Scott Allsop's Blog, page 190
March 5, 2019
6th March 1869: Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table
On the 6th March 1869, Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev presented his periodic table to the Russian Chemical ...
March 4, 2019
5th March 1046: Persian poet Nasir Khusraw’s 7-year journey through the Islamic world results in the Safarnama
The Persian poet and philosopher Nasir Khusraw began a seven-year journey through the Islamic world that he recorded in the ...
March 3, 2019
4th March 1789: First US Congress meets under new Constitution
On the 4th March 1789, the United States constitution went into effect when the first US Congress ...
March 2, 2019
3rd March 1918: Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Central Powers ends Russian participation in WW1
On the 3rd March 1918 the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed between Russia and the Central ...
March 1, 2019
2nd March 1965: USA launches Operation Rolling Thunder in Vietnam
On the 2nd March 1965 the United States military, alongside the Republic of Vietnam Air Force, began Operation Rolling Thunder as part of the Vietnam ...
February 28, 2019
1st March 1692: First of the Salem ‘witches’ face magistrates in Massachusetts
On the 1st March 1692, the Salem witch trials began when Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and Tituba were brought before local magistrates in Salem Village, ...
February 27, 2019
28th February 1525: Execution of Cuauhtémoc, the last Aztec Emperor
On the 28th February 1525 Cuauhtémoc, the last Aztec Emperor, was executed on the orders of the Spanish conquistador Hernán ...
February 26, 2019
27th February 1933: Arson attack causes the Reichstag Fire in Berlin
On the 27th February 1933, the Reichstag building in Berlin was set on fire in an arson ...
February 25, 2019
26th February 1815: Napoleon escapes from exile on Elba
On the 26th February 1815, Napoléon Bonaparte escaped exile on the Mediterranean island of Elba and sailed to the French ...
February 24, 2019
25th February 1956: Khruschev criticises Stalin in his ‘secret speech’ to the 20th Party Congress
Shortly after midnight on the 25th February 1956, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev delivered his ‘secret speech’, officially called "On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences", in a four hour "closed session" at the end of the 20th Party Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet ...
