History of January 2
1757 - British troops occupy Calcutta, India
1818 - The British Institution of Civil Engineers is founded.
1839 - 1st photo of the Moon (French photographer Louis Daguerre)
1842 - 1st US wire suspension bridge for general...
January Facts!
1) Did you know that during the month of January, the North Pole is colder than the South Pole on average.
2) In January, Facebook users are urged to ‘Change your profile picture to a...
History of January 1
153 BC - Roman consuls begin their year in office.
45 BC - The Julian calendar takes effect for the first time.
1 - Origin of Christian Era
404 - Last gladiator competition in Rome
630 - The...
History of December 31
1600 - British East India Company chartered
1687 - The first Huguenots set sail from France for the Cape of Good Hope, where they later created the South African wine industry
1695 - The window...
Good Bye 2015: EIC Outrage
East India Comedy’s EIC Outrage has given us various outrages against the society, government and many other social and political issues- but let’s take a look at the positives of the year 2015 in...
History of December 30
1460 - At the Battle of Wakefield, in England's Wars of the Roses, the Duke of York was defeated and killed by the Lancastrians.
1817 - 1st coffee planted in Hawaii (Kona)
1887 - A petition...
History of December 29
1170 - St. Thomas A Becket, the 40th archbishop of Canterbury, was murdered in his own cathedral by four knights acting on Henry II's orders.
1782 - 1st nautical almanac in US, published by...
Headlines from 2015 that will make you bang your head on a wall!
1. Miraculous Conversion
2.Were the people too scared or did their feelings of humanity rose suddenly on this account?
3.Pakistan and China – You can do better than THAT!
4.Eco-friendly?
5.Shaving a reason to celebrate? Oh . ....
History of December 28
1065 - Westminster Abbey consecrated
1612 - First observation of Neptune - Galileo observes and records a "fixed star" without realizing it is a planet
1614 - Sperm whale beached at Noordwijk
1816 - American Colonization Society...
Editing Manuscripts in the Early Days!
The Bodleian Library wrote: “The Watsons is Jane Austen’s first extant draft of a novel in the process of development and one of the earliest examples of an English novel to survive in its...
