Days that Changed the World: The Defining Moments in World History - Hywel Williams

Written by Hywel Williams
Read by Gordon Dulieu, Charlotte Strevens
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Covering nearly 2500 years, from 480 BC to 11 September 2001, Days that Changed the World tells the stories of 50 days that truly made history. Included are the Crucifixion, the Battle of Waterloo, the Apollo 11 Moon landing, and the fall of the Berlin Wall. For each, Days that Changed the World explains the events of the day and their causes, providing an insight into the era and an understanding of wider themes of world history.

[01] Title.mp3
[02] Introduction.mp3
[03] The Battle of Salamis (28 September 480 BC).mp3
[04] The Assassination of Julius Caesar (15 March 44 BC).mp3
[05] The Crucifixion of Jesus Christ (Good Friday c. 30).mp3
[06] The Dedication of Constantinople (11 May 330).mp3
[07] A Confederacy of German Tribes Crosses the Rhine (31 December 406).mp3
[08] The Death of Muhammad (7 December 632).mp3
[09] The Battle of Tours (11 October 732).mp3
[10] The Coronation of Charlemagne (25 December 800).mp3
[11] Pope Urban II Preaches the First Crusade (27 November 1095).mp3
[12] The Death of Genghis Khan (25 August 1227).mp3
[13] The Fall of Constantinople (29 May 1453).mp3
[14] Columbus Makes Landfall in the Bahamas (12 October 1492).mp3
[15] Magellan Sets Sail for South America (20 September 1519).mp3
[16] Luther Defies Charles V at the Diet of Worms (18 April 1521).mp3
[17] The Defeat of the Spanish Armada (29 July 1588).mp3
[18] Tokugawa Ieyasu Wins the Battle of Sekigahara (21 October 1600).mp3
[19] The Foundation of Jamestown, Virginia (24 May 1607).mp3
[20] The Defenestration of Prague (23 May 1618).mp3
[21] Isaac Newton Matriculates at Cambridge University (5 June 1661).mp3
[22] The Ottomans Abandon the Siege of Vienna (12 September 1683).mp3
[23] The Peace of Utrecht (11 April 1713).mp3
[24] The Endeavour Leaves Plymouth (26 August 1768).mp3
[25] The US Declaration of Independence (4 July 1776).mp3
[26] The Fall of the Bastille (14 July 1789).mp3
[27] The Battle of Waterloo (18 June 1815).mp3
[28] Simon Bolivar Named President of Gran Colombia (17 December 1819).mp3
[29] Opening of the Liverpool-Manchester (l5 September 1330).mp3
[30] Parliament Passes the Emancipation Act (23 August 1833).mp3
[31] Commodore Perry Anchors in Tokyo Bay (8 July 1853).mp3
[32] Robert E. Lee Surrenders at Appomattox (9 April 1865).mp3
[33] The Battle of Sedan (1 September 1870).mp3
[34] Alexander Graham Bell Develops the Telephone (7 March 1876).mp3
[35] The Boxer Rebellion (20 June 1900).mp3
[36] E = mc2 The Special Theory of Relativity (30 June 1905).mp3
[37] The Assassmation of Franz Ferdinand at Sarajevo (28 June 1914).mp3
[38] The First Day on the Somme (1 July 1916).mp3
[39] The Storming of the Winter Palace (7 November 1917).mp3
[40] Operation Barbarossa (22 June 1941).mp3
[41] The Japanese Attack Pearl Harbor (7 December 1941).mp3
[42] The Bombing of Hiroshima (6 August 1945).mp3
[43] The Treaties of Rome (25 March 1957).mp3
[44] Krushchev Agrees to Remove Missiles from Cuba (28 October 1962).mp3
[45] ‘I Have a Dream’ (28 August 1963).mp3
[46] ‘The Eagle has Landed’ (21 July 1969).mp3
[47] The Last US Troops Leave Vietnam (29 Match 1973).mp3
[48] OPEC Raises the Price of Oil (16 October 1973).mp3
[49] The Rise to Power of William Henry Gates III (3 February 1976).mp3
[50] The Breaching of the Berlin Wall (9 November 1989).mp3
[51] Nebon Mandela is Released from Prison (11 February 1990).mp3
[52] Nine Eleven (11 September 2001).mp3
[53] Credits.mp3