Chlorine - David West On the 22nd of April, 1915, chlorine gas was first used as a chemical weapon in the Second Battle of Ypres.

Chlorine

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Henry VII - David West On the 21st of April, 1509, King Henry VII, or Henry Tudor, died and Henry VIII became king. I have written about Henry VIII but I don’t

Henry VII

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Timbuktu - David West On the 20th of April, 1828, René Caillié became the second non-Muslim to enter Timbuktu, following Major Gordon Laing, and the first to leave

Timbuktu

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Belgium - David West Belgium was the last country Claire and I visited on our Interrail trip last spring. In Brussels I posted about a connection between

Belgium

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Lucrezia Borgia - David West Lucrezia Borgia was born on the 18th of April, 1480, in Subiaco near Rome. I don’t know much about Lucrezia Borgia other than she was supposed

Lucrezia Borgia

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Lost Federico García Lorca verse discovered 93 years after it was written Eight-line poem found on the back of a manuscript sheds light on Spanish poet’s preoccupation with time A previously unknown verse attributed to Federico García Lorca has been discovered 93 years after the celebrated Spanish poet and playwright is believed to have jotted it on the back of one of his manuscripts. Lorca is thought to have written the eight-line poem in 1933 while working on the collection Diván del Tamarit, a homage to the Arab poets of his native Granada. Continue reading...

Lost Federico García Lorca verse discovered 93 years after it was written

Bay of Pigs - David West The event which catches my eye for the 17th of April is the Bay of Pigs in 1961. The Bay of Pigs invasion, launched in April 1961,

Bay of Pigs

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Harriet Quimby - David West Who is Harriet Quimby? If I tell you that on the 25th of July, 1909, Louis Bleriot became the first man to pilot an aeroplane across the

Harriet Quimby

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Battle of Rain - David West The Battle of Rain was fought on the 15th of April, 1632. I have written about the Miracle of the Rain so let’s delve into the Battle of Rain.

Battle of Rain

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The Battle of Barnet - David West The Battle of Barnet was fought on the 14th of April, 1471. Barnet got a fleeting mention in my post on Malmsey wine, but let’s delve into

The Battle of Barnet

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Union Flag - David West On the 12th of April, 1606, the Union Flag was adopted as the flag of English and Scottish ships. I’m going to say straight away that I

Union Flag

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Treaty of Fontainebleau

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Copyright

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Quisling

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Comet - David West On the 8th of April, 1954, South African Airways Flight 201 crashed into the sea killing 21 people. It was a de Havilland DH106 Comet.

Comet

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Cape Town - David West On the 6th of April, 1652, Jan Van Riebeeck established a resupply camp at the Cape of Good Hope that eventually became Cape Town.

Cape Town

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Sabines - David West On the 4th of April, 503BC, the Roman consul Agrippa Menenius Lanatus celebrated a triumph for a military victory over the Sabines.

Sabines

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The Janissaries Revolt - David West On the 3rd of April, 1589, Sultan Murad III, leader of the Ottoman Emprire, faced a revolt by his janissaries, the elite infantry who formed

The Janissaries Revolt

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Royal Air Force - David West The Royal Air Force was created on the 1st of April, 1918, when the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service were merged.

RAF

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#indieauthormonth and #Indie Author Bookstore - David West Thrilled to be part of Indie Author Bookstore: a new online bookstore shining a spotlight on independent authors this #indieauthormonth

#indieauthormonth

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Eiffel Tower - David West On the 31st of March, 1889, the Eiffel Tower was officially opened. The Eiffel Tower is one of the most recognisable structures in the world

Eiffel Tower

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Canada - David West On the 29th of March, 1867, Queen Victoria gave Royal Assent to the British North America Act which formally established Canada.

Canada

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Valletta - David West On the 28th of March, 1566, the foundation stone of Valletta was laid by Jean Parisot de Valette. I have only been to Malta once, and that was

Valletta

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Pope Clement V - David West On the 27th of March, 1309, Pope Clement V imposed excommunication and interdiction on Venice, and a general prohibition on all commercial

Pope Clement V

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The Treaty of Amiens - David West The Treaty of Amiens was signed on the 25th of March, 1802, ending hostilities between France and the United Kingdom.

The Treaty of Amiens

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The Great Escape - David West On the 24th of March, 1944, seventy-six allied prisoners of war escaped from Stalag Luft III in what has become known as The Great Escape.

The Great Escape

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Dachau - David West On the 22nd of March, 1933, Nazi Germany opened its first concentration camp at Dachau near Munich. It is the only concentration camp I

Dachau

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True Cross - David West On the 21st of March, 630CE, Emperor Heraclius returned the True Cross to Jerusalem. For contemporaries, this was not merely the recovery

True Cross

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Dutch East India Company - David West The Dutch East India Company, or the Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC), was established on the 20th of March, 1602.

Dutch East India Company

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The Tolpuddle Martyrs - David West I can’t believe that I haven’t posted about the Tolpuddle Martryrs before. When we kept our boat in Portland we often visited Tolpuddle

The Tolpuddle Martyrs

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