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Naval Engagement at Flamborough Head 23 September 1779
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Naval Engagement at Flamborough Head 23 September 1779
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Bonhomme Richard was one of four ships under the command of Captain Paul Jones’s American squadron. Near Flamborough Head, off Yorkshire, it intercepted a British Baltic Fleet convoy of 41 merchant ships, led by HMS Serapis. At 7.20 pm, to protect its merchant vessels, HMS Serapis opened fire on Bonhomme... More
Naval Engagements in Europe 1793–1815
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Naval Engagements in Europe 1793–1815
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Napoleon must have wished for sea-legs. Well nigh invincible on land, with the continent under his sway, he remained hemmed in and frustrated by British maritime control. This control kept British shipyards stocked with Baltic timber (and Indian teak), its sailors clothed from Virginian cotton and fired by Jamaican rum.... More
Near East Trade with Middle Kingdom Egypt 1991–1640 BCE
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Near East Trade with Middle Kingdom Egypt 1991–1640 BCE
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At the height of the Middle Kingdom power and prosperity were cemented by increasing exploitation of the rich resources afforded by the Near East, either through peaceful commerce, the exaction of tribute or military plunder. It is thought that the pyramid at el-Lisht was built by Semite slaves, brought back... More
Negro League Baseball Teams 1920–50
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Negro League Baseball Teams 1920–50
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Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis was the Commissioner of Major League Baseball (1920–44): ‘a wasted man with untidy white hair, an emaciated face in which two burning eyes are set like jewels, parchment-like skin split by a crack for a mouth, the face of Andrew Jackson three years dead’. The judge’s... More
Neolithic China c. 4000–2500 BCE
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Neolithic China c. 4000–2500 BCE
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During the Neolithic period in China settlements developed on the main rivers and the coast, supported by farming and domesticated animals, rather than Stone Age hunting and gathering. Along the Yellow River Valley and Wei River tributary, the Yangsao culture flourished, with clans living in moated structures. The earliest of... More
Neuve Chapelle 10–12 March 1915
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Neuve Chapelle 10–12 March 1915
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Britain’s first major offensive of 1915 at Neuve Chapelle was originally planned as part of a pincer attack in coordination with French forces to the south, aimed at breaking the German lines around the Noyon salient. Although the French advance was cancelled due to lack of planned reinforcements from Ypres,... More
New Amsterdam c. 1660
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New Amsterdam c. 1660
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The Dutch first arrived in the territory they would christen New Netherland in 1609. Over the next few years they surveyed and laid claim to a broad swathe of the coastline, its primary attraction initially being to source beaver fur. The first settlements were established on the Delaware and Hudson... More
New England 1621–82
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New England 1621–82
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The Mayflower pilgrims formed the first New England settlement at Plymouth in 1620. The colonists were strict Puritans, as were the founders of the Plymouth Colony in 1630. The doctrinaire nature of Puritan religious practice led to the formation of new colonies by settlers seeking greater religious freedom. Roger Williams,... More
New European Order 1993
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New European Order 1993
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On 1 November 1993 the Maastricht Treaty, signed on 7 February 1992, became effective, marking the transition of the European Economic Community into the European Union. A number of new economic and legal ties were established between member states under the three pillars of the European Union, reinforcing policy cooperation... More
New European States Emerge 1991–93
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New European States Emerge 1991–93
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Vladimir Putin described the break-up of the Soviet Union as ‘the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century’. The secession of the subsidiary states of the Union was preceded by the collapse of Communist rule in eastern Europe. This was largely bloodless, accomplished by campaigns of mass civil resistance, excepting Romania,... More
New France and Colonial North America 1645
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New France and Colonial North America 1645
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Following early French colonization attempts at Tadoussac, Saint-Croix island (Maine) and Port Royal (Nova Scotia), the French colonization of America really began with the foundation of Quebec in 1608 by Samuel de Champlain. Sieur de Laviolette founded Trois Rivières in 1634 and eight years later Paul de Chomedey founded Fort... More
New France and Colonial North America c. 1700
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New France and Colonial North America c. 1700
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In 1663 King Louis XIV decided to make New France a royal province with a governor and ceremonial head of state, which meant cancelling the charter of the Company of New France, which had organized the colonization of North America up to this point. A regiment of soldiers sent from... More