Bronze Age

The Bronze Age was a time between the Neolithic and the Iron Age, which is characterised by the use of the alloy bronze. In Britain it lasted from about 2500BCE until about 800BCE.

Fact of the Day

When the computer mouse was first mentioned in a publication in 1965, it was called an 'x-y position indicator'.

Quote of the Day

"<p>I have offended God and mankind in not having laboured at my art as I ought to have done</p>
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~ Leonardo da Vinci, speaking during his final illness to Francis I

On This Day

1598 Playwright Ben Jonson was put on trial for manslaughter after killing fellow actor Gabriel Spenser in a duel.

1692 The last people accused of practicing witchcraft in Salem were hanged.

1735 Robert Walpole became the first British Prime Minister to occupy 10 Downing Street.