11 October 1917
Battle of Poelcappelle.
Walking wounded coming down and reinforcements going up a duckboard trench near Langemarck (Langemark-Poelkapelle).
📸 IWM (Q 3006)
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@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social11 October 1917
Battle of Poelcappelle.
Walking wounded coming down and reinforcements going up a duckboard trench near Langemarck (Langemark-Poelkapelle).
📸 IWM (Q 3006)
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social11 October 1216
King John lost his crown and jewels while his army was crossing the mudscapes of the tidal estuary called the Wash in East Anglia.
More than 800 years later King John’s hoard has not been found.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social11 October 1727
Coronation of George II took place. He was the last British monarch born outside of Great Britain and the last British monarch to personally lead his armies into battle, at the Battle of Dettingen in 1743.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social11 October 1957
Largest radio telescope in the world was switched on at Jodrell Bank in Cheshire.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social11 October 1984
Kathryn D Sullivan became the first American woman astronaut to space walk from the space shuttle Challenger. The aim was to demonstrate the feasibility of an orbital refuelling system.
She went on to take part in 2 more shuttle missions.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social11 October 1987
A huge sonar exploration of Loch Ness “Operation Deepscan” spent a week in the loch using £1-million worth of equipment to scan the Scottish lake, but failed to find any evidence of the legendary “Loch Ness Monster”.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social11 October 1988
Women began to study at Magdalene College, Cambridge for the 1st time. A Magdalene flag was flown at half mast by rebel male students as women entered the college. Some male students choose to wear black arm bands.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social11 October 1918 Battery Sergeant Major James Allen (735777) Royal Field Artillery died and was buried in Zantvoorde British Cemetery.
James is also remembered inside Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social11 October 1917 Private John Ashworth (10318) 20 Bn Manchester Regiment was killed in action and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial.
John is also remembered inside Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social11 October 1917 Private Harry Taylor (20975) 3 Bn Coldstream Guards was killed in action and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial
Harry is also remembered on the Hazel Grove War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social11 October 2001
The Polaroid Corporation files for federal bankruptcy protection.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social11 October 1986
Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Iceland to continue discussions about scaling back IRBM arsenals in Europe.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social11 October 1982
The hull of the Mary Rose is recovered, over four hundred years after her sinking during the battle of the Solent
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social11 October 1958
NASA launches Pioneer 1, its first space probe, although it fails to achieve a stable orbit.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social11 October 1937
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor tour Nazi Germany for 12 days and meet Adolf Hitler on 22 October.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social11 October 1899
The Second Boer War erupts in South Africa between the British-ruled Cape Colony, and the Boer-ruled Transvaal and Orange Free State.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social11 October 1865
Hundreds of black men and women march in Jamaica, starting the Morant Bay rebellion.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social11 October 1852
The University of Sydney, Australia's oldest university, is inaugurated in Sydney.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social11 October 1797
The Royal Navy decisively defeats the Batavian Navy at Camperdown during the French Revolutionary Wars
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social11 October 1649
Cromwell's New Model Army sacks Wexford, killing over 2,000 Irish Confederate troops and 1,500 civilians.
