History Facts

    Random History Facts

    There are 163 History Facts!

    Jericho is the oldest walled city in the world at 9,000 yrs old!
    55
    The range of a medieval long-bow is 220 yards.
    78
    The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers founded in 1744, is the world's oldest golf club!
    21
    Pierre Jaquet-Droz, a watchmaker, 240 years ago invented a robot that could write, and the parts could be interchanged to say whatever you want.
    13
    Ching Shih
    Ching Shih
    Ching Shih, once a prostitute, became one of the most powerful pirates to have ever sailed. She commanded one of the most formidable pirate fleets in all of China during the early 1800s, with hundreds of ships under her command.
    155
    Picasso’s full name: Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso.
    18
    In 1918, after the treaty of Versailles (end of WWI), the French Commander-in-chief said "This is not a peace. It is an Armistice for 20 years." 20 years and 65 days later, WWII happened.
    31
    Napoleon had conquered Italy by the time he was twenty-six.
    74