21st April 1918: Manfred von Richthofen, aka The Red Baron, shot down and killed
The German fighter pilot Baron Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen, better known as the Red Baron, was shot down and ...
21 Apr 0s
20th April 1968: Enoch Powell delivers his controversial “Rivers of Blood” speech on immigration
Powell argued that continued immigration would create social tension in Britain, illustrating his argument with a quotation from the Roman poet Virgil describing a vision of “the River Tiber foaming w...
20 Apr 0s
19th April 1839: The Treaty of London establishes an independent Belgium
The Treaty of London was signed, which recognised and guaranteed the independence and neutrality of ...
19 Apr 0s
18th April 1506: Construction begins on Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome
Pope Julius II laid the cornerstone of the current St. Peter's Basilica, one of Catholicism’s most sacred ...
18 Apr 0s
17th April 1951: Peak District in northern England formally designated the United Kingdom’s first National Park
The Peak District was selected as the first area to receive this status because of its landscape and its proximity to large populations covering approximately 555 square miles across parts of Derbyshi...
17 Apr 0s
16th April 1922: Former WW1 enemies Germany and Russia sign the Treaty of Rapallo
The Treaty of Rapallo meant the two countries ended all territorial and financial arguments stemming from the previous Treaty of Brest-Litovsk and agreed to ‘co-operate in a spirit of mutual goodwill ...
16 Apr 0s
15th April 1755: Samuel Johnson publishes ‘A Dictionary of the English Language’ in London
Johnson’s finished dictionary contained 42,773 words, each of which featured a number of notes on their specific ...
15 Apr 0s
14th April 1935: Stresa Front signed between the United Kingdom, France, and Italy
The Stresa Front consisted of a formal declaration opposing unilateral changes to European treaties and the intention to resist further violations by Adolf ...
14 Apr 0s
