In seventeen fifty-two, Britain made a bold change to its calendar. For centuries, the nation had followed the Julian calendar, which was considerably out of sync with the true solar year. This discrepancy led to confusion and uncertainty about the correct date. To fix this issue, Parliament implemented a revolutionary reform: the adoption of the G
In the year 1753, a most unusual 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 a calender where 11 days are missing no ordinary change. The Gregorian Calendar, implemented by many European nations before, finally took hold on these shores. Thi
In a grim epoch of unfathomable pestilence, during the Black Death swept across Europe, a chilling specter emerged from its: the plague doctor. Clad a long, horrific coat of greased cloth and a alarming mask fashioned from leather, it was a symbol of both fear and illusory hope. These masks, frequently equipped with glass, were thought to filter th