Jennifer Birdsall · Manchester Historian

Features | Jennifer Birdsall

In 1989 the First Liberian Civil War erupted. In 1980, Samuel Doe headed a coup d’état to overthrow the government. The war began in 1989 because Charles Taylor, a former More »

University | Jennifer Birdsall

Hi everyone, Welcome back! We hope that everyone had a refreshing Christmas break and any January exams went well!   The History Society has a few updates since our last More »

History You Should Know | Jennifer Birdsall

The fear of antibiotic resistance is at the forefront of world headlines in 2015. But, to understand this fear, we need to delve into the history of antibiotics. The discovery More »

History You Should Know | Jennifer Birdsall

William Wilberforce was born in 1759 to a wealthy merchant family in the north eastern city of Hull, England. He became a Member of Parliament for Hull at the age More »

Features | Jennifer Birdsall

  In 1868 the Tokugawa rule that began in 1603 came to an end.The Tokugawa shogunatewas replaced by the Meiji Restoration.This era consolidated a political systembased on rule by the More »