510 Episodes

  1. 20th March 1815: Napoleon Bonaparte begins his Hundred Days as ruler of France following his escape from Elba

    Published: 20/03/2025

  2. 19th March 1882: First stone laid for the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona

    Published: 19/03/2025

  3. 18th March 1921: Kronstadt Rebellion ends following a final assault by Bolshevik forces

    Published: 18/03/2025

  4. 17th March 1861: Proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy under the rule of Victor Emmanuel II

    Published: 17/03/2025

  5. 16th March 1190: The Jewish population of York massacred in a pogrom

    Published: 16/03/2025

  6. 15th March 1848: Hungarian Revolution of 1848 begins in Pest, marking the start of a nationwide movement against Habsburg rule

    Published: 15/03/2025

  7. 14th March 1958: Perry Como awarded the first gold record by the RIAA

    Published: 14/03/2025

  8. 13th March 624: Battle of Badr sees the first major engagement between the early Muslim community of Medina and the Quraysh tribe of Mecca

    Published: 13/03/2025

  9. 12th March 1938: Nazi German troops cross the border to annex Austria in an event known as the Anschluss

    Published: 12/03/2025

  10. 11th March 1918: First confirmed case of Spanish Flu identified at Camp Funston in Kansas

    Published: 11/03/2025

  11. 10th March 1762: The execution of Jean Calas prompts debates on religious intolerance and judicial injustice in France

    Published: 10/03/2025

  12. 9th March 1841: US Supreme court rules on the Amistad slavery case and sets the captured Africans free

    Published: 9/03/2025

  13. 8th March 1736: Nader Shah formally crowned as the ruler of Iran, marking the start of the Afsharid dynasty

    Published: 8/03/2025

  14. 7th March 1936: The remilitarisation of the Rhineland by the German Army under Adolf Hitler

    Published: 7/03/2025

  15. 6th March 1933: Eleanor Roosevelt holds her first press conference as First Lady of the United States

    Published: 6/03/2025

  16. 5th March 1946: Winston Churchill describes the post-war division of Europe as an ‘Iron Curtain’ in his ‘Sinews of Peace’ address in Fulton, Missouri

    Published: 5/03/2025

  17. 4th March 1890: The Forth Bridge in Scotland opened by the future King Edward VII

    Published: 4/03/2025

  18. 3rd March 1938: First commercial quantities of oil discovered in Saudi Arabia after engineers drill Dammam Well No. 7

    Published: 3/03/2025

  19. 2nd March 1791: Frenchman Claude Chappe sends the first message by semaphore machine

    Published: 2/03/2025

  20. 1st March 1872: Yellowstone becomes the world’s first national park

    Published: 1/03/2025

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The 'on this day in history' podcast, with a new episode every single day. Featuring historical events that range from the Roman Empire to the World Wide Web, HistoryPod proves that there is always something to be remembered 'on this day'. Written and presented by Scott Allsop, creator of the award-winning www.mrallsophistory.com

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