Scott Allsop's Blog, page 155
February 22, 2020
23rd February 303: Start of Emperor Diocletian’s ‘Great Persecution’
Emperor Diocletian ordered the destruction of the new church in the ancient city of Nicomedia, marking the start of the ‘Great Persecution’ of ...
February 21, 2020
22nd February 1797: The last invasion of Britain takes place, leading to the Battle of Fishguard
The last invasion of Britain by a hostile foreign force began when French troops under the command of the Irish-American Colonel William Tate landed near the Welsh town of ...
February 20, 2020
21st February 1613: Romanov dynasty begins under Michael I of Russia
The Romanov dynasty began after Michael Romanov was elected Tsar of Russia by the Zemsky Sobor national ...
February 19, 2020
20th February 1472: Orkney and Shetland Isles given to Scotland as a wedding dowry
The Northern Isles, which consist of the two island groups of Shetland and Orkney, have been inhabited since prehistoric times but were formally annexed by the Norwegian king Harald Hårfagre in around 875 after he subdued the Vikings who used the islands as a base from which to raid Norway and ...
February 18, 2020
19th February 1913: Pedro Lascurain began the world’s shortest ever presidency in Mexico
Pedro Lascuráin began the shortest presidential term in history when he became President of Mexico for less than an ...
February 17, 2020
18th February 1885: Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” published in the United States
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, under his pen-name Mark Twain, had previously published the novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer in which the character of Huckleberry “Huck” Finn is introduced for the first ...
February 16, 2020
17th February 1966: The Beach Boys start recording Good Vibrations
On the 17th February 1966 Brian Wilson, the co-founder of the Beach Boys, began the first recording session for the song Good Vibrations at Gold Star Studios in Los ...
February 15, 2020
16th February 1937: Organic chemist Wallace Carothers is awarded a patent for nylon
The DuPont company’s organic chemist Wallace Carothers received a patent for linear condensation polymers, the basis of the material better known as ...
February 14, 2020
15th February 1971: The UK and Ireland decimalise their currency
On the 15th February 1971, the United Kingdom and Ireland abandoned their old currency of pounds, shillings and pence and introduced a decimalised ...
February 13, 2020
14th February 1990: Voyager 1 creates the ‘Pale Blue Dot’ image of Earth
Pale Blue Dot, the most distant photograph ever taken of Earth, was created by the Voyager 1 space ...
