I was there when the Black Death swept though Europe Screams where heard from all around the town, the Black Death was getting closer and there was only a matter of time before I would be contaminated, I don’t know if there is anything I can do to stop it becoming my fate. It was […]
Caesar presented his menagerie
I was there when the great conqueror Julius Caesar showed off his weird and wild animals from Africa. I am Augustus Octavius one of Julius’ best man. In the year 47BC I heard that Julius was sending troops run by Alexandria to find different animals to perform in the colosseum. When Alexandra came into Rome […]
my family was taken to the concentration camps
I was there when my family were taken to the Jewish camps, presumably to be killed. It was the winter of 1933, we were settling for be night, into our beds of wool from our sheep farm. Bang. Initially I thought it was just a sheep escaping from its pen, I thought nothing of it. […]
Hector & Achilles fought to the death
I was there when Hector & Achilles fought to the death. The battle was back and forth. Achilles used a long spear with a flint head as well as a very durable wooden shield with iron lining. He also used a short iron sword for close combat. Hector fought with an iron sword and a […]
the Spanish invaded Tenochtitlan
I was there when the Spanish battled, invaded and colonized the empire city Tenochtitlán of the Native American Aztecs in Central America, from 1519 to 1522. For I am Hernan Cortés, leader, settler and current governor of the Spanish….. I will begin my reselling of these events with accounts of myself. I was born in […]
Italy was bombed by the allies in WW2
I was there when the English and Americans dropped bombs on the northern Italian town of Villar Perosa, on the 9th of November 1943. I was an innocent teenager, 14 years old, when the world had its second war. There I was in my home town, everyone minding their own business. Inside the ball bearings […]
Romanovs were murdered
I was there when the Russian Imperial Family was murdered. My name is Anna Demidova. I was good friends with Nicholas’ youngest daughter Anastasia and Alexandra. We where held in captivity to look after the Russian Family while the white army was trying to overrun the city whose name I don’t know. We were living […]
when man reached space
On April the 12th 1961 I was there when the Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was sent into space, I am john jay, CIA agent undercover spying on the Russian space station under the name of yakov gulukavich to steal and uncover secrets on how they have constructed a rocket and here I am seeing that […]
The RMS Titanic sank
I was there when the RMS Titanic was in the process of sinking. There were a lot of anguished screams onboard. Mothers were running with children, and most unfortunately, there weren’t enough lifeboats for everyone. There were 2223 passengers on board, with over 1517 dying. It was such an unfortunate disaster. It all had started […]
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated
I was there when Abraham Lincoln was unfortunately assassinated on Good Friday at the famous Ford’s Theater in Washington D.C by a man named John Wilkes Booth and his co-conspirators Lewis Powell and David Herold. Lincoln was not entirely shot, he was wounded slightly by a pistol which had a dagger attachment on it and […]
Medusa was beheaded
I was there when Medusa was beheaded. I knew the plan. I had to distract her. I was the great hero Perseus’ faithful companion. It was risky. I thought I was going to die! 2 months before “Albin you will go to this point of her fortress and try distract her by making noises and […]
Gandhi was assassinated
I was there when the son of a senior government official, Gandhi was born and raised in a community in Hindu Bania coastal Gujarat, and trained in law in London. I watched him grow up as I am his father my name is Karamchand Gandhi. As he grew up he learnt to fight but sad […]
when JFK was assassinated
I was there when John F. Kennedy was assassinated. My name is Cletus Thompson and at the time I was working in the CIA as a security officer protecting the life of the 35th President of the United States of America John F. Kennedy. It was Friday, November 22, 1963 a beautiful day in the […]
the American Revolutionary War was waged against the British
I was there when the American Revolutionary War was waged against the British. I was a Native American Child at the time the revolution had started and had fully matured over the course of the war. It was at the time when George Washington was being appointed as the commander in chief of the Americans. […]
the island of Thera exploded
I was there when the island of thera exploded. Our animals had sensed that there was something wrong before hand and ran off towards the sea. Upon seeing this we packed as many possessions as we could carry, got in our boats and fled towards mainland grease. We stayed in Athens for many days before […]
the Black Death reached Europe
I was scared, cold and alone. It was the year 1349 in Paris and death has flowed through my once gorgeous city and changed it to place of sorrow and pain. I had been sleeping in my room when my mother had become like the others. You didn’t need to ask why a person was […]
the pyramids were built
The pyramids were being built. We first used stone for the giant blocks, then we outlined the stone with marble. It’s crazy to think this insanely large pyramid is just a home for one dead person, no matter how much everyone praised him. I remember going inside thto pyramid and carving the pictograms, I was […]