The History of Britain Magazine
Welcome to the History of Britain! The home nations share a varied and shared history unlike anywhere else, so we thought it only right to create a section dedicated to our mutual heritage.
Alexander Fleming
In 1999, Sir Alexander Fleming was named in Time magazine’s list of the 100 Most Important People of the 20th century. This eminent scientist is most famous for his discovery of the first antibiotic, Penicillin…
Sir Robert Walpole
On 26th August 1676 Sir Robert Walpole was born, a man who would become not only Britain’s first Prime Minister, but also the longest serving Prime Minister in British history…
Lord Haw-Haw: The Story of William Joyce
William Joyce, better known to the British public as “Lord Haw-Haw,” was famous for broadcasting anti-British propaganda on behalf of Nazi Germany during World War Two. Following the war’s conclusion, Joyce was tried and found guilty of high treason…
Battle of Peking
The 1963 film, ’55 Days at Peking’ was based on the siege of the foreign legations’ compounds in Peking (modern day Beijing) during the Boxer Rebellion in 1900…
Keir Hardie
Keir Hardie played an important role in British political history. He was the founder of the Labour Party, the first Leader of the Labour Party and the first ever Labour Member of Parliament…
The Battle of the Nile
On 1st August 1798 at Aboukir Bay near Alexandria, Egypt, the Battle of the Nile began. It would turn out to be one of the Nelson’s greatest victories against the French…
Florence Nightingale
On 12th May 1820, Florence Nightingale was born. Famously nicknamed ‘The Lady with the Lamp’, she would go on to become a pioneer of modern medicine…
The Second Opium War
The First Opium War had culminated in the unequal Treaty of Nanking, with which neither Britain nor China were entirely happy. By October 1856 relations were becoming tense again between the two countries…
