World’s History

17 October 2026 11:31

Online appeal and detective work by local historian help to return keepsake to couple’s son after it had been stolen.📸🎞️

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16 October 2026 17:31

#OnThisDay in 1962, the Cuban Missile Crisis begins

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16 October 2026 13:25

#OnThisDay in 1956, the RAF retires its last Lancaster bomber.🪖✈️

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16 October 2026 09:24

#OnThisDay in 1946, Hermann #Goering dies by his own hand

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14 October 2026 15:50

#OnThisDay in 1899, the #SiegeofMafeking began, a 217-day siege battle for the town of Mafeking (now called Mahikeng) in South Africa during the Second Boer War.🪖

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14 October 2026 11:50

We’re delighted to announce that 'Whitney Straight' has been shortlisted for Motoring Book of the Year at the International Historic Motoring Awards 2026!🏆📚

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13 October 2026 20:05

👑 Bust of Charlemagne (c. 1350) in the Aachen Cathedral Treasury (Germany). It contains the top part of Charlemagne's skull.

📷 Photo by Beckstet. 

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13 October 2026 16:03

#OnThisDay in 1810, Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria married Princess Therese. Public celebrations and horse races in Munich marked the occasion, laying the foundations for today’s #Oktoberfest! 🍻

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13 October 2026 11:57

#OnThisDay in 1925, Margaret Thatcher, British politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, is born.🗳️

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12 October 2026 17:25

#OnThisDay in 1845, Elizabeth Fry, British social reformer and philanthropist, specifically known for prison #reform, dies.📜

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12 October 2026 13:25

#OnThisDay in 1521, Pope Leo X grants #HenryVIII the title 'Defender of the Faith' for a tract defending Catholicism.👑⛪

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11 October 2026 17:25

👑 Ereshkigal (also known as Irkalla and Allatu) is the Mesopotamian Queen of the Dead, who rules the underworld. 

📝 Article by Joshua J. Mark. 
📷 Photos ©️ by The Trustees of the British Museum and Osama S.M. Amin. 

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11 October 2026 13:25

#OnThisDay in 1985, American director, actor, writer, producer, and magician, Orson Welles, dies. Considered to be among the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time, discover more🎥

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11 October 2026 09:20

#OnThisDay in 1881, Charles #Darwin published 'The Formation of Vegetable Mold Through the Action of Worms'.🪱

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10 October 2026 15:05

#OnThisDay in 1514, marriage of Louis XII of France and Mary Tudor.👑

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17 October 2026 09:34

#OnThisDay in 1066, on Senlac Hill, seven miles from #Hastings, the Norman forces of #WilliamtheConqueror defeat the English army and kill King Harold II of England

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16 October 2026 15:25

#OnThisDay in 1322, #RoberttheBruce of Scotland defeats King #EdwardII of England at Byland, forcing Edward to accept Scotland's independence.👑

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16 October 2026 11:25

#OnThisDay in 1917, Dutch exotic dancer #MataHari is executed by the French for passing military secrets to the Germans.💃

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14 October 2026 17:50

⛪ The ruins of the Great Church at Glastonbury Abbey, Somerset. The church was constructed during the 12th and early 13th centuries CE after a fire ruined the Old Church in 1184 CE.

📷 Photo by Wanda Marcussen. 

World’s History

14 October 2026 13:50

#OnThisDay in 1941, the Battle at Borodino Field began, a part of the Battle of Moscow, on the Eastern Front of #WorldWarII

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14 October 2026 09:50

Online appeal and detective work by local historian help to return keepsake to couple’s son after it had been stolen.📸🎞️

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13 October 2026 18:02

#OnThisDay in 1216, King John of England loses his crown jewels in The Wash, probably near Fosdyke, perhaps near Sutton Bridge.👑⭐

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13 October 2026 14:00

#OnThisDay in 1915, British nurse Edith Cavell is executed by a German firing squad for helping Allied soldiers escape from Belgium.👩‍⚕️🪖

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12 October 2026 19:35

#OnThisDay in 1884, Eleanor Roosevelt, American politician and humanitarian and First Lady of the United States, is born.🇺🇸

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12 October 2026 15:25

#OnThisDay in 1872, Emily Wilding Davison, British suffragette, is born.🗳️

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12 October 2026 11:23

#OnThisDay in 1982, the #MaryRose, a Tudor carrack which sank on July 19 1545, is salvaged from the sea bed of the Solent, off Portsmouth.⛵🌊

World’s History

11 October 2026 15:25

#OnThisDay in 1903, Emmeline #Pankhurst forms the Women's Social and Political Union to fight for women's rights in Britain.🚺🗳️

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11 October 2026 11:25

Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay.🧠 Explore the story of #GeorgeIII and the history of mental health in the #Georgian era

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10 October 2026 17:05

Cosmo Jarvis stars as #WatTyler in The Uprising, the story of a huge revolt in England in the 14th century.

World’s History

10 October 2026 13:05

#OnThisDay in 1514, marriage of Louis XII of France and Mary Tudor.👑