Entries for the tag ‘Ottoman Empire’
- 10 December 1673: The Rev. Heywood prays for more death and destruction in the new year
- 20 June 1681: A Leeds court discusses the kidnapping by Barbary pirates of the son of Alderman Foxcroft
- 14 October 1854: During the Crimean War, Queen Victoria visits the docks at Hull, and comparisons are made with the capital of our Turkish ally
- 10 September 1855: Leeds celebrates the fall of Sevastopol during the Crimean War
- 30 March 1856: Future prime minister H.H. Asquith (3) and his brother lead a procession of children through the streets of Morley to celebrate the end of the Crimean War
- 31 March 1856: William Allison, a 4-year-old port-drinker, hears what he believes to be Russian gunfire while building sandcastles on Redcar beach
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