Sweden

 6 June is Sweden's National Day Here is my history of Sweden 😃 

World Cider Day

 3 June is World Cider Day. See my history of drinks. 

Shaftesbury Pictures

 I made a new file about pictures of Shaftesbury and Gillingham in Dorset 

Pictures of Romsey, Hampshire

 I created a new file of my pictures of Romsey - some photos I took in the charming Hampshire town of Romsey, which is famous for its abbey

Christopher Marlowe

 On 30 May 1593, the Elizabethan playwright Christopher Marlowe was stabbed and killed.

Dr Guillotin

 Joseph-Ignace Guillotin was born on 28 May 1738. He didn't actually invent the guillotine. Mechanical beheading devices had been used in parts of Europe for centuries. But he proposed that such a device should be used in France as a humane method of killing people. The French government accepted his proposal and it was named the guillotine after him. A history of punishments

International Tea Day

 21 May is International Tea Day. Here is my history of tea.