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This Day in Commonwealth History: 27 January 1919: The Spanish
This Day in Commonwealth History: 27 January 1919: The Spanish Flu epidemic reaches New South Wales; across Australia, over 12,000 would die of the d...

This Day in Commonwealth History: 14 January 1907: Over 1,000
This Day in Commonwealth History: 14 January 1907: Over 1,000 are killed by an earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica, including the former Governor of Sout...

This Day in Commonwealth History: 20 December 1832: HMS Clio
This Day in Commonwealth History: 20 December 1832: HMS Clio arrives at Port Egmont to take possession of the Falkland Islands 1894: Robert Menzies,...

This Day in Commonwealth History: 15 December 1915: The
This Day in Commonwealth History: 15 December 1915: The evacuation of soldiers from Gallipoli begins 1943: Australian and American soldiers land on t...

This Day in Commonwealth History: 14 December 1837: The Upper
This Day in Commonwealth History: 14 December 1837: The Upper Canada Rebellion ends when the rebels disperse ahead of an advancing militia unit 1896:...

This Day in Commonwealth History: 7 December 1732: The Royal
This Day in Commonwealth History: 7 December 1732: The Royal Opera House at Covent Garden, London, opens 1837: Rebels under William Lyon Mackenzie a...

This Day in Commonwealth History: 3 December 1797: British
This Day in Commonwealth History: 3 December 1797: British explorer George Bass departs Sydney to investigate whether Van Diemens Land (Tasmania) is ...

This Day in Commonwealth History: 23 October 1642: The Battle
This Day in Commonwealth History: 23 October 1642: The Battle of Edgehill takes place; it is the first major battle in the English Civil War 1707: Th...

This Day in Commonwealth History: 29 September 1758: Admiral
This Day in Commonwealth History: 29 September 1758: Admiral Horatio Nelson born in Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk (d. 1805) 1791: George Vancouver formally...