It happened today – this day in history – January 21
1720: Sweden and Prussia sign a peace treaty ending hostilities during the Great Northern War. 1793: Louis XVI of France
Read more1720: Sweden and Prussia sign a peace treaty ending hostilities during the Great Northern War. 1793: Louis XVI of France
Read more1530: Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, advisor to Henry VIII, dies just before facing trial for treason. 1643: Composer Claudio Monteverdi dies
Read more1620: The Pilgrim Fathers reach Provincetown Harbour, Massachusetts. 1694: French writer and philosopher Voltaire (Francois-Marie Arouet) is born in Paris.
Read more1360: The Treaty of Brétigny is ratified at Calais, marking the end of the first phase of the Hundred Years’
Read more331BC: Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia at the Battle of Gaugamela. 959: Edgar I, the Peaceful, becomes
Read more1181: Birth of St Francis of Assisi. 1396: Sultan Bajezid I beheads hundreds of crusaders. 1580: Frances Drake completes his
Read more306: Constantine I is proclaimed Roman Emperor by his troops. 1261: Constantinople recaptured by Nicaean forces under Alexios Strategopoulos for
Read more1413: Henry V is crowned King of England. 1483: Edward V (aged 12) succeeds his father Edward IV as king
Read more1199: Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France, leads to his death on April 6. 1306:
Read more1620: The Pilgrim Fathers reach America, landing at Provincetown Harbor, Mass in The Mayflower. 1694: Birth of French writer and
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