Peterloo – 1819

11 years ago

Not for the last time, Britons would discover that winning a prolonged war was no guarantee of good times. The…

The Boyd Massacre – 1809

11 years ago

By the first decade of the 19th century Australia was an established British colony, but New Zealand remained a distant…

The Black Hole of Calcutta – 1756

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Siraj-ud Daulah became Nawab of Bengal in April 1756 at the age of 23, succeeding his grandfather. The young independent…

Peshawar Bombing – 2009

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Peshawar is a city on the front line, only a few miles from the Taliban-held barren mountain badlands, the ill-defined…

Mumbai Terror – 2008

11 years ago

The world gawped in horror as the media transmitted rolling news of a terrorist rampage through the streets of Mumbai.…

The Red Sea Bombings – 2006

11 years ago

The three suicide bombs that blew the heart out of Dahab in April 2006 were the third set of triple…

7/7: the Bombing of London’s Transport – 2005

11 years ago

On July 7 2005 during the morning rush hour, three bombs exploded simultaneously on London Underground trains. A fourth exploded…

Madrid Commuter Train Bombs – 2004

11 years ago

During the early stages of the second Iraq war, Spain provided the sixth largest contingent of forces in what George…

Manila Superferry 14 Fire – 2004

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Sandwiched between the South China Sea in Lite west and the Philippine Sea in the east, the Philippines is a…

Nord-Ost Siege – 2002

11 years ago

Russia and Chechnya have a troubled history of more or less continual strife. From medieval times, Christian Russia has constantly…