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Anyday
Select a day and month and find historical births and deaths, events, holidays and religious observances for that day of the year.
http://www.scopesys.com/ anyday/
BBC History
Historical information by topic, by time and by person.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ history
BBC On this Day
News stories reported by the BBC from 1950 to yesterday. Search by date.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/ onthisday
EuroDocs
A gateway to primary historical documents from Western Europe. Examples for the United Kingdom include the Anglo Saxon Chronicle, reports on the Spanish Armada and documents about World War I.
http://eudocs.lib.byu.edu/ index.php/ Main_Page
Eyewitness
Provides 'eyewitness' reports of major events in history such as the destruction of Pompeii, the execution of Louis XIV, the Wright brothers first flight, entering King Tutankamun's tomb and much more.
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/
Guardian Century
Year by year 1899 to 1999 - articles from the Guardian on major events of the century
http://century.guardian.co.uk/
History World
Find timelines, specialist articles and information about all aspects of world history.
http://www.historyworld.net/
Internet History Sourcebooks
This web site is made up of an Ancient History Sourcebook, a Medieval Sourcebook and a Modern History Sourcebook. The site has literally thousands of links to full text materials for the study of history most of which is copyright free.
http://www.fordham.edu/ halsall/
The Encyclopedia of World History
In date order, events from prehistoric times to the year 2000
http://www.bartleby.com/ 67/ toc7.html
WWW Virtual Library. History
Well-organised links for historical methods and materials, eras and epochs, historical topics and countries and regions.
http://vlib.iue.it/ history/ index.html
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Page last updated: 4 September 2008
