21 February 2021: This day in history
1173 Pope Alexander III canonizes Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury 1613 Michael Romanov, son of Patriarch of Moscow, elected first Russian Tsar of the house of Romanov 1804 1st locomotive, Richard Trevithick’s, runs for the 1st time, along the tramway of the Penydarren Ironworks in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales 1916 World War I: Battle of Verdun begins with a German offensive, […]

















