On this day...

[Shadow]

2 hours ago, DavidM said:

 

GREAT FIRE OF LONDON 1666

Britain adopts Gregorian calendar 1752

So did the Great Fire start on 2nd September by the Julian or Gregorian Calendar?

[Shadow]

3 minutes ago, Shadow said:

So did the Great Fire start on 2nd September by the Julian or Gregorian Calendar?

To answer my own question

https://www.arc.id.au/Calendar.html

It would seem that in France it was 12th September as they'd already adopted the Gregorian Calendar.

[Exiled Townie]

3 hours ago, DavidM said:

 

Britain adopts Gregorian calendar 1752

Have you have ever wondered why the tax year in Britain starts on the unlikely date of 6th April, rather than 1st January?The official start of the year on the Julian calendar used to be Lady Day (25th March), and this was also the official start of the tax year. However the introduction of the new calendar and the loss of the eleven days in 1752 meant this date was changed to 5th April in 1753, to avoid losing 11 days of tax revenue. Another change was made to the date in 1800, as this would have been a leap year in the Julian calendar but not in the new Gregorian calendar. So again the tax year was extended and the date changed to 6th April where it remains to this day.

[DavidM]

1 hour ago, Shadow said:

To answer my own question

https://www.arc.id.au/Calendar.html

It would seem that in France it was 12th September as they'd already adopted the Gregorian Calendar.

It’s a bit strange because on the apps I use it can say something happened on one day , then repeat it on another day 

[DavidM]

San Marino founded by Saint Marinus 301

Richard the Lionheart crowned at Westminster . One of his rare visits to England . 1189

Mamluks defeat The Mongols . A seismic event in world history , halting the Mongol advance 1260

Battle of Dunbar , 1650 . Decisive victory for Cromwell’s forces … a year later the Battle of Worcester is the last nail in Charles’s coffin … In 1658 Richard Cromwell becomes lord protector , the beginning of the end for the Commonwealth. He quickly gets called ‘ Queen Dick ‘ .

Royal Exchange falls to Great Fire 1666

Treaty of Paris between Britain and US 1783

Afghans massacre 73 defending British Residency in Kabul . It becomes famed throughout the empire 1879

First German airship shot down over london 1916

1935 Malcom Campbell drives automobile at 304mph in Utah 

UK , France , NZ and Australia declare war on Germany . Naval blockade of Germany begins . 1939

Auschwitz begins experimenting with Zyklon-B gas . 1941

Invasion of Italy begins as armistice signed 1943

Anne Frank transported to Auschwitz 1944

Russia and China agree to stop targeting each other with  nuclear weapons  1994

Ebay founded 1995

[Robin Evans]

On this day in 1972 I started secondary school at Wath.

There are some classmates who remain good friends. Some who don't. Some who've died and some I'd rather not know now.

There are some teachers who were an influence on my life (though I didn't know it then) and some who live long in memory.

50 years ago ffs. Where did it go eh?

That 72-73 school year ..... fev won t'cup n'all.... the season of my first ever game at post office rd.

 

Edited September 4, 2022 by Robin Evans

[DavidM]

Today was the most destructive day of the Great Fire 1666

Los Angeles founded by 44 Spanish settlers 1781

Robert E Lee takes the Civil War into Maryland and into the north 1862

Napoleon III deposed and third republic proclaimed 1870

Edison turns on first electric power plant and lights up part of Manhattan 1882

Transportation to NSW ended as a policy 1884

Geronimo surrenders after 30 years 1886

First U-Boat attacks a US ship 1940

British 11th armoured division liberates Antwerp 1944

First transcontinental TV broadcast in San Francisco  1951

First commercial computer that uses disk storage 1956

Spitz wins 7 medals in Munich 1972

Page and Brin found Google 1998

7.1 earthquake rocks Christchurch 2010

[DavidM]

Great Fire of London ends 1666

Peter Great announces tax on beards ( a sound policy ) 1698 

Reign of Terror begins in France 1793

First Battle of the Marne 1914

Fatty Arbuckle party ends with death of actress Virginia Rappe . It became a huge Hollywood scandal 1921

US declares neutrality 1939

Cassius Clay wins light heavyweight gold in Rome 1960

The Black September Munich terrorist atrocity 1972

Gotthard road tunnel opens in Switzerland 1980

[DavidM]

Columbus sets sail from the Canary Islands across the Atlantic 1492 … in 1522 The Victoria is the only ship of Magellan’s expedition to return to Spain and thus is the first to circumnavigate the globe 

The Mayweather with those laugh a minute puritans leaves Plymouth 1620… in 1628 they settle in Salem

