Anniversaries

On this day…

879 Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Aeterni Patris 1914 WWI: Field Marshal Lord Kitchener becomes British Minister of War after British declaration of war on Germany 1942 1st train with…

1776 Formal signing of the US Declaration of Independence by 56 people (date most accepted by modern historians) 1865 Lewis Carroll publishes "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" 1880 British Parliament officially…

On this day, in 2016, the UK voted for Brexit

On this day, in 2016 the UK voted to leave the European Union. Just over half of the electorate voted for “Brexit”, Britain's exit from the EU. The UK had been…