by David West | Apr 16, 2025 | News
Following yesterday’s post about the Battle of Formigny, we look almost three millennia back to the Battle of Megiddo, which was fought on the 16th of April, 1457 BCE, according to The Middle Chronicle, although some sources disagree. The Battle of Megiddo is one of...
by David West | Apr 15, 2025 | News
The Battle of Formigny was fought on the 15th of April, 1450, and marked a significant turning point in the latter stages of the Hundred Years’ War between England and France. This conflict, which lasted from 1337 to 1453, was characterised by a series of...
by David West | Apr 14, 2025 | News
On the 14th of April, 1912, RMS Titanic struck an iceberg. The Royal Mail Ship (RMS) Titanic remains one of history’s most iconic maritime tragedies. This British passenger liner, operated by the White Star Line, was the largest ship afloat at the time of her...
by David West | Apr 13, 2025 | News
Either ironically or spookily it was on the 13th of April, 1970, that an oxygen tank exploded on Apollo 13. The Apollo 13 mission, launched on the 11th of April, 1970, was the seventh crewed mission in NASA’s Apollo space programme and the third intended to land...
by David West | Apr 12, 2025 | News
On the 12th of April, 1796, Napoleon Bonaparte won his first battle as an army commander at the Battle of Montenotte. Napoleon Bonaparte, one of history’s most renowned military leaders and emperor of France, was born on the 15th of August, 1769, on the island of...
by David West | Apr 11, 2025 | News
The Battle of the Basque Roads, also known in French as the Battle of the Aix Roads, took place between the 11th and the 25th of April, 1809. It was a significant naval conflict during the Napoleonic Wars, pitting the British Royal Navy against the French Navy. The...
