5 Minute History

The History of the Knights Templar

The Knights Templar was one of the most renowned military organisations of early-modern times, credi...
The History of the Submarine

Submarines are one of the more recent military advancements, coming to prominence during the first W...
The History of the World Water Speed Record

The World Water Speed Record is currently governed by the Union International Motonautique and is co...
The History of the Football World Cup

Football (or soccer to those of you reading this who are not from Europe) can date its origins back ...
22 January 1901 – The Queen is Dead

Queen Victoria spent the Christmas period in 1900 at one of her favourite retreats, Osborne House, o...
20 October 1720 – The End of the Road for Captain Jack

‘Calico Jack’ Rackham, Anne Bonny and Mary Read are Captured. On the night of 20 October...
1 October 1553 – Mary I is Crowned

It was party time in England’s capital in the days leading up to 1 October 1553. A huge crowd ...

20 October 1720 – The End of the Road for Captain Jack

‘Calico Jack’ Rackham, Anne Bonny and Mary Read are Captured. On the night of 20 ...

Disaffected aristocrats conspire to have the Roman emperor assassinated The Roman emperor Domitian had been ...

The body of a homeless prostitute, brutally murdered and mutilated, is discovered in a Whitechapel ...

Queen Victoria spent the Christmas period in 1900 at one of her favourite retreats, Osborne ...

It was party time in England’s capital in the days leading up to 1 October ...

Disaffected aristocrats conspire to have the Roman emperor assassinated The Roman emperor Domitian had been ...

The Stono Rebellion is the biggest revolt of its kind in British North America Twenty ...