Scott Allsop's Blog, page 183
June 17, 2019
18th June 1887: Germany and Russia sign the secret Reinsurance Treaty
Germany and Russia signed the secret Reinsurance Treaty that ensured they would each remain neutral if the other went to war with a third European ...
June 16, 2019
17th June 1885: Statue of Liberty arrives in New York from France
On the 17th June 1885, the Statue of Liberty arrived in New York Harbour on board the French steam ship ...
June 15, 2019
16th June 1846: Pope Pius IX begins the longest ever reign of a Catholic Pope
Born Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti, Pius IX’s election by the Papal conclave of 1846 came at a time of significant political unrest across ...
June 14, 2019
15th June 1215: King John agrees to Magna Carta by adding his seal
On the 15th June 1215, Magna Carta – one of the most famous documents in the world – was approved by King John when he added his seal to it in a field at Runnymede near Windsor in ...
June 13, 2019
14th June 1645: The Battle of Naseby fought in the English Civil War
The Battle of Naseby, a decisive engagement of the English Civil War, was fought between the Royalist army of King Charles I and the Parliamentarian New Model ...
June 12, 2019
13th June 1944: First V-1 ‘Doodlebug’ flying bomb attack on London
On the 13th June 1944 the first German attack on Britain using the V-1 flying bomb, otherwise known as the ‘doodlebug’, took ...
June 11, 2019
12th June 1987: Ronald Reagan calls on Mikhail Gorbachev to ‘Tear down this wall!’
US President Ronald Reagan made a speech in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin in which he called on the USSR’s leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, to ‘Tear down this ...
June 10, 2019
11th June 1837: Broad Street Riot breaks out in Boston, MA
On June 11th 1837, the Broad Street Riot broke out in Boston, Massachusetts, between Irish immigrants and existing American citizens known as ...
June 9, 2019
10th June 1924: Italian politician Matteotti kidnapped and murdered by Fascists
Giacomo Matteotti, an Italian socialist politician, was kidnapped and then murdered by members of the Fascist ...
June 8, 2019
9th June 1815: The ‘Final Act’ of the Congress of Vienna signed
The ‘Final Act’ of the Congress of Vienna was signed on the 9th June 1815, nine days before Napoleon’s final defeat at the Battle of ...
