23rd August 1944: King Michael of Romania leads a coup d’etat against Ion Antonescu
King Michael I of Romania led a coup d'état that removed the Nazi-aligned government of Ion ...
23 Aug 20220s
22nd August 1485: King Richard III killed at the Battle of Bosworth as the forces of Henry Tudor bring the Plantagenet dynasty to an end
The Stanley family surrounded and killed Richard III after the king chose to break ranks and target Henry Tudor ...
22 Aug 20220s
21st August 1911: Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa stolen from the Louvre in Paris
Vincenzo Peruggia served just six months in jail for the robbery, and was hailed by many Italians as a nationalist hero for returning the Mona Lisa to her real home although it was later returned to ...
21 Aug 20220s
20th August 1940: Leon Trotsky attacked with an ice axe in Mexico
Leon Trotsky was fatally wounded with an ice axe by Spanish communist Ramón ...
20 Aug 20220s
19th August 1989: The Pan-European Picnic opens the Cold War border between Hungary and Austria
The Cold War border between Austria and Hungary was opened for a short period of time for the Pan-European ...
19 Aug 20220s
18th August 1612: The trials of nine Lancashire women and two men known as the Pendle Witches begin
The trials of the Pendle Witches are not only some of the most famous but also some of the best recorded witch trials in British history, and represent two per cent of all British witches to face trial over three ...
18 Aug 20220s
17th August 1836: Parliament passes the 1836 Marriage Act, allowing non-Anglican ceremonies
Parliament passed the Marriage Act that legalised civil marriages and introduced their formal ...
17 Aug 20220s
16th August 1819: An estimated 15 protestors are killed in the Peterloo Massacre at St Peter’s Field in Manchester
The Peterloo Massacre took place at St Peter’s Field in Manchester, when a group of over 60,000 protesters were charged by ...
16 Aug 20220s
