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October 18, 2017
19th October 202 BCE: Roman Republic defeats Carthage at the Battle of Zama
The Second Punic War is famed for the Carthaginian commander Hannibal leading his troops and elephants over the Alps to face the Roman armies. After seventeen years, the war was finally brought to an end...
October 17, 2017
18th October 1922: British Broadcasting Company established
On the 18th October 1922, the British Broadcasting Company was established. Originally established as a private consortium of radio manufacturers to secure the first broadcasting license in the UK, the company later became the British...
October 16, 2017
17th October 1933: Einstein moves to the USA after Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
Einstein, who was Jewish, was undertaking a visiting professorship at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena when Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor on 30 January 1933. With the Nazis expanding their power in Germany,...
October 15, 2017
16th October 1793: The Execution of Marie Antoinette
At 12.15pm on the afternoon of the 16th October 1793, Marie Antoinette was executed by guillotine in the Place de la Revolution in Paris. Found guilty of treason earlier that morning, she was transported to...
October 14, 2017
15th October 1764: Edward Gibbon first considers The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Gibbon’s six volume history traces the collapse of the Roman Empire from the rule of the Five Good Emperors until the end of Byzantium. Gibbon, like Machiavelli who had coined the term over two centuries...
October 13, 2017
14th October 1066: Battle of Hastings fought on Senlac Hill
On the 14th October 1066, the Battle of Hastings was fought between Duke William II of Normandy and the Anglo-Saxon king Harold Godwinson. Harold’s defeat triggered the Norman conquest of England and the beginning of...
October 12, 2017
13th October 1792: Cornerstone laid for the White House
On the 13th October 1792 the cornerstone of the White House, which at the time was to be known as the United States Executive Mansion, was laid. Construction took 8 years, with John Adams being...
October 11, 2017
12th October 1810: First Oktoberfest held in Munich
On the 12th October 1810, the first Oktoberfest took place in Munich. First established to celebrate the marriage of Crown Prince Ludwig to Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen, the most important part of the festivities was...
October 10, 2017
11th October 1975: Saturday Night Live is broadcast for the first time
Saturday Night Live was originally known as NBC’s Saturday Night to avoid any confusion with the ABC show Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell. Having been developed to fill the gap left by the Johnny...
October 9, 2017
10th October 1903: Foundation of Women’s Social & Political Union
On the 10th October 1903 the Women’s Social and Political Union, whose members came to be known as suffragettes, was founded at the Manchester home of Sylvia and Emmeline Pankhurst. Frustrated by the lack of...
