1st April 1924: Adolf Hitler found guilty of treason for his role in the Beer Hall Putsch and sentenced to five years in jail
Hitler’s detention provided him with the opportunity to write Mein Kampf, his blueprint for power, and to rethink the tactics he would use to take that power in ...
1 Apr 20220s
31st March 1905: Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany lands in Morocco where his speech prompts the First Moroccan Crisis
The Kaiser’s speech in Tangier was a direct challenge to the French Foreign Minister, Théophile Delcassé, who had previously secured wide European support for control of ...
31 Mar 20220s
30th March 1856: The Crimean War officially ends with the Treaty of Paris
The Crimean War began in October 1853, having been triggered by disagreements between Russia and the Ottoman Empire regarding Russia’s right to protect the Orthodox Christian minority in the Ottoman-controlled Holy ...
30 Mar 20220s
29th March 1973: The last regular American troops withdraw from South Vietnam
The withdrawal of the last regular American troops from South Vietnam ended eight years of direct US military involvement in ...
29 Mar 20220s
28th March 1871: The Paris Commune proclaimed, and Council met for the first time
The refusal of the Communards to accept the authority of the French government led to the Commune being brutally suppressed by the regular French army in May during ‘The Bloody ...
28 Mar 20220s
27th March 1963: Dr Richard Beeching, Chairman of the British Transport Commission, publishes his report to cut thousands of miles of railway lines
Not all the recommendations were implemented, but the subsequent Beeching Cuts resulted in the closure of 2,128 stations, thousands of miles of track, and the loss of up to 70,000 ...
27 Mar 20220s
26th March 1830: The Book of Mormon first went on sale at E. B. Grandin’s book store
The Book of Mormon is a key sacred text of the Latter Day Saint movement that was published by Joseph Smith, the founder of the movement, when he was twenty-four years ...
26 Mar 20220s
25th March 1957: Treaty of Rome signed, which laid the foundations for the European Economic Community
The EEC, sometimes referred to as the Common Market, survived until 2009 when it was absorbed into the European ...
25 Mar 20220s
