#OnThisDay, 1888 Louis Le Prince recorded the oldest surviving film. He later remade it with an all-female cast, angering virgins everywhere

#OnThisDay in 1415 Henry V was victorious at the Battle of Agincourt, using longbows and traditional English food to scare off the French

#OnThisDay, 1854: the Charge of the Light Brigade, led by Lord Cardigan, at the Battle of Balaclava, during the War of Knitted Winter Wear

#OnThisDay 1936, the BBC began regular broadcasts, providing unimaginative Daily Mail columnists with something to complain about ever since