The History Magazine

There was much joy and celebration around the world when on 15th August 1945 US President Harry S Truman declared the day as Victory over Japan Day. To crowds gathered outside the White House, President Truman said: “This is the day we have been waiting for since Pearl Harbor.”

View our list of historic events that occurred in the month of August. Among many other events, August saw the last English king to die in battle, and…

The Folklore Year – traditional folklore and culture of Britain, events taking place every year in August, including the Feast Day of St. Oswald. St. Oswald was a Northumbrian warrior king and champion of Christianity. He was killed at Maserfield near Hexham, in 642 in a battle with…

Famous people born throughout history in August, including George IV, King of Great Britain and Ireland, and…

The Two Pretenders of the title were James Edward Stuart, known as the Old Pretender, and his son Charles Edward Stuart, the Young Pretender. Both were determined to take their place – in their opinion, their rightful place – on the British throne.

The Battle of Evesham was fought on the morning of the 4th August 1265, between the forces of a number of rebel barons led by Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester and the army of King Henry III…

Sir Walter Scott was born on 15 August 1771, in a small third floor flat in College Wynd in Edinburgh’s Old Town. Scott was the ninth child of Anne Rutherford and Walter Scott, a solicitor and member of the private society the Writers of the Signet.

Thomas Edward (T.E) Lawrence, more popularly known as Lawrence of Arabia, was born at Tremadoc in North Wales …