Charles Turner becomes the first bowler to take 250 wickets in a season 1888

President McKinley shot and fatally wounded 1901

First tank produced 1915

All Jews in Nazi German over 6 to wear yellow Star of David 1941

US announces economic reconstruction of Germany plan 1946

Dawson’s Field twin hijacking  1970

Munich Massacre 1972

Leningrad becomes St Petersburg again 1991

Diana funeral 1997

[Robin Evans]

1893. The featherstone massacre

[The Hallucinating Goose]

"Of all my fifty battles, the most terrible was the one I fought at Borodino" - Napoleon Bonaparte

On this day in 1812, Napoleon's Grande Armee was approaching Moscow after fighting skirmishes with Russia right across the latter's territory for months. The land between the Russian border and Moscow had been scorched by the Russians, they had burnt and destroyed everything that could have been useful to Napoleon's army in a bid to stop him in his tracks but he had almost pursued them right to the walls of the Kremlin. 

The Russians decided they would make their last stand at a small village 70 miles to the west of Moscow called Borodino. This was Napoleon's opportunity to decisively defeat the Russians and conquer all of Europe. What followed was one of the bloodiest and most harrowing battles of the Napoleonic Wars, the Battle of Borodino. 

Napoleon was uncharacteristically cautious in his approach to the battle but would score yet another victory. His caution however allowed much of the Russian army to escape the field of battle. That army would retreat to Moscow and not wanting the great city to be captured, the Russians would burn the city to the ground. The Battle of Borodino and the burning of Moscow arguably put in motion the downfall of Napoleon. When Napoleon arrived in Moscow he hoped to find supplies for his army, somewhere to shelter for the winter ahead but on finding the city in flames he decided to retreat from Russia. 

Due to the land being completely scorched by the Russians in the advance into the country, the Grande Armee had no resources to sustain them as they retreated through the harsh Russian winter and their supply lines were completely cut off by small Russian companies using guerilla tactics to attack the lines. 

When Napoleon finally left Russia the greatest army ever assembled had been reduced to just a tenth of its size through starvation, freezing conditions, disease and desertion. 

[DavidM]

Louis the Stammerer becomes King of West Francia 878

Richard defeats Saladin ( hurrah ) at Arsuf 1191 … and in 1228 the Sixth Crusade began 

Thomas Howard Duke of Norfolk arrested for being part of Ridolfi Plot 1571

War of the Spanish Succesion . Siege of Turin ends leading to withdrawal of French forces from northern Italy 1706

Battle of Borodino , the bloodiest battle of the Napoleonic Wars 1812

Carl becomes King of Norway 1818

Dom Pedro declares Brazil independence from Portugal 1822

Garibaldi enters Naples 1860

First game of Rugby Football League 1895 !

1907 Lusitania maiden voyage 

THE BLITZ . First night of 57 consecutive bombing nights of London 1940

Khrushchev elected Soviet leader ( first secretary of the party ) 1953

Assassination of Georgi Markov 1978

ESPN begins 1979

Desmond Tutu becomes head of SA Anglican Church 1986

Fannie May and Freddie Mac taken under government control as the financial crash begins to stir 2008

[DavidM]

Titus sacks Jerusalem 70

Michelangelo’s David unveiled 1504

George III marries Duchess Charlotte of Mecklenburg 1761

William IV crowned 1831

Northern Pacific Railroad completed 1883

First football league matches played ! 1888

Annie Chapman’s body found 1888

Thomas Highgate first British soldier executed for desertion 1914

Seige of Leningrad begins 1941

First V2 hits London 1944

Star Trek premieres ! 1966

Beatles last live tv performance on David Frost show 1968

Ford pardons Nixon 1974

Macedonia independence 1991

[Wolford6]

Looking a bit ominous for the Queen right now.

 

[DavidM]

So on this day ‘ the lost legions of Varus’ were ambushed in the Teutoburg Forest. 9

William Rufus becomes King after death of William the Conqueror   1087

James IV killed as Scots smashed at Battle of Flodden 1513

Mary Stuart crowned Queen of Scots at nine months 1543

First continental congress meets 1776

Washington DC named by total coincidence after George Washington 1791

John Herschel takes first glass plate photo 1839

California becomes 31st state 1850

Siege of Sevastopol ends 1855

First fully mechanised unit of the British Army … Canadian machine gun brigade 1914

NBC formed 1926

Battle of Hel 1939

Salerno and Taranto landings 1943

pro Russian govt formed in Bulgaria 1944

Japan surrenders to China , bookending the longest aspects of World War II 1945

Elvis debuts on Ed Sullivan show 1956

PLO recognises Israel 1993

Sega releases 128bit video consul 1999

Ahmad Shah Massoud assassinated in prelude to 9/11 2001

Queen becomes longest reigning monarch in English / British history 2015 

Edited September 9, 2022 by DavidM

[DavidM]

