History Archives - Pre98 Antiques

03 Aug

"On the afternoon of this day in 1914, two days after declaring war on Russia, Germany declares war on France, moving ahead with a long...

20 Jul

"In 1836, Connecticut-born gun manufacturer Samuel Colt (1814-62) received a U.S. patent for a revolver mechanism that enabled a gun to...

10 Jul

On this day in 1940, the Germans begin the first in a long series of bombing raids against Great Britain, as the Battle of Britain, whi...

07 Jun

"During World War II (1939-1945), the Battle of Normandy, which lasted from June 1944 to August 1944, resulted in the Allied liberation...