On the 27th of June, 1556, eleven men and two women, one of whom was pregnant, were burnt to death, the men tied to the stake, the women “allowed” to run freely in the flames. The Stratford Martyrs were a group of Protestant believers executed for heresy during the...

The first Grand Prix motor race was over the 26th and 27th of June 1906 on closed public roads outside the city of Les Mans. Officially known as the 1906 French Grand Prix, it marked a turning point in the development of motor racing, establishing many of the...

It’s not a weight loss programme. This is diet in the sense of mode of living, from the Greek diata. In particular, since in the Middle Ages living and religion were somewhat inseperable, it concerns the reformation. The Diet of Augsburg was one of the most...

The Battle of Sluys was fought on the 24th of June 1314. The English fleet, commanded personally by King Edward III, almost completely destroyed the French fleet. It took place off the coast of Flanders near the port of Sluys (modern-day Sluis in the Netherlands) and...

On the 23rd of June, 1940, Adolf Hitler went on a three hour tour of Paris with Albert Speer and Arno Breker. It was Hitler’s only visit to Paris. Albert Speer and Arno Breker were two of the most prominent cultural figures associated with the regime of Adolf Hitler...

The Empire Windrush occupies a central place in modern British history. Although it was originally just one passenger vessel among many travelling between the Caribbean and Britain, its arrival in 1948 came to symbolise the beginning of large-scale post-war migration...

The Battle of Vitoria, fought on the 21st of June, 1813, during the Peninsular War, was one of the most decisive victories achieved by Arthur Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington. The battle took place near the town of Vitoria in northern Spain and marked the collapse of...

The Battle of Höchst was fought on the 20th of June 1622 during the Thirty Years’ War. I just checked and I haven’t written explicitely about the Thirty Years’ War before. I have written about the Eighty Years’ War many times because my ancestor, Sir Anthony Standen...

Blaise Pascal, the French mathematician and physicist, was born on the 19th of June 1623. He was one of the most remarkable intellectual figures of the seventeenth century. A mathematician, physicist, inventor, and religious philosopher, he made major contributions to...

On the 27th of June, 1556, eleven men and two women, one of whom was pregnant, were burnt to death, the men tied to the stake, the women “allowed” to run freely in the flames. The Stratford Martyrs were a group of Protestant believers executed for heresy during the...

The first Grand Prix motor race was over the 26th and 27th of June 1906 on closed public roads outside the city of Les Mans. Officially known as the 1906 French Grand Prix, it marked a turning point in the development of motor racing, establishing many of the...

It’s not a weight loss programme. This is diet in the sense of mode of living, from the Greek diata. In particular, since in the Middle Ages living and religion were somewhat inseperable, it concerns the reformation. The Diet of Augsburg was one of the most...

The Battle of Sluys was fought on the 24th of June 1314. The English fleet, commanded personally by King Edward III, almost completely destroyed the French fleet. It took place off the coast of Flanders near the port of Sluys (modern-day Sluis in the Netherlands) and...

On the 23rd of June, 1940, Adolf Hitler went on a three hour tour of Paris with Albert Speer and Arno Breker. It was Hitler’s only visit to Paris. Albert Speer and Arno Breker were two of the most prominent cultural figures associated with the regime of Adolf Hitler...

The Empire Windrush occupies a central place in modern British history. Although it was originally just one passenger vessel among many travelling between the Caribbean and Britain, its arrival in 1948 came to symbolise the beginning of large-scale post-war migration...

The Battle of Vitoria, fought on the 21st of June, 1813, during the Peninsular War, was one of the most decisive victories achieved by Arthur Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington. The battle took place near the town of Vitoria in northern Spain and marked the collapse of...

The Battle of Höchst was fought on the 20th of June 1622 during the Thirty Years’ War. I just checked and I haven’t written explicitely about the Thirty Years’ War before. I have written about the Eighty Years’ War many times because my ancestor, Sir Anthony Standen...

Blaise Pascal, the French mathematician and physicist, was born on the 19th of June 1623. He was one of the most remarkable intellectual figures of the seventeenth century. A mathematician, physicist, inventor, and religious philosopher, he made major contributions to...