TIMELINE
The First British Shot of WWI
First British shot of WWI
Read MoreLife on a war ship what was it like?
Have you wondered what it would be like for a member of your family serving in the Royal Navy on active service in a war ship? Find out on HMS Belfast…
Read MoreDouglas Bader and comrade at RAF Duxford WWII
Douglas Bader based at RAF Duxford Cambridgeshire 1939-1945 and a great blog with an insight to the life and role of the men and women that were stationed throught two wars at RAF Duxford, with lovely original photographs well worth a look.
Read MoreFounding of Portsmouth 1180
The founding of Portsmouth Hampshire by the Norman lord Jean de Gisor.
Read MoreSpencer Perceval shot dead 1812
The death of Spencer Perceval, British Prime Minister shot dead in 1812 the year of the famous overture midst of the Napoleonic Wars and after the French Revolution.
Read MoreThe Corn Laws 1815
The implementation of the Corn Laws 1815 had a profound effect on the people of Britain, how did families cope with the hardship they found themselves in?
Read MoreMarie Curie 1908 Professor
First ever, female professor at the Sorbonne 1908, two Nobel Prizes, in chemistry and physics
Read MoreMarie Curie 1903
Marie Curie presents her doctoral paper on the discovery of Radium.
Read MoreInternational Council of Women 1904
Women’s Suffrage 1904
Read MoreGas lights and the lamplighters 1807
Bringing light to London’s streets, the gas lights and lamplighters of the Georgian and Victorian period, brought a sense of life and safety to the city’s population.
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