Random News and Notes Hallowe’en edition
On this date: 1517 - Martin Luther nails his 95 Theses to the door of…
Random News and Notes 30 October
On this date: 1270 - The Seventh Crusade ends by the Treaty of Barbary. 1485…
Random News and Notes 29 October
On this date: 1618 - Sir Walter Raleigh is executed. After the death of Queen…
Random News and Notes 27 October
On this date: 97 AD - To placate the Praetorians of Germany, Nerva of Rome…
Random News and Notes 26 October
On this date: 1774 - The first Continental Congress, which protested British measures and called…
Random News and Notes 23 October
On this date: 42 BC - Marcus Junius Brutus, a leading conspirator in the assassination…
Random News and Notes 22 October
On this date: 741 - Charles Martel of Gaul dies at Quiezy. His mayoral power…
Random News and Notes 21 October
On this date: 1096 - Seljuk Turks at Chivitot slaughter thousands of German crusaders. 1529…
Random News and Notes 20 October
On this date: 480 BC - Greeks defeat the Persians in a naval battle at…