On this day

@wolfgang59 said
New Zealand was first discovered circa 1300 by Polynesians.

The first European to discover NZ was Abel Tasman in 1643.

Cooke is credited with mapping the coast.

I stand corrected and shall removed the erroneous post from this venerable thread immediately.

On this day.....Oct.7

1737 A cyclone causes 40 foot waves that are believed to have killed 300,000 in Calcutta, India

-VR

On this day Oct.12
1999 The Day of Six Billion: the proclaimed 6 billionth living human in the world is born.

-VR

13th October
On this day 750 years ago Westminster Abbey is consecrated.

On this day in 1066 ...

The Battle of Hastings was fought, on Senlac Hill, near Pevensey.

@divegeester said
On this day in 1066 ...

The Battle of Hastings was fought, on Senlac Hill, near Pevensey.

A pivotal moment in English history!
Battle is the closest place to Senlac Ridge ... has some decent restaurants.

Battle Abbey is well worth a visit and there is a
very good audio tour and walk around the battlefield.

@wolfgang59 said
A pivotal moment in English history!
Battle is the closest place to Senlac Ridge ... has some decent restaurants.

Battle Abbey is well worth a visit and there is a
very good audio tour and walk around the battlefield.

I used to work in the area frequently but never toured it for pleasure; I really should take a few days to go back for a look around.

@divegeester said
On this day in 1066 ...

The Battle of Hastings was fought, on Senlac Hill, near Pevensey.

Who won?

@handyandy said
Who won?

Does it matter? As long as they had fun.

@great-big-stees said
Does it matter? As long as they had fun.

Well, it's history now... 🙂

Columbus discovered? The Bahamas?

@handyandy said
Who won?

Seriously?

The Normans along with their allies (French, Bretons, Dutch(?)) won, thus
establishing an English nobility ethnically different to the people they ruled.

@wolfgang59 said
Seriously?

Just kidding.

100 years ago today.

Adolph Hitler gave his first public speech.

On this day in 1834...

The original Houses of Parliament were almost completely destroyed by fire.

The blaze, which started from overheated chimney flues, spread rapidly throughout the medieval complex and developed into the biggest conflagration to occur in London since the Great Fire of 1666.