HistoryPod

385 Episodes

1. 15th March 1848: Hungarian Revolution of 1848 begins in Pest, marking the start of a nationwide movement against Habsburg rule

   Published: 3/15/2025
2. 14th March 1958: Perry Como awarded the first gold record by the RIAA

   Published: 3/14/2025
3. 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: 3/13/2025
4. 12th March 1938: Nazi German troops cross the border to annex Austria in an event known as the Anschluss

   Published: 3/12/2025
5. 11th March 1918: First confirmed case of Spanish Flu identified at Camp Funston in Kansas

   Published: 3/11/2025
6. 10th March 1762: The execution of Jean Calas prompts debates on religious intolerance and judicial injustice in France

   Published: 3/10/2025
7. 9th March 1841: US Supreme court rules on the Amistad slavery case and sets the captured Africans free

   Published: 3/9/2025
8. 8th March 1736: Nader Shah formally crowned as the ruler of Iran, marking the start of the Afsharid dynasty

   Published: 3/8/2025
9. 7th March 1936: The remilitarisation of the Rhineland by the German Army under Adolf Hitler

   Published: 3/7/2025
10. 6th March 1933: Eleanor Roosevelt holds her first press conference as First Lady of the United States

    Published: 3/6/2025
11. 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: 3/5/2025
12. 4th March 1890: The Forth Bridge in Scotland opened by the future King Edward VII

    Published: 3/4/2025
13. 3rd March 1938: First commercial quantities of oil discovered in Saudi Arabia after engineers drill Dammam Well No. 7

    Published: 3/3/2025
14. 2nd March 1791: Frenchman Claude Chappe sends the first message by semaphore machine

    Published: 3/2/2025
15. 1st March 1872: Yellowstone becomes the world’s first national park

    Published: 3/1/2025
16. 28th February 1993: The Waco siege against the Branch Davidian Church begin in Texas

    Published: 2/28/2025
17. 27th February 1900: Labour Representation Committee founded, marking the start of what would later become the British Labour Party

    Published: 2/27/2025
18. 26th February 1935: Daventry Experiment proves the ability of using radio waves to detect aircraft, heralding the development of radar

    Published: 2/26/2025
19. 25th February 1932: Adolf Hitler gains German citizenship, having been stateless for seven years and unable to run for public office

    Published: 2/25/2025
20. 24th February 1868: US President Andrew Johnson impeached for defying the Tenure of Office Act

    Published: 2/24/2025