A Brief History Today, we ask, “Are you trying to write a really good historical essay?” You will not be the first. Writing a historical essay that is meaningful, and yet avoiding errors can be somewhat daunting for a new content creator, writer or students who want to begin a career as freelancers by helping their friends write some essays for cash. It can be mystifying going about the start of writing your essay. Although many articles online exhaustively deal with this issue, yet it still seems complicated to practically enact. In this article, we will expound a better, more…
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A Brief History On January 25, 1924, Chamonix in the Southeastern part of France hosted the first iteration of the modern Olympic Winter Games. The ancient Greeks had held Olympic Games from about the 8th Century BC and continued to hold the games until the 4th Century AD. The Olympic Games were revived in 1894, with the establishment of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and the first Modern Olympic Games were held in Athens, Greece in 1896. The holding of a separate Winter version of the Olympic Games finally became a reality with the inaugural Winter Olympics in 1924. Digging…
A Brief History On January 24, 1915, the British Royal Navy Grand Fleet fought a sizable naval engagement against elements of the German Imperial High Seas Fleet in the North Sea at an area called Dogger Bank. With all the attention the Battle of Jutland and the submarine war in the Atlantic get, it may be easy to forget there were other major naval engagements during World War I. Today we discuss one of those naval battles, a battle won by the British, although like Jutland, a not satisfying victory. Digging Deeper The battle area, Dogger Bank, is a 160…
A Brief History On January 23, 1556, China was rocked by a devastating earthquake that resulted in more human death than any other earthquake in recorded history. Known as The Shaanxi Earthquake of 1556, the event is estimated to have caused the deaths of 830,000 people. An area stretching an incredible 520 miles in diameter was largely destroyed, with minor damage extending much further. By comparison, the second deadliest earthquake in human history was the 1976 Tangshan Earthquake, also in China, that killed somewhere between 250,000 and 700,000 people. No other earthquakes are reported to have killed as many as…
A Brief History On January 22, 1973, heavyweight boxing legend and purveyor of home grills, George Foreman, pummeled the reigning heavyweight boxing champion, Smokin’ Joe Frazier, into a quivering pile of jelly in their championship bout in Kingston, Jamaica. The fight was mercifully stopped by the referee in the second round, making George Foreman Heavyweight Boxing Champion and de facto “King of the World.” As stunning as Foreman’s victory was, as Frazier was the undefeated Champion at the time, this fight was only one of 3 truly momentous fights in Foreman’s boxing career. Most boxers are lucky if they are…