The Treaty of Nanking (Nanjing) was signed on the HMS Cornwallis anchored at the city, and it ended the First Opium War (1839–1842) between the United Kingdom and the Qing dynasty of China. It was the first of what the Chinese later called the unequal treaties. Trade wars and economic power struggles between Europe […]
The Zulus never had an independent country again.
The sack of Rome, considered by most historians to mark the fall of the Western Roman Empire, happened on this day, August 27th, 410AD. It was the first time in 800 years that Rome had fallen to a foreign enemy. The Empire had been in decline for almost two centuries, with invasions, on and off, […]
Revolt
A bear-ly believable encounter
The arrival of Strongbow was described in the Annals of Ulster as “the beginning of the woes of Ireland”.
Changed small County Mayo village forever
Mickey Devine was the last man to die on the hunger strike
It has been called the most daring prison escape in history, the news sparked celebrations in Ireland and the US.
On this day, in 1940, the so-called “hardest day” battle was fought, as part of the battle of Britain. On that day, the Luftwaffe made an all-out effort to destroy RAF Fighter Command. But German intelligence was faulty: They believed that the British had only about 300 fighters left in service, but the RAF actually […]
Eleven were sent to trial.
“Sacrifice was the hallmark of his life”,