6th September 1522: Victoria becomes the first ship to circumnavigate the world
The ship Victoria returned to Spain as the only survivor of Ferdinand Magellan’s fleet that circumnavigated the ...
6 Sep 0s
5th September 1945: Defection of Igor Gouzenko to Canada exposes a Soviet espionage network in the West
Gouzenko’s defection had far-reaching effects. In Canada, several people were arrested and convicted of espionage while other Western governments were alerted to the extent of Soviet intelligence ...
5 Sep 0s
4th September 1882: Thomas Edison opens the world’s first power plant on Pearl Street in New York
Thomas Edison began operating the first permanent commercial electrical power plant in New ...
4 Sep 0s
3rd September 1939: Second World War officially begins when France and the United Kingdom declare war on Germany alongside Australia and New Zealand
German Nazi forces had invaded Poland two days earlier, claiming to be acting in self-defence following a ‘false flag’ ...
3 Sep 0s
2nd September 1192: Treaty of Jaffa signed between Richard I of England and Saladin, ending the Third Crusade
The Treaty of Jaffa established a three-year truce and confirmed that Jerusalem would remain under Muslim control, although Christian pilgrims would be allowed access to the city’s holy ...
2 Sep 0s
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland, triggering the Second World War
On the 1st September 1939, German forces invaded Poland in a move that was to trigger the Second World ...
1 Sep 0s
31st August 1854: Cholera outbreak in London’s Broad Street leads to John Snow’s investigation into germ-contaminated water
Physician John Snow investigated the outbreak by mapping cholera cases in the area, which showed a clear concentration of cases around the public water pump on Broad ...
31 Aug 0s
30th August 1918: Bolshevik leader Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known as Lenin, survives an assassination attempt
The assassination of Lenin was attempted by Fanya Kaplan, a member of the anti-Bolshevik faction of the Socialist Revolutionary ...
30 Aug 0s