Battle of Marathon ! 490BC the Persian invasion of Greece is repelled . The place of the battle was renamed Snickers about 25 years ago 

Arbroath beat Bon Accord 36-0 , a world record in professional , and I use the word advisedly , football . 1885

Hitler joins the NSDAP 1919… and in 1938 demands self representation for Sudetenland Germans 

Mussolini rescued by Otto Skorzeny led force 1943

JFK marries Jackie 1953

Bonanza premieres , in colour ! 1959

Dawson’s Field hijacking ends in three planes being blew up 1970

Steve Biko killed in police custody  1977

Endeavour is 50th shuttle mission 1992

Oscar Pistorius guilty of homicide 2014

[Wolford6]

Not sure excactly what's going on today, but there's a band wearing Bradford Bulls colours and big furry hats.

[DavidM]

On this day in 81 Domitian becomes Roman Emperor after Titus dies 

Handel completes Messiah 1741

British Empire adopts Gregorian calendar . We went from September 2 to September 14

Grande Armee enters Moscow 1812

President McKinley dies after being shot a few days earlier 1901

Russia proclaimed a republic 1917

Maastricht first Dutch city liberated 1944

Northern Rock bank run … the first in britain for 150 years 2007

[DavidM]

Gilles de Rais , one of the earliest known serial killers , taken into custody 1440

The Escorial Palace completed 1584

Napoleon reaches the Kremlin 1812 

Liverpool - Manchester railway opens ! 1830

HMS Beagle reaches the Galapagos 1835

German troops finally leave France after payment of reparations 1873

First use of tanks in battle , at the Somme 1916

Tich Freeman takes 300 wickets in a season ! 1928

Germany adopts swastika flag 1935… on the same day as the Nuremberg Laws deprive Jews of citizenship 

BATTLE OF BRITAIN DAY ! 60 German aircraft shot down to only 26 RAF planes. Already aware the battle was virtually lost , the Luftwaffe Chief of Staff begged for one last chance to defeat the RAF . The result was the ending of invasion plans , but aerial attacks were to continue with The Blitz to May 1941

US Forces land at Inchon 1950

Khrushchev visits US 1959

Soviet ship Poltava heads toward Cuba 1962

Ali becomes first boxer to win heavyweight title three times 1978

Lehman Brothers files for bankruptcy 2008 . The largest filing in US history 

 

[Les Tonks Sidestep]

Black Wednesday, 16th September 1992. 

[DavidM]

The Soviet Union enacts secret protocol of Nazi - Soviet pact and invaded Poland from the east , wiping it from the map …. A year later in 1940 Operation Sealion is cancelled after the Battle of Britain … And in 1944 Operation Market sees paratroopers dropped into the Netherlands … And in 1993 the final Russian troops finally leave Poland 

[DavidM]

On this day in 14 Tiberius succeeds Augustus… and in 324 Constantine’s military victories see him take sole control of the Roman Empire

1502 Columbus lands in Costa Rica !

1635 Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand declares war on France 

George I finally lands in England seven weeks after becoming King 

Cornerstone of Capitol laid by Washington 1793

Anti corn law league established 1838

Blackpool illuminations switched on ! 1879

Irish Home Rule Act passed , but delayed during wartime 1914

Lord Haw Haw starts broadcasting 1939

Minsk Jews massacred at Sobibor 1943

CIA and NSCestablished 1947

Mao’s funeral 1976

Israel - Egypt Camp David settlement 1978

Scotland referendum 2014

[Farmduck]

On this day in 52,000BC, early human, Homo longi, invented the mullet.

[DavidM]

8 minutes ago, Farmduck said:

On this day in 52,000BC, early human, Homo longi, invented the mullet.

Also one of the earliest photographs ever 

[DavidM]

Edward the Black Prince leads an army that defeats the French at Poitiers , and captures the French King . 1356

Siege of Paris begins . It will end in surrender and Prussian victory . 1870

Blackpool illuminations switched on ! 1879

President Garfield dies after being shot 1881

Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid commit first robbery 1900

San Siro inauguration 1926

Bruno Hauptmann arrested for Lindbergh baby murder 1934

Battle of Hurtgen Forest begins . Some soldiers  who went through D-Day would say this was more frightening 1944

Lord Haw Haw sentenced to death 1945

Betty and Barney Hill UFO abduction 1961… Iranian airforce UFO encounter 1976

First Glastonbury festival 1970

Otzi the Iceman found 1991

Unabomber manifesto published 1995

Deepwater Horizon spill sealed 2010