1st August 1714: George, Elector of Hanover, becomes King George I of Great Britain
George, Elector of Hanover, became King George I of Great ...
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20 of 342 episodes31st July 1971: David Scott and James Irwin drive the first Lunar Roving Vehicle on the Moon during the Apollo 15 mission
The astronauts visited geological features near the Apollo 15 landing site in the Hadley-Apennine region, collected samples, and deployed sc...
30th July 1792: La Marseillaise, the future French national anthem, first sung in Paris by a group of volunteer soldiers from the city of Marseille
La Marseillaise was composed by a French army officer and was originally called the ‘War Song for the Army of the Rhine’ with the aim of ral...
29th July 1567: James VI crowned king of Scotland at just 13 months old
James was the only son of Mary, Queen of Scots, who was forced to abdicate in favour of her young son a month after she was ...
28th July 1755: Expulsion of the Acadians agreed by British Lieutenant Governor Charles Lawrence and the Nova Scotia Council
British officials regarded the Acadian population as a security risk and, on 28 July, Lieutenant-Governor Charles Lawrence and his council r...
27th July 1940: Bugs Bunny makes his cartoon debut in A Wild Hare
Bugs Bunny made his first appearance in the Merrie Melodies cartoon A Wild ...
26th July 1745: First ever women’s cricket match played near Guildford
The first ever women’s cricket match was played on Gosden Common near Guildford in ...
25th July 1792: Brunswick Manifesto during the French Revolution threatened retaliation if the royal family was harmed
The Brunswick Manifesto declared that, rather than conquering France, the invading armies sought to restore lawful authority in the country...
24th July 1927: Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing unveiled in the Belgian city of Ypres
The Menin Gate is one of four memorials to missing British and Commonwealth soldiers from the First World War in the area around the Ypres S...
23rd July 1943: Archibald Brown blown up by an anti-tank grenade placed under his seat
Archibald Brown was murdered by his son, who placed an anti-tank grenade under the seat of his bath ...
22nd July 1894: World’s first organised automobile race takes place between Paris and Rouen
The Comte Jules-Albert de Dion’s steam tractor crossed the finish line first but the judges concluded that his vehicle required too much sup...
21st July 1925: ‘Monkey Trial’ finds John T. Scopes guilty of teaching evolution
John Thomas Scopes, a substitute science teacher in Tennessee, was found guilty of teaching evolution in ...
20th July 1969: Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin successfully land on the surface of the moon during the Apollo 11 mission
The words ‘Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed’ confirmed the safe touchdown at around 8:17pm ...
19th July 1843: The ship SS Great Britain designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel launched in Bristol
Combining an iron hull with screw-propeller propulsion, SS Great Britain was the largest ship afloat at the time of its launch and introduce...
18th July 1976: Nadia Comăneci scores the first ever Olympic gymnastic ‘perfect 10’
Romanian gymnast Nadia Comăneci scored the first ever perfect 10 in Olympic history on the uneven bars at the Summer Games in ...
17th July 1453: The Battle of Castillon, widely accepted as last conflict of the Hundred Years’ War
The Battle of Castillon, considered to be the last battle of the Hundred Years’ War, was fought between France and ...
16th July 1661: Europe’s first banknotes issued by the Swedish bank Stockholms Banco
The new banknotes were welcomed because they were lighter, easier to carry, and more convenient for trade. The bank also found that paper cu...
15th July 1834: Abolition of the Spanish Inquisition, formally known as the Tribunal of the Holy Office of the Inquisition
By the time it was abolished, up to 150,000 people had been tried by the Spanish Inquisition, of whom somewhere between two and five thousan...
14th July 1789: Storming of the Bastille marks the start of the French Revolution
The Bastille had long been a symbol of tyranny as a place for the imprisonment of people without trial, but when it was stormed it only cont...
13th July 1930: Inaugural FIFA World Cup begins in Uruguay during the centenary of the country’s first constitution
FIFA president Jules Rimet organised football’s own independent international championship, with Uruguay as the host nation due to Uruguay’s...