the telephone. I haven’t always been a great fan of the telephone. I remember when I was a child, and my father was in hospital, answering the phone to be told that my father...
by David West | Mar 6, 2026 | News
On the 6th of March, 1323, the Treaty of Paris was signed. Paris is quite an important city, so as you might expect there have been dozens of treaties of Paris. I’ll just deal with the one signed on this day in 1323. It deals with Flanders, and whilst Flanders evokes...
