It happened today – this day in history – October 14
1066: The Battle of Hastings. William the Conqueror and his Norman army defeat the English forces of Harold II who
Read more1066: The Battle of Hastings. William the Conqueror and his Norman army defeat the English forces of Harold II who
Read more122AD: Building begins on Hadrian’s Wall. 1503: Michelangelo begins work on his statue of David. 1574: The Turkish fleet recaptures
Read more43BC: Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman orator and politician is assassinated in Formiae. 1598: Artist and architect Gian Lorenzo Bernini is
Read more211: Roman Emperor Septimus Severus dies, leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons, Caracalla and
Read more1694: The Royal Society censures Edmond Halley for suggesting in a paper titled ‘Some considerations about the cause of the
Read more1483: Birth of German theologian Martin Luther. 1619: Rene Descartes has the dream that inspires his “Meditations on First Philosophy”.
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