Who was Alexander Selkirk?
Cast away on a desert island, surviving on what nature alone can provide, praying for rescue but fearing the sight...
16/05/2011
On this day – 16th May
1770 Marie Antoinette, at age 14, married the future King Louis XVI of France, who was 15. 1881 In Germany...
15/05/2011
Magna Carta
Magna Carta (Latin for “Great Charter”) is one of the most celebrated documents in English history. At the time it...
15/05/2011
On this day – 15th May
1718 London lawyer James Puckle patents the machine gun 1829 The US Congress designates the slave trade as piracy 1918 ...
15/05/2011
Montezuma II – the last ruler of the Aztecs of Mexico
Montezuma II, the 9th huey tlatoani (great speaker) of the Aztecs of Mexico, came to power in 1502 at the...
15/05/2011
Elizabethan England
Many must have predicted a bleak future for England when the 22 year old princess Elizabeth succeeded her half sister...
15/05/2011