Introduction The Capture of Fort William and Mary took place in New Hampshire on 14 December 1774, when local Patriots from the Portsmouth area, led by John Langdon, stormed Fort William and Mary (overcoming a six-man caretaker detachment) and seized the garrison’s powder, which was distributed through several towns in the colony for potential use… Read More
Introduction The Powder Alarm was a major popular reaction to the removal of gunpowder from a magazine by British soldiers under orders from General Thomas Gage, royal governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, on 01 September 1774. In response to this action, amid rumours that blood had been shed, alarm spread through the countryside… Read More
Introduction Traditional workouts at the gym are great, but they are not the only place where you can get your exercise. Nature provides you the perfect arena to push your body to its limits. During the past year, many public gyms were closed due to pandemic restrictions and, consequently, people had to get creative about… Read More
Introduction The secretary general of NATO is the chief civil servant of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). The officeholder is an international diplomat responsible for coordinating the workings of the alliance, leading NATO’s international staff, chairing the meetings of the North Atlantic Council and most major committees of the alliance, with the notable exception… Read More
Introduction The Anglo-Zanzibar War was a military conflict fought between the United Kingdom and the Zanzibar Sultanate on 27 August 1896. The conflict lasted between 38 and 45 minutes, marking it as the shortest recorded war in history. The immediate cause of the war was the death of the pro-British Sultan Hamad bin Thuwaini on… Read More
Events 410 – The Visigoths under king Alaric I begin to pillage Rome. 1185 – Sack of Thessalonica by the Normans. 1215 – Pope Innocent III issues a bull declaring Magna Carta invalid. 1482 – The town and castle of Berwick upon Tweed is captured from Scotland by an English army. 1516 – The Ottoman… Read More
Introduction “A meritorious act or service which has aided the United States in the prosecution of a war against an enemy or enemies and for which an award of another United States medal or decoration is considered inappropriate” The Medal of Freedom was a decoration established by President Harry S. Truman to honour civilians whose… Read More
