HistoryPod

383 Episodo

1. 13th March 624: Battle of Badr sees the first major engagement between the early Muslim community of Medina and the Quraysh tribe of Mecca

   Publicado: 13/3/2025
2. 12th March 1938: Nazi German troops cross the border to annex Austria in an event known as the Anschluss

   Publicado: 12/3/2025
3. 11th March 1918: First confirmed case of Spanish Flu identified at Camp Funston in Kansas

   Publicado: 11/3/2025
4. 10th March 1762: The execution of Jean Calas prompts debates on religious intolerance and judicial injustice in France

   Publicado: 10/3/2025
5. 9th March 1841: US Supreme court rules on the Amistad slavery case and sets the captured Africans free

   Publicado: 9/3/2025
6. 8th March 1736: Nader Shah formally crowned as the ruler of Iran, marking the start of the Afsharid dynasty

   Publicado: 8/3/2025
7. 7th March 1936: The remilitarisation of the Rhineland by the German Army under Adolf Hitler

   Publicado: 7/3/2025
8. 6th March 1933: Eleanor Roosevelt holds her first press conference as First Lady of the United States

   Publicado: 6/3/2025
9. 5th March 1946: Winston Churchill describes the post-war division of Europe as an ‘Iron Curtain’ in his ‘Sinews of Peace’ address in Fulton, Missouri

   Publicado: 5/3/2025
10. 4th March 1890: The Forth Bridge in Scotland opened by the future King Edward VII

    Publicado: 4/3/2025
11. 3rd March 1938: First commercial quantities of oil discovered in Saudi Arabia after engineers drill Dammam Well No. 7

    Publicado: 3/3/2025
12. 2nd March 1791: Frenchman Claude Chappe sends the first message by semaphore machine

    Publicado: 2/3/2025
13. 1st March 1872: Yellowstone becomes the world’s first national park

    Publicado: 1/3/2025
14. 28th February 1993: The Waco siege against the Branch Davidian Church begin in Texas

    Publicado: 28/2/2025
15. 27th February 1900: Labour Representation Committee founded, marking the start of what would later become the British Labour Party

    Publicado: 27/2/2025
16. 26th February 1935: Daventry Experiment proves the ability of using radio waves to detect aircraft, heralding the development of radar

    Publicado: 26/2/2025
17. 25th February 1932: Adolf Hitler gains German citizenship, having been stateless for seven years and unable to run for public office

    Publicado: 25/2/2025
18. 24th February 1868: US President Andrew Johnson impeached for defying the Tenure of Office Act

    Publicado: 24/2/2025
19. 23rd February 1903: US President Theodore Roosevelt leases Guantanamo Bay from Cuba in perpetuity

    Publicado: 23/2/2025
20. 22nd February 1797: The last invasion of Britain takes place, leading to the Battle of Fishguard

    Publicado: 22/2/2025