World’s History

24 August 2026 17:35

👑 On this day in 30 BCE: Caesarion (Ptolemy XV Caesar), the son of Julius Caesar and Cleopatra VII, is assassinated after Octavian invites him to rule Egypt as a client king. 

📷 Photo by Sdwelch1031. 

World’s History

24 August 2026 13:32

Sir William Wallace (c. 1270-1305) was a Scottish knight and national hero who fought for his country's independence.
Wallace was captured in Glasgow, tried for treason in 1305, and sentenced to death.

World’s History

24 August 2026 09:24

Archaeologists find ancient clues that may unlock a major #Stonehenge mystery...🪨

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23 August 2026 15:03

One weapon defended an empire for 700 years. Nobody knows how it worked...⛵

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23 August 2026 13:02

#OnThisDay in 1964, Ida Siekmann, the first person to die attempting to cross the Berlin Wall, dies.

World’s History

23 August 2026 09:01

#OnThisDay in 1642, Charles I calls the English Parliament traitors and raises the royal standard at Nottingham, igniting the #EnglishCivilWar.⚔️

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22 August 2026 15:50

Today is Men's Grooming Day!🧔‍♂️ Discover moustaches through history🥸

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22 August 2026 11:50

#OnThisDay in 1920, Daphne Milne gives birth to a son, Christopher Robin Milne. #ChristopherRobin goes on to be immortalized in her husband's A.A. Milne’s books, #WinniethePooh.🧸🍯

World’s History

21 August 2026 17:03

#OnThisDay in 1858, Charles #Darwin first publishes his theory of #evolution through natural selection in The Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. 🔎

World’s History

21 August 2026 13:02

Leading Aircraftman Gordon Cummins is handsome, affable and well liked...
But under this charming, blue-eyed veneer is a monster. Discover the harrowing true story here🔎📕:

World’s History

21 August 2026 09:00

#OnThisDay in 1940, Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky assassinated in Mexico.🇷🇺

World’s History

20 August 2026 16:05

#OnThisDay in 1561, an 18-year-old Mary, Queen of Scots, returns to Scotland after spending 13 years in France.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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20 August 2026 12:05

#OnThisDay in 1883, Coco Chanel, French fashion designer, founder of the #Chanel Company and brand, is born.👜

World’s History

19 August 2026 17:50

Pilots of Fighting Squadron 16 celebrate after shooting down 17 Japanese aircraft in the skies above the Gilbert & Marshall Islands.

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19 August 2026 13:50

#OnThisDay in 1612, the Pendle witch trials reached a climax at Lancaster Assizes, where ten individuals accused of witchcraft faced the court.🧙

World’s History

24 August 2026 15:33

#OnThisDay in 1305, Sir William Wallace is executed for High Treason at Smithfield in London.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

World’s History

24 August 2026 11:35

#OnThisDay in 1650, Colonel George Monck of the #EnglishArmy forms Monck's Regiment of Foot, which will later become the Coldstream Guards.💂

World’s History

23 August 2026 17:01

🖼️ On this day in 1911: The Mona Lisa is stolen by Vincenzo Peruggia, a Louvre employee.

It was returned to the Louvre on 4 January 1914.

World’s History

23 August 2026 13:02

#OnThisDay in 1485, the Battle of Bosworth Field, the death of Richard III and the end of the House of Plantagenet.🐴⚔️

World’s History

23 August 2026 11:02

#OnThisDay in 565, St. Columba reports seeing a monster in Loch Ness, Scotland.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🐍

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22 August 2026 17:50

#OnThisDay in 1770, James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales.⛵

World’s History

22 August 2026 13:50

'We didn't need men!' Author of 'Out of the Darkness', discusses how 30,000 women beat nuclear machine at Greenham Common

World’s History

22 August 2026 09:45

One weapon defended an empire for 700 years. Nobody knows how it worked...⛵

World’s History

21 August 2026 15:05

#OnThisDay in 1659, English pirate Henry Every, sometimes known as "Jack Avery" or "John Avery", is born.🏴‍☠️🦜

World’s History

21 August 2026 11:02

#OnThisDay in 1944, American Liberty ship SS Richard Montgomery is wrecked off the Nore in the Thames Estuary with around 1,400 tonnes of explosives on board.💣⚓

World’s History

20 August 2026 18:10

👑 On this day in 14 CE: Augustus dies. 

📝 Article by Joshua J. Mark. 
📷Photos by Mark Cartwright, Carole Raddato and Andreas Wahra (original), new version by Till Niermann.

World’s History

20 August 2026 14:05

#OnThisDay in 1745, Prince Charles Edward Stuart raises his standard in Glenfinnan, marking the beginning of the Second Jacobite Rebellion.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿⚔️

World’s History

20 August 2026 10:03

#OnThisDay in 480 BC, Spartan soldiers make an heroic last stand against the Persians at the pass at Thermopylae

World’s History

19 August 2026 15:50

🍷 The Trialeti Chalice, a silver cup from Trialeti, made by people who belonged to the ancient Trialeti-Vanadzor culture, 18th or 17th centuries BCE. The cup is decorated with two processional friezes. 

📷 Photo by Carole Raddato. 

World’s History

19 August 2026 11:50

#OnThisDay in 1969, the generation-defining #Woodstock Music Festival in New York State, attended by 400,000 people, ends.🤘🎸