In 1922 the BBC began its first radio broadcast
In 1918 Czechoslovakia became a republic shortly after its independence was declared
With the First World War coming to an end the Austro-Hungarian Empire also began to collapse. On the 28th of October Czechoslovakia was granted freedom from the former empire and its people experienced independence for the first time in 300 years. Shortly after on the14th of November 1918 Czechoslovakia became a republic with Tomas G. Masaryk as President and Karel Kramar as Prime Minister.
Czechoslovakia’s independence didn’t last for long. On the 15th of March 1939 Hitler invaded the country and during World War II the countries government was in exile in England. Czechoslovakia returned to independence after the war until it was dissolved on the 1st of January 1993 when it became the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
In 1834 Sir Arthur Wellesley became Prime Minister for a second time
Wellington began a political career on the 26th of December 1818 and he became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for the first time on the 22nd of January 1828 until 16th of November 1830 and then again for a month from the 14th of November 1834 until the 10th of December 1834. In a BBC poll held in 2002 which saw millions of Britons vote for their favourite Briton of all time saw Wellesley at 15th place.
Wellesley and he quickly made his way through the ranks.
In 1808 Sir Arthur Wesley, The duke of Wellington, took control of the British, Portuguese and Spanish forces in the ‘Peninsular War’ and by 1814 he had defeated Napoleon and his forces on land, and returned Spain to the Spanish. Napoleon was again defeated by the combined forces of Russia, Austria and Prussia in the battle of Paris.
On the 11th of April 1814 Napoleon abdicated as emperor and as per the Treaty of Fontainebleau, he was exiled to the Mediterranean island of Elba. Napoleon would once again amass an army only to be defeated once more by Wellington at the ‘Battle of Waterloo’ on the 18th of June 1815. Napoleon was exiled and died six years later. Napoleon is considered one of the greatest military leaders of all time and was determined to expand the French empire in Europe and conquering his enemies such as Great Britain and Portugal. His war machine seemed almost unstoppable but thanks to the great leadership of Nelson, Prussia’s Gebhard Von Blucher and Wellington, Napoleon was defeated. Wellington was praised for his strategic defensive style that allowed him to defeat much larger armies with low loss of life to his men and is still considered one of the greatest military strategists of all time. On the 22nd of January 1827 Arthur Wellesley the 1st Duke of Wellington became commander and chief of the British Armed forces (a title he maintained till his death).
