World’s History

19 August 2026 09:45

#OnThisDay in 1941, The National Fire Service is established.🚒

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18 August 2026 15:50

#OnThisDay in 1424, part of the #HundredYearsWar, John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford leads an English force to victory against the French in a bloody battle described as a second Agincourt

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18 August 2026 11:45

#OnThisDay in 1945, George Orwell's Animal Farm published.🐷📕

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17 August 2026 17:33

82 years ago today, soldiers of the US 7th Army push inland from their landing on the coast of Southern France during Operation Dragoon. 🪖

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17 August 2026 13:25

#OnThisDay in 1913, Completion of the Royal Navy battlecruiser HMS Queen Mary.⚓🚢

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17 August 2026 09:23

#OnThisDay in 1977, popular music icon, the “King of Rock and Roll”, Elvis Presley dies in Memphis, Tennessee. He was 42

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16 August 2026 15:50

✨ The Nike of Samothrace, c. 190 BCE. The statue was dedicated to the Great gods at the sanctuary on Samothrace, a Greek island in the Aegean Sea. (Louvre Museum, Paris). 

📷 Photo by Tory Brown. 

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16 August 2026 13:50

#OnThisDay in 1941, Corporal Josef Jakobs is executed by firing squad at the Tower of London, making him the last person to be executed at the Tower for treason.🏰

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16 August 2026 09:45

#OnThisDay in 1963, Henry John Burnett is hanged at Craiginches Prison, Aberdeen, the last execution to take place in Scotland.⛓️

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15 August 2026 15:35

#OnThisDay in 1834, the Poor Law Amendment Act is passed, introducing 'workhouses' for the healthy poor.

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15 August 2026 11:35

#OnThisDay in 1473, Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury is born.👑

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14 August 2026 17:33

💍 This Ptolemaic jewellery from Egypt was made between 225–175 BCE. The various pieces were made out of gold and are inlaid with a variety of precious stones. The jewellery is part of the J. Paul Getty Museum's collection. 

📷 Photo by the Getty Museum. 

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14 August 2026 13:32

#OnThisDay in 1910, Florence Nightingale, considered the founder of modern nursing, sadly dies.🕯️👩‍⚕️

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14 August 2026 09:30

#OnThisDay in 1969, a ticket tape parade is held in New York City for the Apollo 11 astronauts.🧑‍🚀

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13 August 2026 15:05

#OnThisDay in 1964, British author and journalist #IanFleming, creator of #JamesBond, the world’s most famous fictional spy, dies of a heart attack at age 56 in Kent.🍸🤵‍♂️

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18 August 2026 17:50

✨ This fibula (pin used for fastening a piece of clothing) is one of a pair made by a Visigothic artist out of gold over bronze with gemstones, glass and meerschaum. 6th century CE. Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD. 

📷 Photo by Walters Art Museum. 
 
#Visigothic #History

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18 August 2026 13:50

#OnThisDay in 1987, Rudolf Hess, #Nazi leader Adolf Hitler’s former deputy, is found strangled to death in Spandau Prison in Berlin at the age of 93

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18 August 2026 09:44

He was one of the greatest Viking warlords – and his death is still an unsolved mystery.⚔️🛡️🛶

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17 August 2026 15:32

The end of the Corsair assembly line is my happy place. 😎

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17 August 2026 11:25

#OnThisDay in 1819, troops charge a political meeting in Manchester, killing 11 and injuring 400 in the 'Peterloo Massacre'.⚔️

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16 August 2026 23:37

In August of 1945, American military personnel celebrate in Tokyo post VJ Day in 1945. 🇺🇸

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16 August 2026 13:50

#OnThisDay in 1947, India gains independence from Britain, having been partitioned into India and Pakistan.🇮🇳 🕌

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16 August 2026 11:50

#OnThisDay in 1945, the Allies officially celebrate Victory over Japan Day, and the end of World War Two.🇯🇵 🪖

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15 August 2026 17:35

Between 626 and 1453 CE, successive powers, including the First Bulgarian Empire, Crusaders, and Ottoman Empire, attempted to capture #Constantinople. Although it endured roughly 30 recorded #sieges and #attacks, only a small number placed the city under immediate threat.

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15 August 2026 13:35

#OnThisDay in 1040, King Duncan is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth.🩸

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15 August 2026 09:35

#OnThisDay in 1889, London dockers strike for a minimum wage of sixpence an hour. The strike lasts a month.🪧

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14 August 2026 15:32

#OnThisDay in 1521, the fall of Tenochtitan to Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortes subdues Mexico, ending #Aztec civilisation.⚔️

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14 August 2026 11:32

#OnThisDay in 1961, the communist government of East Germany begins building the Berlin Wall to divide East and West Berlin.🧱

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13 August 2026 17:10

🐘 Happy World Elephant Day! 

🐘 A limestone relief depicting an elephant. Tra Kieu, Quang Nam Province, Vietnam. 10th century CE. (Musée Guimet, Paris). Photo by James Blake Wiener. 

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13 August 2026 13:05

#OnThisDay in 30 BC, Cleopatra VII, the last ruler of the Egyptian Ptolemaic dynasty, commits suicide after defeat at the Battle of Actium and the death of Marc Antony.🏺🐪