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January 12, 2017
13th January 1935: Saar votes to reunite with Germany
On the 13th January 1935, the Territory of the Saar Basin voted to reunite with Germany. Having been administered by the League of Nations for 15 years following the signing of the Treaty of Versailles,...
January 11, 2017
12th January 1895: Foundation of the National Trust
On the 12th January 1895, the National Trust was founded by Octavia Hill, Sir Robert Hunter and Hardwicke Rawnsley. Describing itself as “a charity that works to preserve and protect historic places and spaces—for ever,...
January 10, 2017
11th January 1923: French and Belgian troops occupy the Ruhr
On the 11th January 1923, French and Belgian troops marched into Germany and occupied the industrial Ruhr area. The two countries had grown increasingly frustrated by Germany frequently defaulting on its reparations that had been...
January 9, 2017
10th January 1920: League of Nations officially founded
On the 10th January 1920, the Treaty of Versailles came into effect. Although it had been signed in June the previous year, the terms weren’t activated until the 10th January – which as well as...
January 8, 2017
9th January 1799: Income tax introduced for the first time
On the 9th January 1799, modern income tax was introduced for the first time. William Pitt the Younger, the British Prime Minister, announced the tax the previous December as a way to pay for the...
January 7, 2017
8th January 1918: Woodrow Wilson announces the Fourteen Points
On the 8th January 1918, United States President Woodrow Wilson made a speech to Congress in which he outlined his principles for world peace, known as the Fourteen Points. Keen to distance the United States...
January 6, 2017
7th January 1979: Cambodian leader Pol Pot overthrown
On the 7th January 1979 Pol Pot, the Cambodian revolutionary and General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kampuchea , was overthrown when Vietnamese forces captured the capital city Phnom Penh....
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January 5, 2017
6th January 1066: Harold Godwinson crowned king of England
On the 6th January 1066, Harold Godwinson was crowned king of England. Harold II was the last Anglo-Saxon king of England, but reigned for barely nine months before being killed at the Battle of Hastings...
January 4, 2017
5th January 1968: Prague Spring begins in Czechoslovakia
On the 5th January 1968, the Prague Spring began when Alexander Dubček became the new First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. The Prague Spring lasted for just over seven months before the Soviet...
