It happened today – this day in history – April 10
1516: The first Jewish ghetto is established when Venice compels Jews to live in a certain area. 1607: The British
Read more1516: The first Jewish ghetto is established when Venice compels Jews to live in a certain area. 1607: The British
Read more1606: Guy Fawkes is hanged for his part in the Gunpowder Plot. 1747: The first venereal diseases clinic opens at
Read more1556: Willem of Orange becomes a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece. 1591: Scottish schoolmaster Dr. John Fian
Read more41: Claudius becomes Roman Emperor on the assassination of his nephew Caligula by the Praetorian Guard. 1121: Henry I marries
Read more550: The Ostrogoths, under King Totila, conquer Rome after a long siege by bribing the Isaurian garrison. 1362: A storm
Read more49BC: Julius Caesar defies the Roman Senate and crosses the Rubicon, signalling the start of civil war which would lead
Read more122AD: Building begins on Hadrian’s Wall. 1503: Michelangelo begins work on his statue of David. 1574: The Turkish fleet recaptures
Read more44BC: Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion. 1192: Sultan Saladin and Richard I of
Read more476: Odoacer is proclaimed King of Italy by his troops 1305: Scottish patriot William Wallace is executed for high treason
Read more14AD: Death of first Roman Emperor Augustus aged 75. 1274: Edward I is crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey
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