@mediafaro.bluesky.mediafaro.orgOn this day in 1066, the Norman conquest of England begins with the Battle of Hastings, establishing Normans as rulers of England.
On this day in 1888, Louis Le Prince shoots ‘Roundhay Garden Scene’, believed to be the oldest surviving film.…
@mediafaro.bluesky.mediafaro.orgOn this day in 409, Vandals, Alans and Suebi cross the Pyrenees to enter the Iberian Peninsula, marking the decline of Roman control over ‘Hispania’.
On this day in 1773, Charles Messier discovers the first spiral galaxy.
On this day in 188…
@mediafaro.bluesky.mediafaro.orgOn this day in 1799, Jeanne Geneviève Labrosse becomes the first woman to jump from a balloon with a parachute.
On this day in 1917, the disastrous First Battle of Passchendaele for control of the city of Ypres takes place during WW1.
On th…
@mediafaro.bluesky.mediafaro.orgOn this day in 1634, the Burchardi Flood or “Grote Mandrenke”, kills about 15 000 in North Friesland, Denmark, and Germany.
On this day in 1980, cosmonauts Popov and Ryumin, on board the Soyuz 35, set a space endurance record of 184 days.
O…
@mediafaro.bluesky.mediafaro.orgOn this day in 732, Frankish-Aquitainian forces led by Charles Martel defeat an Umayyad army near Tours, a critical turning point in Europe’s religious and cultural history.
On this day in 1932, the Dnieper Hydroelectric Station, the world’s l…
@mediafaro.bluesky.mediafaro.orgOn this day in 768, brothers Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned Kings of the Franks after the death of their father, Pepin the Short.
On this day in 1410, Prague’s famous astronomical clock, the Orloj, is first mentioned.
On this day in…
@mediafaro.bluesky.mediafaro.orgOn this day in 1480, the ‘Great Stand on the Ugra River’ ends Tatar rule over Moscow leading to a Tatar-Mongol retreat.
On this day in 1600, San Marino adopts a written constitution, one of the world’s oldest constitutions still in effect.…
@mediafaro.bluesky.mediafaro.orgOn this day in 1919, KLM, the world’s oldest airline still operating under its original name, is founded in Amsterdam.
On this day in 1944, the ‘Sonderkommando Revolt’ occurs at Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.
On this day in 1949, th…
@mediafaro.bluesky.mediafaro.orgOn this day in 1600, Jacopo Peri’s opera ‘Euridice’ premiers in Florence. It’s the earliest surviving opera and it would define the genre.
On this day in 1889, the legendary cabaret venue ‘Moulin Rouge’ opens in Paris, attracting writers, arti…
@mediafaro.bluesky.mediafaro.orgOn this day in 1908, Bulgaria declares independence from the Ottoman Empire.
On this day in 1910, a revolution in Portugal leads to the overthrow of the monarchy and the establishment of the Portuguese Republic.
On this day in 1969, the ‘Mo…
@mediafaro.bluesky.mediafaro.orgOn this day in 1830, the Kingdom of Belgium is formed after southern provinces secede from the Netherlands during the Belgian Revolution.
On this day in 1853, the Crimean War begins as the Ottomans, later joined by England and France, declare…
@mediafaro.bluesky.mediafaro.orgOn this day in 52 BCE, Vercingetorix, leader of the Gauls, surrenders to the Romans under Julius Caesar.
On this day in 1283, Dafydd ap Gruffydd, the last independent ruler of Wales, is executed by English forces.
On this day in 1929, the K…
@mediafaro.bluesky.mediafaro.orgOn this day in 1836, Charles Darwin returns to England aboard the HMS Beagle after a five-year expedition around the world forming his ideas on natural selection and evolution.
On this day in 1925, John Logie Baird performs the first successfu…
@mediafaro.bluesky.mediafaro.orgOn this day in 1814, the Congress of Vienna starts, redrawing Europe’s political map after the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte.
On this day in 1938, Nazi Germany begins the military occupation and annexation of Czechoslovakia’s Sudetenland.
On…
@mediafaro.bluesky.mediafaro.orgOn this day in 1929, Fritz von Opel flies the world’s first manned rocket plane, the Opel RAK.1.
On this day in 1938, the Munich Agreement between Germany, UK, France, and Italy permits Nazi Germany’s annexation of the Sudetenland region of Cz…
@mediafaro.bluesky.mediafaro.orgOn this day in 1885, the world’s first practical electric tram opens in Blackpool.
On this day in 1907, the Breguet-Richet Gyroplane No.1, the world’s first helicopter, flies for the first time.
On this day in 1941, German forces carry out…
@mediafaro.bluesky.mediafaro.orgOn this day in 1066, William the Conqueror lands in England during the Norman Conquest. He’s crowned King of England on Christmas Day.
On this day in 1889, the General Conference on Weights and Measures agrees a more stable and precise definit…
@mediafaro.bluesky.mediafaro.orgOn this day in 1066, William the Conqueror’s troops set sail from Normandy, beginning the Norman Conquest of England.
On this day in 1822, Jean-François Champollion announces he has deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphs using the Rosetta Stone.
O…
@mediafaro.bluesky.mediafaro.orgOn this day in 1688, Amsterdam’s City council votes to support Prince William of Orange’s invasion of England, which became the Glorious Revolution.
On this day in 1905, Albert Einstein publishes the special theory of relativity in ‘Annalen de…
@mediafaro.bluesky.mediafaro.orgOn this day in 1066, Harald Hardrada, the invading King of Norway, is defeated by King Harold II of England in the Battle of Stamford Bridge.
On this day in 1820, François Arago discovers the principle of producing magnetism.
On this day in…