1173: Pope Alexander III canonizes Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury 1613: Michael Romanov, son of the Patriarch of Moscow, is elected the first Russian Tsar of the House of Romanov 1804: World’s first steam locomotive, built by Richard Trevithick, runs for the first time along the tramway of the Penydarren Ironworks in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales […]
By Martin Banks They are, culturally, one of the best things to come out of Belgium and, now, a UK audience also gets the chance to enjoy them.
By Martin Banks The EU has announced fresh aid to help with an escalation of conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) which it says is driving mass displacement.
The city in the drawing is crouched low, almost like an extension of the lagoon. The unknown artist’s gaze sweeps over ruins that still bear witness to the ferocity of the siege. Huts on stilts and wooden posts mark the fishing zones. Most public squares and streets are dirt and mud, while the squat houses […]
1792: US postal service created, postage 6-12 cents depending on distance 1872: New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art opens 1873: British Naval Officer John Moresby is the first European to discover Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, claims it for the United Kingdom 1938: UK Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden resigns, stating Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain has […]
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office.
The European Commission has launched a strategy to support nine EU member states bordering Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, mobilising billions of euros to reverse economic and demographic decline.
Greece wants to participate in the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC), Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has told his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, at a meeting on Thursday on the sidelines of the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi.
356: Roman Emperor Constantius II closes all pagan temples 1600: Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina explodes in the most violent eruption in South American recorded history 1878: Thomas Edison is granted a patent for his cylinder phonograph 1942: An estimated 150 Japanese warplanes attack the Australian city of Darwin 1942: FDR orders the detention and internment of […]
By Martin Banks London has a brand new tourist attraction: The Tower of London River TourTower of London.
