Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon
On this day in 49 BC Julius Caesar and his army crossed the Rubicon (it was illegal for a general to bring an army into... Read More
Thomas Paine produces Common Sense
On this day 1776 Thomas Paine published Common Sense, a pamphlet that was a scathing attack on King George III’s reign over the colonies and... Read More
Carl Rogers, a fully functioning psychologist
On this day in 1902 the psychologist Carl Rogers was born. Rogers is considered one of the founding fathers of psychotherapy. Many of his concepts... Read More
King Edward II, defeated by the she-wolf of France
On this day in 1326 King Edward II of England was deposed by forces led by his wife Isabella and her favourite, the exiled Roger... Read More
Khalil Gibran became an alcoholic
On this day in 1883 the Lebanese poet, painter and mystic writer Khalil Gibran was born. A Maronite Christian, Gibran believed in universal spirituality and... Read More
Francois Villon, bad boy French poet, banished for murder
On this day in 1463 the French poet Francois Villon was banished from Paris. He was born in 1431, the year that Joan of Arc... Read More
T S Eliot, heavy-smoking banker poet, died of emphysema
On this day in 1965 the poet Thomas Stearns Eliot died aged 76. A sickly child, born in St Louis, Missouri, he discovered poetry at... Read More
