Scott Allsop's Blog, page 203
December 1, 2018
2nd December 1804: Napoleon crowns himelf Emperor of the French
On the 2nd December 1804, Napoleon Bonaparte crowned himself Emperor of the French at Notre Dame Cathedral in ...
November 30, 2018
1st December 1918: Unification of Transylvania and the Kingdom of Romania
The National Assembly of Romanians of Transylvania and Hungary declared the unification of Transylvania and the Kingdom of ...
November 29, 2018
30th November 1982: Michael Jackson releases the album Thriller
On the 30th November 1982, Michael Jackson released the album Thriller, which went on to become the best-selling album of all ...
November 28, 2018
29th November 1850: The Declaration of Olmütz signed by Prussia and Austria
The Declaration of Olmütz was signed between Prussia and Austria, in which Prussia submitted to Austrian ...
November 27, 2018
28th November 1520: Magellan sails from the Atlantic to the Pacific
On the 28th November 1520, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan led the first European ships from the Atlantic Ocean into the Pacific as part of his planned circumnavigation of the ...
November 26, 2018
27th November 1809: The Berners Street hoax causes chaos in central London
Englishman Theodore Hook orchestrated a practical joke known as the Berners Street hoax in the heart of ...
November 25, 2018
26th November 1922: Tutankhamun’s tomb entered by Howard Carter
On the 26th November 1922, Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon entered the tomb of Tutankhamun in Egypt’s Valley of the ...
November 24, 2018
25th November 1491: The Treaty of Granada ends Islamic rule on the Iberian Peninsula
The Treaty of Granada ended the Granada War and brought about the end of Islamic rule on the Iberian ...
November 23, 2018
24th November 1859: Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species
On the 24th November 1859, English naturalist and geologist Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species, the ground-breaking book that is considered by many to be the foundation of evolutionary ...
November 22, 2018
23rd November 1889: The nickel-in-the-slot phonograph – the world’s first jukebox
The world's first ‘Nickel-In-The-Slot Phonograph’ introduced the concept of the jukebox to the ...
