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...
by David West | Apr 10, 2025 | News
On the 10th of April, 1710, The Statute of Anne came into force in Great Britain. It is a cornerstone in the history of copyright law, representing a seminal moment in the transition from royal privileges to individual authors’ rights. Named after Queen Anne,...
by David West | Apr 9, 2025 | News
On the 9th of April, 1609, Spain and the Dutch Republic signed the Treaty of Antwerp, bringing about a twelve year truce in the Eighty Years’ War. My ancestor, Sir Anthony Standen, was sent by Francis Walsingham as a spy to Flanders in 1570 were the Eighty Years’ War...
