In the year, Britain made a bold change to its calendar. For centuries, the nation had followed the Julian calendar, which was vastly out of sync with the true solar year. This discrepancy resulted in confusion and uncertainty about the correct date. To fix this issue, Parliament implemented a transformative reform: the adoption of the Gregorian ca
In the year 1753, a most peculiar event shook the very foundations of time itself in Britain. A bold leap forward, a radical alteration to the way they measured days and years - this was no ordinary change. The Gregorian Calendar, implemented by many European nations before, finally took hold 18th-century history on these shores. This adjustment wa
In this grim epoch of devastating pestilence, as the Black Death swept across Europe, a chilling apparition emerged from the: the plague doctor. Wearing a long, macabre coat of greased cloth and a unusual mask designed from leather, it became a symbol of both fear and temporary hope. They masks, regularly bearing peepholes, were thought to filter t