It was on the 19th of November, 1861, that President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address at the dedication ceremony of the military cemetary at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The background to the Gettysburg Address was the Battle of Gettysburg, fought from...

I have ceased to be suprised by anything Donald Trump says or does. In those early days when he wanted to buy Canada and Greenland, he also wanted to take control of the Panama Canal. Now the 18th of November is a significant date for the Panama Canal because on this...

On the 17th of November, 1292, John Balliol became King of Scotland. John Balliol was born circa 1249, the son of John Balliol, Lord of Barnard Castle in England, and Dervorguilla of Galloway, a Scottish noblewoman and descendant of King David I. Through his mother,...

The second relief of Lucknow on the 16th of November, 1857, holds the record for the most Victoria Crosses awarded in a single day. Twenty-three were awarded for valour at the second relief of Lucknow, and one at an action south of Delhi. The Second Relief of Lucknow...

On the 15th of November, 1920, the first assembly of the League of Nations was held in Geneva.The League of Nations was an intergovernmental organisation established after the First World War with the primary aim of maintaining global peace and preventing future...

On the 14th of November, 332 BCE, Alexander the Great was crowned pharaoh of Egypt, but I recently wrote about him. Also on 14th of November Moby Dick was published in the USA in 1851, but I have also written about that. So I have decided to write about the pharaohs...

When I saw James Braid crop up in Wikipedia’s list for the 13th of November my immediate thought was of the golfer, one of the Great Triumvirate, with Harry Vardon and John Henry Taylor. But this James Braid saw a demonstration of animal magnetism by Charles...

No not the Charlie Chaplin film. It’s just that the events I’m looking at for the 12th of November seem to be tilted towards modern times, rather than events of Sir Anthony Standen’s era. There isn’t much to link to my books. So what do we have? 1912 - the frozen body...

On the 11th of November, 1880, the notorious bushranger, Ned Kelley was executed. I have posted about American outlaws, but haven’t touched Australia yet, so here goes. Ned Kelly, one of Australia’s most infamous historical figures, was an outlaw whose life and...

It was on the 19th of November, 1861, that President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address at the dedication ceremony of the military cemetary at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The background to the Gettysburg Address was the Battle of Gettysburg, fought from...

I have ceased to be suprised by anything Donald Trump says or does. In those early days when he wanted to buy Canada and Greenland, he also wanted to take control of the Panama Canal. Now the 18th of November is a significant date for the Panama Canal because on this...

On the 17th of November, 1292, John Balliol became King of Scotland. John Balliol was born circa 1249, the son of John Balliol, Lord of Barnard Castle in England, and Dervorguilla of Galloway, a Scottish noblewoman and descendant of King David I. Through his mother,...

The second relief of Lucknow on the 16th of November, 1857, holds the record for the most Victoria Crosses awarded in a single day. Twenty-three were awarded for valour at the second relief of Lucknow, and one at an action south of Delhi. The Second Relief of Lucknow...

On the 15th of November, 1920, the first assembly of the League of Nations was held in Geneva.The League of Nations was an intergovernmental organisation established after the First World War with the primary aim of maintaining global peace and preventing future...

On the 14th of November, 332 BCE, Alexander the Great was crowned pharaoh of Egypt, but I recently wrote about him. Also on 14th of November Moby Dick was published in the USA in 1851, but I have also written about that. So I have decided to write about the pharaohs...

When I saw James Braid crop up in Wikipedia’s list for the 13th of November my immediate thought was of the golfer, one of the Great Triumvirate, with Harry Vardon and John Henry Taylor. But this James Braid saw a demonstration of animal magnetism by Charles...

No not the Charlie Chaplin film. It’s just that the events I’m looking at for the 12th of November seem to be tilted towards modern times, rather than events of Sir Anthony Standen’s era. There isn’t much to link to my books. So what do we have? 1912 - the frozen body...

On the 11th of November, 1880, the notorious bushranger, Ned Kelley was executed. I have posted about American outlaws, but haven’t touched Australia yet, so here goes. Ned Kelly, one of Australia’s most infamous historical figures, was an outlaw whose life and...