Nicholas Lorimer

This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. 22nd November 1718 – Royal Navy Lieutenant Robert Maynard attacks and boards

Increasingly, by-election results and the polling we’ve seen so far suggest that it is very likely that, in the absence of some dramatic shift in

This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. 11th November 1918 – Józef Piłsudski assumes supreme military power in Poland

Some immediately come to mind: I would say tomato sauce and ice cream; one of my friends swears by peanut butter and olives on a

This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. 19 October 202 BC – Second Punic War: At the Battle of

This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. 12th October 1822 – Pedro I of Brazil is proclaimed the emperor

This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. 2th October 1263 – The Battle of Largs, in which the Kings

This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. 23rd September 1890 – The President of the Church of Latter-day Saints

Note: In this article I will be using the terms “West” and “Free World” interchangeably. These are very loaded terms, so here is what I

This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. 2nd September 1864 – American Civil War: Union forces enter Atlanta, a