On 13th June…

323BCE - Alexander the Great died. He was a King of Ancient Greece who led his armies to victory throughout the Persian territories (modern day Iran), Syria and Egypt becoming not only leader of the Greeks but also the overlord of Asia Minor and pharaoh of Egypt. Alexander founded over 70 cities, many of them being named after him. His empire stretched across three continents: eastwards from Greece to India and also south to Egypt. It covered around two million square miles.

On 14th June…

1917 - The first German air attack on England during World War I killed over one hundred people in East London.

1982 - The Falklands War ended just 74 days after Argentinian forces invaded the islands. During the fighting 255 British servicemen and 655 Argentine servicemen lost their lives.

On 15th June…

On 16th June…

1963 - Russian Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space aboard the spacecraft Vostok 6. She spent three days in space, orbiting the earth 48 times, before returning to Earth.

On 17th June…

1631 - Mumtaz Mahal died during childbirth. Her husband, Shah Jahan I, the Mughal emperor then spent 20 years building her tomb, the Taj Mahal in northern India.

On 18th June…

1815 - At the Battle of Waterloo in Belgium, the English forces led by the Duke of Wellington and the Prussian forces led by Gebhard Leberecht von Bulcher defeated the French army led by Napoleon Bonaparte. This battle brought an end to Napoleon’s reign. (Prussia was an empire in Europe now covered by parts of Russia, Poland and Germany)

On 19th June…