Events 752 – Mayan king Bird Jaguar IV of Yaxchilan in modern-day Chiapas, Mexico assumes the throne. 1616 – Treaty of Loudun ends French civil war. 1808 – Finnish War: Sweden loses the fortress of Sveaborg to Russia. 1808 – Peninsular War: The Madrid rebels who rose up on 02 May are executed near Príncipe… Read More
Introduction The Battle of Puebla (Spanish: Batalla de Puebla; French: Bataille de Puebla) took place on 05 May 1862, near Puebla City during the Second French intervention in Mexico. The battle ended in a victory for the Mexican Army over the French Army. The French eventually overran the Mexicans in subsequent battles, but the Mexican… Read More
Introduction Cinco de Mayo (pronounced [ˈsiŋko̞ ðe̞ ˈma̠ʝo̞] in Mexico, Spanish for “Fifth of May”) is an annual celebration held on 05 May. The date is observed to commemorate the Mexican Army’s victory over the French Empire at the Battle of Puebla, on 05 May 1862, under the leadership of General Ignacio Zaragoza. The victory… Read More
Introduction The Iranian Embassy siege took place from 30 April to 05 May 1980, after a group of six armed men stormed the Iranian embassy on Prince’s Gate in South Kensington, London. The gunmen, Iranian Arabs campaigning for sovereignty of Khuzestan Province, took 26 people hostage, including embassy staff, several visitors, and a police officer… Read More
Introduction The Bruneri-Canella case, called in Italian the case of the Smemorato di Collegno (the Collegno Amnesiac), is a notorious judicial and media affair concerning the alleged reappearance in 1926 of a man who had gone missing in World War I. The question of his identity was thoroughly discussed in newspapers and in courtrooms, and… Read More
Events 1194 – King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. 1568 – Mary, Queen of Scots, escapes from Loch Leven Castle. 1670 – King Charles II of England grants a permanent charter to the Hudson’s Bay Company to open up the fur trade in North America. 1808 – Outbreak of the… Read More
Why Does a Medical Assessment Matter? Working in the British Army is challenging, both physically and mentally, and, therefore, a history of health problems or the presence of health conditions that usually do not affect your everyday life, can mean that you are not able to join, or you might have to wait to join.… Read More
