Thursday, December 18, 2008. The image in the holiday card has not been altered in any way. We are all aware of what happened on 09-11-2001 due primarily to religious extremism; but how many of us know that there were two other incidents of massacres related to 09-11 due to religious fanaticism.

Sunday, May 8, 2011. Dorothea Dix was born in Hampden. On April 4, 1802. Dorothea and her two younger siblings grew up in a harsh environment. Dix worked as a Methodist preacher and was an abusive alcoholic. Dix was almost never in good health so she was unable to care for her children. For twelve years before the Dix family moved to. Not long after the move the town of. Was taken over by the British in the year of 1812. Three years later Dorothea shut down her school and move.

On this date in 1820, Thomas Cochrane. The Chilean capture of Valdivia. Yet the capture of Valdivia on February 3-4, 1820. Filed under Pour One Out For.

The vessel they won was a schooner that had been named, in a grim bit of irony, the. The Africans tried to force two Cuban survivors to sail them back to Africa, but the. Africans who had survived the ordeal returned to their homelands.

Welcome to the History Society of Dundee University Website. This is one of the places where you will find all you need to know about what your Dundee History Society is doing for you. Welcome to the website for Dundee University History Society, the space where you can find out about all our upcoming. We were absolutely delighted to be nominated.