by David West | Jun 11, 2026 | News
The siege of Malta began on the 11th of June, 1940. I learnt to SCUBA dive in Malta in 1988. I haven’t been back to Malta since, but I don’t know why, I really enjoyed it. The Siege of Malta during World War II was one of the longest and most intense sieges of the...
by David West | Jun 10, 2026 | News
The Battle of Záblatí was fought on the 10th of June 1619, during the Bohemian period of the Thirty Years’ War. I have researched and written a lot about the Eighty Years’ War because that was my ancestor Sir Anthony Standen’s war, but I think this is my first post on...
by David West | Jun 9, 2026 | News
I hardly ever use cash these days. Partly that’s because I get rewards on my credit card, and partly it’s because I carry so many membership cards, loyalty cards, cards for paying for EV charging, that there isn’t room in a traditional wallet to fit them. I now have a...
by David West | Jun 9, 2026 | News
Claire and I were married on the 9th of June 1990, but curiously Wikipedia doesn’t cover that. Also on this day in 68CE Emperor Nero died by suicide, but I’ve written about Nero. So I’ll go for Peter the Great who was born on this day in 1672. Peter was born in...
by David West | Jun 8, 2026 | News
The mathematician, astronomer, and engineer, Giovanni Domenico Cassini, war born on the 8th of June 1625. Giovanni Domenico Cassini (1625–1712) was one of the most important astronomers of the seventeenth century, a pivotal figure in the transformation of astronomy...
by David West | Jun 7, 2026 | News
The Great Reform Act of England and Wales received royal assent on the 7th of June 1832. The Great Reform Act of 1832, formally known as the Representation of the People Act 1832, was one of the most significant constitutional changes in British history. It marked the...
