Events 1429 – Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War: Joan of Arc liberates Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier. 1493 – Christopher Columbus reached Leeward Island and Puerto Rico. 1576 – Eighty Years’ War: In Flanders, Spain captures Antwerp (after three days the city is nearly destroyed). 1780 – The Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II against Spanish rule in the Viceroyalty of Peru… Read More
Events 1468 – Liège is sacked by Charles I of Burgundy’s troops. 1492 – Peace of Etaples between Henry VII of England and Charles VIII of France. 1493 – Christopher Columbus first sights the island of Dominica in the Caribbean Sea. 1783 – The American Continental Army is disbanded. 1812 – Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon’s armies… Read More
The cost per hour to run a Merlin Mark 2 helicopter, loaded to full capacity, is £15,871 (including VAT). This cost is based upon a standard configuration of the aircraft. Reference FOI 2021/05819 dated 16 June 2021.
Introduction The 1947-1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine was the first phase of the 1947-1949 Palestine war. It broke out after the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted a resolution on 29 November 1947 recommending the adoption of the Partition Plan for Palestine. Refer to Arab-Israeli Conflict. During the civil war, the Jewish and… Read More
Introduction National Aboriginal Veterans Day is a memorial day observed in Canada in recognition of aboriginal contributions to military service, particularly in the First and Second World Wars and the Korean War. Background It occurs annually on 08 November. The memorial was inaugurated in Winnipeg in 1994, and has since spread nationwide.
Introduction The London Gazette is one of the official journals of record or Government gazettes of the Government of the United Kingdom, and the most important among such official journals in the United Kingdom, in which certain statutory notices are required to be published. The London Gazette claims to be the oldest surviving English newspaper… Read More
Events 1410 – The Peace of Bicêtre suspends hostilities in the Armagnac-Burgundian Civil War. 1675 – Plymouth Colony governor Josiah Winslow leads a colonial militia against the Narragansett during King Philip’s War. 1795 – The French Directory, a five-man revolutionary government, is created. 1899 – The Boers begin their 118-day siege of British-held Ladysmith during… Read More
