British Historical Disasters & Events
Witness dramatic moments in British history, from political plots to devastating disasters.
- English History
- London
- Disasters
- Political Intrigue
Some of the stories included
The Gunpowder PlotThe 1605 plot by English Catholics to blow up the House of Lords and kill James I, how an anonymous letter exposed it, and how it became Bonfire Night.
The Bristol Bus BoycottIn 1963 Bristol's West Indian community, led by Paul Stephenson, Roy Hackett and Guy Bailey, boycotted the city's buses for four months until the bus company dropped its colour bar.
The Vikings at LindisfarneOn June 8, 793, Scandinavian raiders attacked the monastery of Lindisfarne, a violent raid that marked the beginning of the Viking Age.
The TitanicThe tragic tale of the Titanic, a ship designed to survive four flooded compartments, but which met its end after an iceberg breached five.
The Great Fire of LondonIn 1666, a small fire in a London bakery escalated into a devastating inferno that destroyed 13,200 houses and reshaped the city.
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The Origin of the Bank HolidayHow one Victorian banker's 1871 Act gave an overworked nation a break by inventing the bank holiday.
The Black PrinceThe eldest son of King Edward III, Edward of Woodstock was a famed commander at Crécy and Poitiers who died before he could inherit the throne.
The History of Formula 1How Formula 1 grew from its first world championship race at Silverstone in 1950 into a global sport, through safety campaigns, ground-effect cars, TV deals, hybrid engines and Liberty Media's takeover.
Maimonides: Sage of CairoExiled as a child, Maimonides became a physician to sultans and the most influential Jewish thinker of the Middle Ages.
The American RevolutionThe American Revolution from the First Continental Congress in 1774, through the Declaration of Independence and the French alliance, to Yorktown, the Treaty of Paris and Washington's resignation.
The Fall of the Berlin WallHow a chain of events in 1989, from the Pan-European Picnic and the Leipzig marches to a confused press conference, led to the Berlin Wall opening on 9 November.
The Six-Day WarIn June 1967, Israel's preemptive strike defeated three Arab armies in six days, more than quadrupling the territory under its control.
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