World’s History

30 August 2026 16:33

🌊 Frontal view of the Viking ship known as the Gokstad, housed at the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo, Norway. The ship dates from c. 900 CE and was preserved in a ship burial found in the Oslofjord.

📷 Photo by Karamell. 

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30 August 2026 12:25

#OnThisDay in 1950, British troops arrive in Korea to support the US-led United Nation force in the Korean War.🪖

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30 August 2026 08:23

More than two centuries before #RichardIII would be accused of killing his own nephews, the #PrincesintheTower, another English king faced the allegation that he had murdered a boy who stood between him and greater security on the throne

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29 August 2026 15:03

#OnThisDay in 1640, King Charles I's English army loses to a Scottish Covenanter force at the Battle of Newburn.⚔️

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29 August 2026 11:04

#OnThisDay in 1833, the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 receives Royal Assent, abolishing slavery through most of the British Empire.👑📜

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28 August 2026 18:15

Titian (c. 1487-1576 CE) was an Italian Renaissance painter who, during his lifetime, was considered the finest of the Venice school of artists.  Titian produced a large number of paintings, mostly with a religious theme, a mythological theme or portraits.

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28 August 2026 14:15

#OnThisDay in 1967, Brian Epstein, manager of the Beatles, was found dead of an accidental drug overdose.🎸

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28 August 2026 10:10

#OnThisDay in 1953, Roman Holiday, staring Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn, premiered in cinemas.🎬⭐

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27 August 2026 15:25

🐕 Dogs have been a part of the history of human beings since before the written word. 

📝 Article by Joshua J. Mark. 
📷 Photo 4 is ©️ by The British Museum.

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27 August 2026 11:25

#OnThisDay in 1819, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, husband of Queen Victoria, is born in what is now Bavaria, Germany.👑

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26 August 2026 18:03

🌍 Evliya Çelebi (1611 -1682/85) is the most famous Ottoman Turkish traveler and explorer. 

📝 Article by Batuhan Aksu.
📷 Photos by Globetrotter19, Mark Cartwright and Evliya Celebi. 

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26 August 2026 13:55

#OnThisDay in 1482, Margaret of Anjou, Queen consort of England as wife of Henry VI, and principal figure in the Wars of the Roses, dies.👑

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26 August 2026 09:53

At the age of 59 Victoria Preston was approached to join the British Army as a Specialist Reservist Officer, and now, she discusses why women fight in combat🪖👉

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25 August 2026 16:10

#OnThisDay in 1831, Charles Darwin is asked to travel on HMS Beagle.⛵️

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25 August 2026 12:10

#OnThisDay in 79 AD, Mount #Vesuvius in the Bay of Naples erupts, burying the Roman towns of #Pompeii and #Herculaneum.🌋

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30 August 2026 14:25

#OnThisDay in 1350, the English naval fleet under King Edward III defeats a Castilian fleet of 40 ships, at the Battle of Winchelsea.⚔️

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30 August 2026 10:25

#OnThisDay in 1831, Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction.⚡ Discover his legacy here

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29 August 2026 17:05

🗺️ Babylonian Map of the World. C. 700-500 BCE. Probably from Sippar, southern Iraq. 

📷 Photo ©️ by the Trustees of the British Museum. 

World’s History

29 August 2026 13:01

#OnThisDay in 1996, the divorce of Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales is finalised.👑

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29 August 2026 08:58

#OnThisDay in 476, the Roman empire in the west comes to an end with the forced abdication of Emperor Romulus Augustulus.🏛️🔥

World’s History

28 August 2026 16:15

🎨 On this day in 1576: The Renaissance painter Titian dies. 

📝 Article by Mark Cartwright. 

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28 August 2026 12:15

#OnThisDay in 1979, a Provisional IRA bomb kills Louis Mountbatten and three others while they are boating on holiday in Sligo, Republic of Ireland

World’s History

27 August 2026 17:25

In southern France, footprints of a young child walking beside a canine have been preserved in the earth of the Chauvet Cave, dating to 26,000 years ago, and a 2008 study concluded that dogs were domesticated in Europe between 32,000-18,800 years ago.

World’s History

27 August 2026 13:25

#OnThisDay in 1346, during the #HundredYearsWar, the military supremacy of the English longbow over the French combination of crossbow and armoured knights is established at the #BattleofCrécy.🏹🛡️

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27 August 2026 09:18

#Viking runes were used for everything from messages to monuments.

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26 August 2026 16:02

🐎 The Artemision Jockey. A bronze jockey and horse from a shipwreck off Cape Artemision, Euboea, c. 140 BCE. (National Archaeological Museum, Athens).

📷 Photo by Mark Cartwright. 

World’s History

26 August 2026 11:55

#OnThisDay in 1944, after more than four years of #Nazi occupation, Paris is liberated by the French 2nd Armored Division and the US 4th Infantry Division

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25 August 2026 18:15

Discover the world’s oldest profession... Prostitution in Ancient Rome🏛️

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25 August 2026 14:10

#OnThisDay in 1215, Pope Innocent III declares Magna Carta invalid.📜

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25 August 2026 10:08

#OnThisDay in 1981, Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 years to life for the murder of #JohnLennon.🎸🎤