This is the first ever historical brain dump. In each dump I provide ten revision facts about history that you might not know or might have forgotten. If you want more of these, comment below. Thanks!
- Caesar’s first invasion of Britain was in 55BC.
- The wheel was probably invented in about 3500-4000 BC
- The Battle of the Frontiers in 1914 saw France implement Plan XVII and Germany operate the Schlieffen Plan.
- The first Saxon settlers most likely appeared in East Anglia in the fifth century when the Romans left England
- The Spanish Armada sailed in a crescent formation
- 50,000 Royalists died in the English civil war
- Italy (which was previously comprised of many different states) finished its unification in 1870
- Octavian renamed himself Augustus and founded the Roman Empire
- The ancient Roman city of Pompeii was rediscovered in 1748 by travellers searching for artifacts
- Dead aztecs were commonly buried with a dog, who would help them to the afterlife
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